7.62 tracer round
7.62 Tracer Round
36 x 67.5 inches, oil on canvas, 2007
I was surprised to learn the use of tracer
rounds. They trace the path of a bullet Silly me. A chemical in the tip burns
up while the round is in flight leaving a phosphorescent trail. Generally there
are one of these rounds loaded for every five or six so when the machine gun
fires the gunner can see the fall of shot.