Hollywood has a lot to answer for when it comes to “silencers” on firearms. On screen, a suppressed pistol makes a pinging thud, and the bad guy in the next …. How A British Engineer Homebrewed The Quietest Carbine.
A suppressor takes the edge off the report, but it’s by no means quiet or silent. Hence why the term “silencer” is more of a colloquialism, and why “suppressor” is more appropriate. Every so often, though, someone gets remarkably close to the movie version.
The best-known example is probably the De Lisle carbine. A British commando weapon from the Second World War, it was cobbled together from bits and pieces and ended up being a stellar performer in the world of clandestine operations. Softly William Godfray De Lisle was an engineer who worked at the Air Ministry during the period in which the United Kingdom found itself embroiled in the tumult that was World War II.
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