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The Rangipo Desert at Waiouru is often used to demonstrate just how weird and dangerous it can be firing a machinegun into a rocky target area. Firing a 50 cal mg at 44 gal targets a km away, the...

One of the biggest fires in Waiouru in recent times was begun by an NCO using a thunderflash to initiate a competition between sections on the confidence course by the beginning of Home Valley road....

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...

Yep. If tracer damaged barrels the military would absolutely chew through them. But they don't. I can't remember machine guns I was responsible for for a two year period having replacement barrels...

in a word: Yes, they are ex mil tracer. The fly higher than conventional 55 gn fmj for most of their trajectory, as the burning tracer at the rear gives a bit of a base bleed effect.

BUT, they...