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    THE TDS BANTAM II

    May 31, 2019 6 minutes
    BY DAVE MERRILL

    The Thermal Defense Solutions (TDS) Bantam II isn’t the first 3D printed Inconel suppressor; it’s not even the first one in 5.56mm. Daniel Defense, Delta P Design, and others have their fingers in this category. What initially made TDS really stand out to us is how they were formed in the first place.

    ORIGINS

    All of the design work was paid for by American tax dollars at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). To learn what ORNL is all about, one need look no further than the first lines on their homepage:

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest U.S. Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security.

    The initial testing and research was for a Naval Special Warfare program, but ultimately it was decided that the technology developed wasn’t right for the exact project

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