: The shape is all wrong for flash suppression. For such a thing you would need
: holes along shaft. As for a silencer, it could have the correct diemenions
: inside, but the outside shape would tend to just cause a more akward muted
: sound. I have not seen a combined suppressor in a *long time* because of
: how illegal they are, but am pretty sure it does not look like the
: flechette.
Remember we're dealing with technology several hundred years into the future. Suppressors were only invented about sixty years or so ago, there is lots of room for change.
Also, yeah, don't ask me why I was thinking about that in the shower. I honestly couldn't say :)
