User Manual

It is time to go light.
It is time for a revolutionary new suppressor design.
It is time for the M.A.R.S., the Roman God of War.
For the last 26 years, B&T has been the industry’s premier suppressor producer. In that time B&T has not
only been chosen to produce suppressors for most of the Europe’s small arms manufacturers but also for
most of Europe’s armed forces.
In this time B&T has come to understand of the evolving needs of end-users. This experience is based on
actual combat experience in Iraq, Afghanistan and many other places. In essence, requirements have
evolved over the years and B&T has evolved its products to perfectly serve the new needs of its customers.
The new requirements are:
Greater flash reduction
Lighter weight
Smaller size
To meet the requirement for a light suppressor, the services will accept suppressors to be semi-disposable,
not unlike the expected service life of a magazine or a barrel. Gone are the days when B&T would
produce a suppressor that will out serve the rifle itself.
Exchange of experience with units returning from combat zones has taught B&T that noise reduction is not
as important as flash reduction. The reasons for this are simple to understand. The human ear cannot tell
the difference between the sound that is 139 dB vs. something that is 136 dB. As long as it is below 140
dB this is important because this is where permeant hearing loss will occur. The human eye however is im-
mediately attracted to light, even if the muzzle flash occurs in the peripheral vision. During night or hours
of twilight, the attention of the enemy is attracted to the muzzle flash and that is where fire is returned.
Therefore the reduction of the muzzle flash is paramount and one the two primary design goals of the
M.A.R.S. And as extensive testing shows, this goal was met and exceeded.
The weight of suppressors is also becoming an issue. This is especially true in dynamic combat situa-
tions, a light suppressor, that will not change the balance of an assault rifle while at the same time does
not extend the length of a rifle too much, is a must. Besides that weight saving at soldier’s equipment,
wherever possible, is becoming more and more important, as today’s soldiers are required to carry huge
loads, easily exceeding 50 kg. Communication, night vision/thermal devises, illuminators, GPS, spare
batteries for everything, not to mention body armor and ballistic plates. Every Gram of weight reduction
is a benefit. Therefore weight reduction was the other most important design goal during the develop-
ment of the M.A.R.S. This goal was also not only met but exceeded, as the M.A.R.S. is the lightest assault
rifle suppressor in its class.
The new B&T M.A.R.S. line (Miniature Assault Rifle Suppressor) was not only designed based on the input
from elite military forces in NATO, but were also field trialed in close collaboration with these units.
Field trails proved that the M.A.R.S. does meet and exceed not only today but also future requirements.
As the requirements of our customers are different, B&T offers two models of the M.A.R.S. The first one
is the M.A.R.S. - QD (quick detachable) and the second one the M.A.R.S. – DM (directly mounted).
Both models serve perfectly the different needs of different customers, depending on the mission.
M.A.R.S. - Miniature Assault Rifle Suppressor