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= What I've read is that many units stopped using tracers altogether on pure fighters because their different ballistics at long range meant that they were not
by xixi77 11y ago
= What I've read is that many units stopped using tracers altogether on pure fighters because their different ballistics at long range meant that they were not useful. =
You mean stopped using tracers against fighter aircraft, or stopped carrying them on fighters? The parent seems to be talking about ground AA gun crews using tracers -- presumably a lot of these would be firing at bombers?
- RogtamBar 11y ago> The parent seems to be talking about ground AA gun crews using tracers Stopped putting tracers into fighter craft ammunition belts or magazines. > The parent seems to be talking about ground AA gun crews using tracers -- presumably a lot of these would be firing at bombers? I'm not aware of tracer ammo even existing for the big flak guns. This material implies there wasn't any. http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/88mm-antiaircraft-gun/ammunition-german-88-mm-aa-gun.html http://www.lonesentry.com/manuals/88mm-antiaircraft-gun/ammu...