US 106mm Recoilesss Rifle Training Round

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the tracer rounds were hazardous to store.

They aren't tracer, they're spotter. They are explosive like incendiary and if struck hard enough could go off. I don't have a live one, just a ball bullet in a short case. You could paint the tip correctly. I wouldn't want a live projectile. When they strike a hard target they erupt with a bright white flash and a loud report. The tracer element of course shows you flight trajectory.

I watched a video with Ian McCollum and he said they had to be turned so the rifling lined up with the rifling on the band

I don't think he was ever in 106 platoon.

They were firing it with a 20 foot string

The funniest part of that is being that far away gives you all the blast, right on top of the weapon is a bit better, the blast at least goes out back. Regardless, you don't want to be just a few feet away, it's abusive. Yes, if it detonated they'd have gone too.