24 in the embodiment shown in fig1 a mounting rail 36 may be used to attach the tube 34 to the housing 24 the mounting rail 36 may be a standardized mounting platform such as the picatinny rail accessory mount or the like the tube 34 may be used to house a parachute 38 the parachute 38 may be coupled to the barrel section 14 in order to create a drag to limit the travel of the barrel section 14 a connection device 40 may be used to secure the parachute 38 to the barrel section 14 in general the connection device 40 may be coupled to the parachute 38 and to the rear section of the barrel section 14 such as the breech area of the barrel section 14 in the embodiment shown in fig1 a groove 42 may be formed in the barrel section 14 the groove 42 may be formed in a rear section of the barrel section 14 the connection device 40 may be a lanyard 40 a or the like one end of the lanyard 40 a may be secured within the groove 42 a second end of the lanyard 40 a may be secured to the parachute 38 the groove 42 may be formed in the rear section of the barrel section 14 to insure that the lanyard 40 a clears the barrel mounting device 22 as well as the tripod 24 or robot device 44 to which the disrupter barrel 12 is coupled in operation the disrupter barrel 12 may be operated according to standard protocol which may generally include being operated electrically or by a shock tube in order to permit firing of the device from a safe distance the parachute 38 may.