Northcape,
On page 307 of your scanned book, there's a reference to the author seeing tracer marked shells.
Any idea how prevalent tracer was in larger calibre shells?
Tom
Death of the Scharnhorst in ww2
Re: Death of the Scharnhorst in ww2
Northcape,
Having read the excerpt again I must ask what book the extract is from.
Many Thanks
Tom
Having read the excerpt again I must ask what book the extract is from.
Many Thanks
Tom
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Re: Death of the Scharnhorst in ww2
I believe tracer was the rule for heavy shells in WWII. There at all sorts of long exposure photos of ships firing at night showing the lines the shells made as they went off into the distance. There are first hand descriptions of the tracers disappearing into low clouds and then reappearing further down range. As far as I know, everyone used them.
Re: Death of the Scharnhorst in ww2
The war at seaTom17 wrote:Northcape,
Having read the excerpt again I must ask what book the extract is from.
Many Thanks
Tom
Freedom's battle vol. 1
Edited by John Winton
Re: Death of the Scharnhorst in ww2
Thank you Northcape.
Tom
Tom