Why Do You Wear Earmuffs When Shooting At The Range, But Not in Real Combat?

We've all seen shooters wear earmuffs to protect their hearing when shooting at the range. Even if a shooter with earmuffs shoots in a narrow and blocked space, the sound of his gun will not cause harm to the shooter. But do soldiers in real combat have to wear earmuffs?

First of all, earmuff earplugs are worn on the range to protect the shooter's hearing.

Generally, the shooter is required to wear earmuffs and earplugs, which are in the closed space shooting range, outdoor regular shooting ranges, and the shooter is also required to wear earmuffs or earplugs, all to protect hearing.

In fact, it was not earmuffs, but military noise-canceling headphones. Noise-canceling headphones, unlike our usual ordinary headphones, do not block external sounds. On the noise-canceling headphones, there will be a corresponding adjustment device, and you can adjust the input volume by yourself.

Real firearms will not only produce great recoil when shooting, but also cause certain damage to the shooter's hearing, and wearing earmuffs can indeed shield the impact of gunfire, because most of the shooting venues are small in space, and the sound will be infinitely amplified, so that the damage to people is huge. Wearing earmuffs can also improve concentration on shooting. This can better achieve the training purpose. But on the battlefield, soldiers don't choose to wear earmuffs.

With the development of science and technology, the rapid development of individual equipment, electronic pickup noise reduction headphones came into being. This kind of headset can effectively reduce the external noise through the active noise cancellation function to protect the soldier's hearing, but it can still enable the soldier to clearly receive other sounds other than the noise and even selectively amplify, and retains the individual intercom function necessary for soldiers in modern warfare. Moreover, this electronic pickup noise reduction headphone has actually begun to be distributed to troops and used in use, but because its cost is still not low, in fact, even the US military with deep pockets is only equipped in some elite troops.

Practicing guns in peacetime, affecting hearing is a big problem, with earmuffs to protect it. Military exercises with earmuffs are inconvenient, running is easy to fall, affecting communication and communication, and doing more harm than good.

It can not only protect the sense of hearing, but also affect normal hearing, and can not only be used as a radio earphone, but also clearer than earbud type headphones. Plus, there's a side benefit. This kind of headphones can not only restore the ambient sound pickup, but also amplify and compensate for lower sounds, so they can play a certain listening role, such as the footsteps made by the enemy when quietly approaching, which is auxiliary for indoor warfare or infiltration reconnaissance troops.