Comment by RogtamBar

> 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...