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Old 29th October 2010, 14:48
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Re: Tracer ammunition in aerial weapons?

Its worth remembering that tracer bullets often had very different ballistics to 'normal' rounds so they could be misleading. I have read that some units didn't use tracer until the end of the belt to indicate a lack of ammo. Others used tracer in only two guns (talking about 8 x LMG here) with the other six adjusted so they did match the tracers and the majority that had some tracers in all guns. It seems to be an area where some squadrons did their own thing.
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