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Originally Posted by Space Communist
As was mentioned this has been debated endlessly. The majority of people with military experience describe how surprised they were that tracers looked like "lasers" (real lasers look nothing like Star Wars lasers but I won't get into that.)
Some people did describe them as more like points, or fireballs as you say. But generally the consensus seemed to be that they only look like points when they are being fired out of a barrel you are looking down, so that the round is not moving much laterally to you. When seen from the side (someone else firing, or a gun in your wing or well underneath you in the nose,) they turn more or less into bars, though often with the front of the "bar" being brighter than the tail.
Now I am not speaking from personal experience so please feel free to correct me, I am simply summarizing the conclusions come to in other threads.
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The "bar" is not brighter in the front than at the tail.
They have the same brightness for their entire apparent length.
The tracers in Cliffs of Dover look very good.
The only complaint that I have as they appear too fat when close.
Of course, that would all depend on ambient light conditions.
03-30-2011, 06:34 PM
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