&gt; The parent seems to be talking about ground AA gun crews using tracers<p>Stopped putting tracers into fighter craft ammunition belts or magazines.<p>&gt; The parent seems to be talking about ground AA gun crews using tracers -- presumably a lot of these would be firing at bombers?<p>I&#x27;m not aware of tracer ammo even existing for the big flak guns. This material implies there wasn&#x27;t any.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lonesentry.com&#x2F;manuals&#x2F;88mm-antiaircraft-gun&#x2F;ammunition-german-88-mm-aa-gun.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lonesentry.com&#x2F;manuals&#x2F;88mm-antiaircraft-gun&#x2F;ammu...</a>