2006-11-18 06:15:08 · 11 answers · asked by anonymous 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The base of the bullet contains a small bit of phosphorous which is ignited by the burning gases from the ignition of the cartridge. This burns for as long as it takes the bullet to travel @400 meters. The tracer effect can be used under low light conditions to show you where your bullets are impacting (and the enemy to see where your bullets are coming from), allow you to 'designate' targets visually, and (to a limited extent) act as an incendiary device on inflammable materiel.
2006-11-18 06:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by Bob G 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Tracer: These have a hollow back, filled with a flare material. Usually this is a mixture of magnesium perchlorate, and strontium salts to yield a bright red color. Tracer material burns out after a certain amount of time.
2006-11-18 06:22:49 · answer #2 · answered by XX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phosphorus at the base ignited when the bullet is shot in the standard tracer magazines every third bullet is a tracer.
2006-11-18 09:10:29 · answer #3 · answered by Half-pint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can make them yourself, but their kinda sucky, since the ones at cabela's are genuine ones, while homemade ones aren't so great, you basically take some strike anywhere matches and remove the white tips and the red stuff and separate them, cut the top off a bullet, now you make a mold of the top of the bullet out of a harder material then the match head material, when you have the mold, sprinkle some white stuff for the tip and fill the rest with the red stuff and find a way to compress it hard, after you have the tip made, super glue it to the end of the bullet, load in firearm and boom, instant tracer, but you need to know what your doing, a lot of experience before you can make really good ones.
2016-05-22 01:09:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In adition to the phosphorous coating, tracer rounds are placed in clips and magazines every third or fourth round.
2006-11-18 06:41:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To create a visual aspect for the flight path of your firing.
2006-11-18 08:34:04 · answer #6 · answered by Diadem 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fact that it has a phosphorous tip that burns when you fire it. You can use that trail to "trace" the round's path.
2006-11-18 06:22:50 · answer #7 · answered by DOOM 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its the phospherous. as it burns it releases light. only bad thing is it works both ways. not only can you see where your fireing but the bad guys can see where its comming from also.
2006-11-18 10:59:33 · answer #8 · answered by army_redneck_daddy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Phophorus on the tip
2006-11-18 21:36:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the chemical inside lights up the bullet when you fire
2006-11-18 08:57:32 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋