Flash Hider

Call of Duty: World at War's equivalent to the rifle silencers found in Call of Duty 4. They are available for all rifles (not bolt action) except the Gewehr 43, which has a Suppressor which is the same as Flash Hider. It is unlocked for a weapon after completing the Marksman I challenge for it.

They differ slightly from suppressors in that they don't reduce the amount of noise that firing the rifle makes quite as much, however, they still greatly reduce muzzle flash and prevent you from showing up on radar when you shoot your weapon.

The long range capabilities of the rifle can be greatly assisted by the Flash Hider as it allows for stealthy "sniping." Enemies will have considerable more difficulty locating the shooter. Rifles are best used at medium-to-long ranges anyways.

The flash hider reduces the range of the rifle you are using it on. However in real life a flash hider wouldn't not reduce the range of the weapon or affect the ballistics of the projectile in any significant way.

Interestingly enough, real flash hiders are actually intended to prevent the weapon's muzzle flash from obscuring the firer's view, and thus affecting their aim, when firing multiple shots. They do NOT make the flash any less visible to those downrange of the weapon.

Weapon Combatibility

 * SVT-40
 * M1 Garand
 * STG-44
 * M1A1 Carbine

NOTE: Other weapons use the device called the Suppressor.