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Originally Posted by Anthony
Certainly that's the reason a normal gun enthusiast might have one, but various special ops and internal security services have used silencers with a primary goal of avoiding being heard. A more recent example would be the Russian PSS. In general I'd be suspicious of weapons redesigned to be subsonic, as the sonic boom mostly travels sideways and thus doesn't directly affect the shooter in the first place.
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Not sure about that overall - whilst there is certainly a role for (an attempt at) a silent weapon, I'm pretty sure that I recall things like the MP5SD being nothing like silent and being primarily suppressed to protect the hearing of the users - something of a case of divergent evolution. Mind you, with a semi- or full auto you're also going to want a bolt latch.
Just out of interest, does anyone have any data on the acoustic signature of captive bolt ammunition?