JUST THE COOK Posted January 22, 2000 Share Posted January 22, 2000 Excuse me for possibly bringing up old toppics but this group is quite active and i'm getting old and don't have time to read all the old posts. Anyway, how about tank main gun tracers? yes/no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted January 22, 2000 Share Posted January 22, 2000 Tank main guns didn't have specific tracer rounds. It'd be such a waste. Many of them DID have tracer markings etc on the base of the shell though. hell I think the Brits came up with a 2 pounder AP shell with a little tear gas in it IIRC so screwball ideas were common. ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUST THE COOK Posted January 22, 2000 Author Share Posted January 22, 2000 To Fionn: sent an e-mail with pic of round. Let me know if you don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 22, 2000 Share Posted January 22, 2000 Hello, COuld you email me the pic too? ------------------ Visit my Combat Mission for Mac page! With all off CCJ's tweaked textures for Mac! cm4mac.tripod.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUST THE COOK Posted January 22, 2000 Author Share Posted January 22, 2000 OK. On the way.This crew must have been successful judging from the smiles on thier faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted January 23, 2000 Share Posted January 23, 2000 I'll give the explanation here... Basically what you send me is a picture of a normal AP round ( actually an APCBC round) with "tracer material" painted on the base. I believe they used iridium back then but amn't 1005 sure.. In any case what you sent me was NOT a tracer shell.. You sent me a pic of an AP shell with tracer material on the base. This isn't like airplanes etc where a lot of tracer ammo didn't contain explosives in the nose... For a tank the fountain of earth from a miss is the BEST tracer and that can be created by a normal AP round so it would be a total waste to make special tracer rounds. For the record ammo designations (using the nomenclature I use which I think it pretty generally accepted can go) APCBC (Armour Piercing Ballistic Capped). APCBC/T (Armour Piercing Ballistic Capped, Tracer) (an APCBC shell with tracer material on the base). ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guachi Posted January 23, 2000 Share Posted January 23, 2000 A slight addition to what Fionn just wrote. The first 'C' of APCBC also stands for Capped. The shell has both a piercing cap and a ballistic cap. For the Germans, the piercing cap was added to shells of 50mm and larger to increase penetration performance. In shells of 75mm and higher the piercing cap was blunt. This is where the ballistic cap comes in. It was added to decrease air resistance and thus increase velocity. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted January 23, 2000 Share Posted January 23, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>hell I think the Brits came up with a 2 pounder AP shell with a little tear gas in it IIRC so screwball ideas were common.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Paint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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