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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Rapid City, SD | Subject: And another one...
What is a Mark 6-3 destroyer type DR Tracer? It was installed by the Sound School.
Elmer says that, "Every third or fourth bullet I shot was a tracer."
Is a Mark 6-3 destroyer type DR Tracer something to do with ballistics - or - sound?
I thought I could do this, and I'm not ready to give up yet, but God I wish Elmer was here. For many reasons.
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Plankowner
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Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: And another one...
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I do not know about the numbers but a tracer was an aiming tool. in a machine gun belt of ammunition every 5th round , I think it was, was a tracer round. This left a visible streak in the air. You've seen WW II film where you can see lots of shooting at Japanese planes and the sky is filled with streaks of light. Those are tracers. See picture.
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Rapid City, SD | Subject: Ric -
Why was this installed by the Sound School?
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Master and Commander
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Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: And another one...
Corabelle - 2009-06-18 8:59 PMWhat is a Mark 6-3 destroyer type DR Tracer? It was installed by the Sound School.Elmer says that, "Every third or fourth bullet I shot was a tracer."Is a Mark 6-3 destroyer type DR Tracer something to do with ballistics - or - sound?I thought I could do this, and I'm not ready to give up yet, but God I wish Elmer was here. For many reasons.Cora
In your first sentence he was referring to a DR "DEAD RECKONING" tracer. A machine that would trace a line on a large paper that showed where the ship had traveled and the source corrections that were made. It probably was designed to be installed on a Navy destroyer-type vessel.
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