Why use a suppressor for a weapon?

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Obviously guns are loud. VERY loud. In movies we often see people using suppressors to make their guns virtually silent but obviously this is a completely fictional trope. It is my understanding that even with a suppressor a gun that is fired is still extremely loud, so why use them at all? Is there any other practical purpose other than making a weapon a tiny tiny bit quieter?

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Another use of firearm suppressors/silencers is to reduce or eliminate the muzzle flash, the bright explosion from the barrel when the weapon is fired. For snipers behind enemy lines, going unseen is often crucial. Firing a weapon without reducing the muzzle flash will make it very easy for the enemy to locate the sniper, complicating the sniper’s retreat.

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