Comment by xixi77
10 years 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?
> 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/ammu...