Tracers or not?

[flyingbullseye]

Originally Posted by revi

I think it would be interesting if we could disable tracer bullets in game, and have the upper hand on the AI.

If the AI can see you through clouds and on the other side of a hill not having tracers won't make a difference.

Flyingbullseye

[revi]

Originally Posted by flyingbullseye

If the AI can see you through clouds and on the other side of a hill not having tracers won't make a difference.

Flyingbullseye

OK...yep thats a bummer too.

[K_Freddie]

I do remember that some allied aces opted for no tracers, for reasons already mentioned.

Adolph Galland seemingly escaped the attention of a few P51's by firing his guns while being chased. He fired his guns (for no reason at all !!) but he thinks that the tracer smoke and discarded shells hit his persuers a/c causing them to break off the chase, thinking there was an axis plane firing at them.

The shell 'streak' (long tracer line) is so unrealistic and a visual effect of film cameras that capture a frame image of 20mS, where the shell streaks by.
It should really be a point (shell image) and nothing else. The tracer smoke trailing behind the shell

[Igo kyu]

The quote I remember is this:

[The commanding officer] ordered the tracer ammo removed ... I'll never forget the spectacular results we got. Our kill rate went up from 50 to 100 per cent.

That is attributed to Colonel Charles W. King, USAF on page 10 of the book "FIGHTER COMBAT Tactics and Maneuvering" written by Robert L. Shaw. I'd like to know more about that particular quote.