The first "proper" .303 tracer was the Mark I developed at Royal Laboratory in 1915, but this was not very successful as it only gave an erratic white trace for between 50 and 100 yards. The Great War. However, the two major downsides of this design were that it proved useless when firing into the air at aircraft. Within a couple hundred yards this still holds true , but the further the bullet flies and the more trace composiition burns off so does it's trajectory and velocity change dramatically to that of ball projectiles. I agree these are not huge differences either, but I use them to illustrate how a lighter bullet will travel slower over distance than a heavy one, asuming all other things (ballistic coefficient etc.) It also violated the Hague Convention, which prohibit “exploding bullets.” The next development involved a bullet with a smoke tail but that ultimately proved ineffective because the mass was lost in order to provide an effective smoke tail and the accuracy and power diminished. I aplogise in advance,this seems a silly question.How lethal are tracer rounds?I understand their purpose but ask the question because the round is hollow and not solid.Are they designed to kill as well,or are they only used to allow the gunner to see the line of fire.The weight of the projectile is less than a standard round, therefore would travel slower and the impact force would also be different(but im no expert on balistics).I have no doubt of its effect at close range but over longer distances it would obviously be less effective.As i said its a silly question but if you dont ask you dont find out.Also,What material is used in the tracer to illuminate it on its path?I would have thought that it must have very similar ballistic characteristics to standard rounds otherwise it would follow a different trajectory thus defeating much of their purposeI can personaly tell you, that tracer rounds are just as capable as their ball companions!
Tracers and incendiaries were developed in .577/450 Martini, .450 Gardner Gatling and .45-90 for the Winchester M1886 rifles of the RFC.
Another common question that comes up is, “How do tracer rounds work?” When you fire a tracer, the metallic fuel (usually magnesium) ignites and burns the oxidizer (typically a strontium mixture.) American civil war. Prior to the introduction of tracer rounds, machine gunners and troops relied on visually seeing their ammunition impact the ground or near the target. i.e. If we had similar rounds in WW1,I wonder if pilots ever remarked on this(as they fired from closer distances due to speed)?Spears described the use of tracer by French Chauchat gunners in late '16/early '17.The ranges in WW2 were of course much longer than in WW1, especially with the .50 Brownings that were the norm for US aircraft. Some states prohibit tracer rounds from being sold and possessed by the general public.
Nobody doubts your point that tracers are only the visible part of a burst containing ball rounds in whatever ratio is loaded and that the whole is obviously lethal, but I was trying to answer the specific point that was raised in the question. Tracer Rounds – A lethal fire hazard; you pull the trigger – you are accountable Tracer ammunition is now available on the New Zealand market. So, you might have tracers that you don’t have any place to fire them. Typically, there are strict restrictions on tracer rounds due to increased fire danger. But I did notice the above and that is all that matters in reality!Tracer projectiles in their early types tended nopt to have the same trajectory as their Ball loaded cartridges. Since the reccommended (and most effective) use of small arms fire against airships was from below and firing at a 45 degree angle the initial trajectory would have effectively been a straight line for greater distance for all types of rounds.I read on a WW2 Aero forum that tracer rounds dropped far quicker than normal rounds so they weren't However, by 600 yards the heavy bullet is still travelling at 1386 fps and will have dropped 132.2" whilst the lighter bullet will have lost velocity to 1208 fps and dropped 152.9". What’s the point in that?For all your ammunition needs from self-defense to competition rounds and everything in between, we have just what you need. The bullet leaves a trail you can see without the aid of weapon optics and especially at night. Thus at short range thare was very little difference in energy (around 2,225 ft.lbs for ball and 2,136 ft lbs for tracer at the muzzle) and even at longer ranges a tracer still had about 80% of the energy of a ball round. strontium for a red trace.Thanks for all your replies and interesting data/facts. effectively no difference. The lighter bullet will slow down faster.
Most people don’t realize that tracer rounds are regulated as “explosive materials” under federal law, and that the ATF has many special rules related to the purchase, sale, storage, and transportation of tracer rounds (including the requirement that both the buyer and seller of tracer rounds hold a federal explosives license or permit). The disadvantage to these tracers is that it gives away the shooters position.
In WW1, it was quite common to close within literally a few yards of the enemy. When fired, the pyrotechnic composition is ignited by the burning powder and burns very brightly, making the projectile trajectory visible to the naked eye during daylight, and very bright during nighttime firing. The US WW2 tracers were generally similar in that about 12% of the total bullet weight was the tracer composition, but of course this made a difference at ranges of 500 yards or more and the expended tracer bullet followed a different trajectory to the AP or ball bullets.Ballistics, graphs and stuff are all well and good, but the initial poster said, "How lethal are tracer rounds"
To answer the second part of the question about the tracer composition, most British tracers burned white and the Mark VIIG for example used a mixture of 8 parts barium chloride to 1 part magnesium. An example is when Maj. Christopher Brand shot down a Gotha on a night raid over the Isle of Sheppey in May 1918, he was so close that when the Gotha burst into flames his face and moustache were singed. I guess distance has a part to play in this but the poster varified it with ref.s to gun camera shots.
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