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Re:The Cannons on the B-29 Bomber by xixi77 on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @12:45PM (#10664492)
= 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?

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Re:The Cannons on the B-29 Bomber by RogtamBar on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @01:58PM (#10664997)
> 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...

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