MicknDarcyJo
Old-Salt

Ok, standing by for incoming on this one.......
On my SAA course, the instructor told us that you can identify tracer rounds at night because the red paint on the tip was 'fruit flavoured', and black paint on the armour piercing rounds was 'liquorice'.........
I naturally dismissed this as a pile of bollocks, and reckoned he was just trying to 'wah' us.....
I've now been asked by a recruit if this is actually true, and have had to tell him I'll get back to him on it.....
So, unlikely as it is, is this actually true? Cant say i've ever wanted to lick the tips of 5.56 rounds to find out........
On my SAA course, the instructor told us that you can identify tracer rounds at night because the red paint on the tip was 'fruit flavoured', and black paint on the armour piercing rounds was 'liquorice'.........
I naturally dismissed this as a pile of bollocks, and reckoned he was just trying to 'wah' us.....
I've now been asked by a recruit if this is actually true, and have had to tell him I'll get back to him on it.....
So, unlikely as it is, is this actually true? Cant say i've ever wanted to lick the tips of 5.56 rounds to find out........