Wat The Hell Is Tracers?

[cpt_azad]

just wanted to know wat the hell tracer fire is, googled it up, not much info or pics or vids. something to do wit phosphorus and the army ?

[BigBoo]

i think theyre bullets that light up to show where theey are going

[bujub22]

[Snee]

Bullets with some kind of phosporous substance in them.

You stick in one for every ten ordinary ones or so in the mag.

Lets you see where your bullets are going by leaving streaks o' light.

Good for directing machine gun fire and similar.

[DanB]

Originally posted by SnnY@8 May 2004 - 23:38
Bullets with some kind of phosporous substance in them.

You stick in one for every ten ordinary ones or so in the mag.

Lets you see where your bullets are going by leaving streaks o' light.

Good for directing machine gun fire and similar.

Also some soldiers put tracers in their magazines as say the 5th last bullet so they know if they are in a firefight its about to run out

[BigBoo]

every bullet shouldbe a tracer then death can be prettty

[bujub22]

[cpt_azad]

anyone have a video of tracer action? still can't visually picture it (i see it as a laser firing from a gun, but then again if it's every 4th or 5th bullet...)

[brotherdoobie]

Originally posted by cpt_azad@9 May 2004 - 04:33
anyone have a video of tracer action? still can't visually picture it (i see it as a laser firing from a gun, but then again if it's every 4th or 5th bullet...)

It's an actual round chemicaly treated to make it "glow".
They use them every 4th or 5th round as a cost saving measure.

Peace brotherdoobie

[uNz[i]]

cpt_azad: The most memorable use of tracers I recall is from 1991: The US night air raids over Baghdad during Operation Desert Storm, shot using night vision cameras in the city. The footage was shown on every news channel for months after. See if you can find that online.
If not, you can rent the classic WW2 movie "The Battle of Britain".
Whichever way you go, you'll see plenty of tracer fire.