== Silencers ==
[[File:Pistol_silencer_st45.jpg|thumb|right|Example of a standard .45 pistol silencer.]]
'''Silencers''' (or '''suppressors''', colloquially '''cans''') are sound reduction devices attached to the muzzle of a firearm. As the name implies, their primary function is to decrease the amount of noise generated by gunfire, and their main purpose for doing so is to conceal the shooter, or at least make it more difficult to locate.