History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back DEVELOPMENT OF THE DESIGN OF MUZZLE BRAKES FOR TANK GUNS V.N. Zubov, К.Y. Tarasov The article is devoted to the analysis of the development of the design of muzzle brakes for tank guns from the time of World War II to the present. Various muzzle brake designs used in the 1940s on tank guns that did not have a tank weapon stabilizer were described. The essence of the problem of setting the muzzle brake on all modern tank guns is described, because all of them are equipped with a stabilizer of tank weapon. The measures taken abroad to solve this problem are described, including the optimization of the design of the muzzle brake. At the same time, considerable attention is paid to the analysis of the design of muzzle brakes setting on modern and advanced foreign tank guns. Based on this analysis, the conclusion is drawn about the general design features characteristic of most modern muzzle brakes for tank guns. Keywords: firearm, tank weapon, tank weapon stabilizer, muzzle brake, muzzle device designs. DOI: 10.25791/intstg.05.2020.1180 Pp. 43-49.