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| Thread ID: 42869 | 2004-02-25 07:57:00 | OT: Bullet tracers | James Busby (341) | Press F1 |
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| 218088 | 2004-02-26 04:57:00 | Smoking something illegal if you fire from the hips?? LOL What are you smoking?? In the army they run round lots and if you spot an enemy in the distance you might fire off a few rounds then drop to the deck. Jeez you don't always have to fire an automatic weapon with it up to your shoulder. |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 218089 | 2004-02-26 09:53:00 | > i wonder if they are legal to use? tho i think it > wouldn't be a good thing to use in summer (fire > risk). I hope they are still legal as I still have a few sitting round for the old faithful 303. Maybe they would be useful for shooting those possums in the shed?:p Steve |
Steve Askew (119) | ||
| 218090 | 2004-02-26 10:57:00 | >Maybe they would be useful for shooting those possums in the shed? funny you should say that, the neighbour has some in .22. might end up with some hot possum! |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 218091 | 2004-02-26 19:43:00 | I was in a Browing M2 50 cal gun crew on HMNZS Waikato (port aft). Firing the gun with tracer was just like aiming a garden hose although for towed aerial targets you have to lead the target. Once we we told to aim off at the towed hutts target ie purposely miss. It was needed again and was not to be shot down. But a certain Sgt of english extraction (Mike) shot it down. In his honour a hutts target kill was painted on the helicopter. tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 218092 | 2004-02-26 22:08:00 | I also read that during WW2, that some of the guns in the Dam Buster aircraft where loaded with just about all tracer. The idea was that when the aircraft was on its bombing run, the aircraft gunners would hose the German gun positions on the ground and the sight of all that hot lead coming towards them would put the German gunners off and hopefully miss the aircraft. Craigb |
Craigb (688) | ||
| 218093 | 2004-02-27 02:34:00 | The reason for tracer is: You don't "aim" an automatic weapon at a moving target (especially in the 3D world of aircraft). If you can see the trajectory of the bullets, you have a chance of hitting the target. If you can't, you won't. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 218094 | 2004-02-27 04:44:00 | One of the uses of tracers is to pin point the target. I recall from Territorial days that having spotted the dreaded enemy, one fires a tracer yelling "follow my tracer, Neddy" (or words to that effect) so one's comrades can blast the living (whatever) out of the spot where your tracer landed. ;\ | WalOne (4202) | ||
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