[BallisticWookie]

LOL !! Settle down Lud Here ya go, hope this helps and explains it, Waffenampt said it all though...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>WHEN TRACER AMMUNITION IS FIRED, THE EJECTED PROJECTILE CONTAINING THE TRACER COMPOUND THAT IGNITES, EMITTING A BRIGHT TRACE, IDENTIFING THE BULLET'S TRAJECTORY. THE SHOOTER CAN FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE BULLET ACCORDINGLY TO ZERO IN A TARGET ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. RED TRACER IS THE STANDARD COLOR UTILIZED BY NATO FORCES. THE GREEN TRACER IS USED BY SOVIET BLOC COUNTRIES. HEADLIGHT TRACER IS DESIGNED FOR EITHER DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME USAGE.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

sorry about the caps.