T110's Long, Comfortable, Nights by the Fireside

The_Chieftain: If I recall, the British solution was an additional band, while the Canadian sabot was fundamentally a different shape entirely. If the muzzle brake was the issue, it would surely be easier to replace a couple thousand brakes than tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition with a stopgap.   Otherwise, the conclusion must be that 17prs muzzle brake was not fundamentally incompatible with the SVDS ammunition. That's not to say that they can't be a problem with DS rounds in general, but usually the prohibiting problem wasn't 'inaccuracy' as much as 'the sabots would destroy the muzzle brake by physical impact." As muzzle brakes go, 17pr's is pretty short so avoided that problem.