I watched them the first time. Are you suggesting any of those pics are fake?
not in the least. what i'm suggesting is what can be seen in a still shot from a camera is different than what can be seen with the eyeball, especially in daylight. i've seen first hand 105mm, 155mm, 175mm and 8 inch howitzers, not to mention the m60a3 mbt, during live fire. the 175mm and 8 inch produce a bright flash, even with a suppressor in place.
I'm cant say for sure why there is no flash in those clips other than this type of thing requires quality high speed photography by my guess.
I do know there is no way there is no flash of flames coming out of those guns. There always has been and always will be with gun powders.
it's a matter of visible light. from a distance, with the naked eye, the muzzle flash isn't bright enough to really notice. if those clips were taken in low light conditions you would see more flash, like what your still pics show.
What is one of the first things you look for when trying to locate an enemy fire position?
Ah fighters have a muzzle flash though perhaps a little off. But even firing into the wind at 300+ mph, ww2 fighters appear to have flash from what I've seen.
i look for signs of muzzle blast. there are situations where even that isn't easily visible, stiff wind, heavily wooded terrain, thick grass, wet rainy weather, snow.
