Tracer bullets

Japanese: 曳光弾 - えいこうだん
Tracer bullets

A bullet that glows as it flies, allowing the bullet's flight to be monitored with the naked eye and its trajectory to be adjusted to hit the target. It is also called a tracer bullet. A space is taken up at the bottom of the bullet, and luminous materials such as barium nitrate (green), strontium nitrate (red), and sodium nitrate (yellow) are filled in, which ignite when fired to produce a tracer. It is mainly used in machine guns and cannons, and is effective when used for anti-aircraft fire or as a machine gun mounted on an aircraft. In practice, it is mixed in appropriate proportions with normal bullets, armor-piercing bullets, incendiary bullets, etc., but in the case of large-caliber bullets, composite bullets are also made that incorporate tracer materials into each bullet.

[Yoshio Kobashi]

Main types of bullets and their parts
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Main types of bullets and their parts


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

肉眼で弾丸の飛ぶ状況を見ながら弾道を修正して目標に命中させるため、発光しながら飛ぶ弾丸。曳痕(えいこん)弾ともいう。弾頭の底部にスペースをとり、硝酸バリウム(緑色系)、硝酸ストロンチウム(赤色系)、硝酸ナトリウム(黄色系)などの発光剤を詰め、発射時に着火し曳光させる。主として機関銃、機関砲に使われ、対空射撃あるいは航空機搭載機銃として使うと効果的である。実際には通常弾、徹甲弾、焼夷弾(しょういだん)などと適当な割合に混ぜて使用されるが、大口径弾の場合には、それぞれの弾頭に曳光剤を組み入れた複合弾もつくられている。

[小橋良夫]

銃弾のおもな種類と各部名称
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銃弾のおもな種類と各部名称


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