Muzzleflashes unrealistic?

[Sutts]

Must be powder related...here's an MG42 with very clear muzzle flash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWN7G...eature=related

Originally Posted by Sutts

Must be powder related...here's an MG42 with very clear muzzle flash.

It says right there that it's firing blanks. Blanks make huge muzzle flashes.

[LukeFF]

Eh, how about some actual wartime footage?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vE3FWOe0ls

..some food for thought...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxj5ON5F-nk

[brando]

How long after it is fired does it take for a tracer round to ignite?

Originally Posted by brando

How long after it is fired does it take for a tracer round to ignite?

as soon as it leaves the muzzle.

Tracers were either ignited by the combustion of the powder or by the contact with air.

Originally Posted by LukeFF

Eh, how about some actual wartime footage?

that view at 3.50 from the wing while shooting is SO cool! Never seen it before!

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger

as soon as it leaves the muzzle.

Tracers were either ignited by the combustion of the powder or by the contact with air.

Contact with air?
How do you wanna do that - create an anaerobe climate inside the cartridge? If so, where do take the oxygen needed for the combustion from?

There is a reason gunpowder has the shape of lil' balls(or cylinders): More space for O2 in between.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by swiss

Contact with air?
How do you wanna do that - create an anaerobe climate inside the cartridge? If so, where do take the oxygen needed for the combustion from?

There is a reason gunpowder has the shape of lil' balls(or cylinders): More space for O2 in between.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I know nothing about bullets, but I don't see why you can't have an o2 rich propellant chamber whilst still having an airtight tracer round that becomes non-airtight upon ignition of the bullet's propellant.

[WTE_Galway]