Current tracer projectiles have a longer jacket, in comparison to their ball projectile counterparts, in order to incorporate a cavity that is packed with pyrotechnics. As the bullet flies through ...

That’s why SOCOM wants to get rid of tracers. A new SOCOM research proposal calls for replacing tracer rounds that leave streaks of light in their wake, with spotting rounds that directly mark ...

Dispatches from the war zones have occasionally mentioned a new and highly effective incendiary machine-gun bullet in use by Allied airmen. Last week the Army authorized publication of some details ...