Patent ID: 8578832

Claim:
A muzzle brake that can be attachably connected to a weapon system having a barrel comprising: a housing; a front opening defined in said housing having a diameter about the same size as the caliber of the barrel to which said housing can be attached; an impact plane parallel to a vertical axis included in said housing wherein said impact plane includes an angle of incident greater than 90 degrees defined between said impact plane and a longitudinal axis of said housing; an eddy plane parallel to said vertical axis included in said housing having an angle of incident defined between said eddy plane and said longitudinal axis of said housing that is greater than 0° and less than 90° and including an opening, wherein the eddy plane is slanted to face the impact plane and the impact plane and the eddy plane intersect; and, a concave surface included in said housing and adjacent said eddy plane and axised along said vertical axis; a forward port defined by said impact plane, eddy plane and concave surface in said housing so that a portion of gas expelled from the barrel is deflected outward from said housing upon contacting said impact plane and a portion of gas expelled from the barrel is deflected by said concave surface producing eddies in the deflected gas stream.