Originally Posted by
XR500
During the summer period there is usually a tracer ban in all military training areas, cause they start LOTS of fires. Just look to the East when you drive the Desert road!
The ammo technicians have to run all the belts of ammo through a delinker, then relink with no tracer.
This results in a shit ton of tracer being accumulated.
It is then relinked into 100% tracer belts, and gets fired off in winter when there's no fire risk. Its not ideal as it doesn't teach you where to aim (4 ball 1 T belts, the ball rounds are landing about 2m lower than the tracer does @1000m (7.62).
But the stuff is great fun at night, and gets hauled out at final field exercises for its wow! factor