M-16 Night Fire

SSgt Dan Scott fires his M-16 next to several of his JSTO3 Air Force classmates at Camp Atterbury, IN, January 31, 2008. They are there for Combat Skills Training in preparation for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. Notice the tracer rounds from the M-16s and the M-249's in the range to the left.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Air Force

[youngschechter]

godmode, I think they seem "slow" because of the distance they are traveling. Because it is dark, you don't realize they are actually traveling several hundred feet before hitting something down range. After striking something, they do slow down, as you see when they're flying up into the sky.

[187Godhand2]

This actually does look like star wars

[scruffums123]

Looks like Star Wars :3

[dsg325]

amazing how much they ricochet off the berm.

[zacharyslick242]

(SPC ZELTS) They ARE NOT moving slow buddy-trust me... That course dark, but if it were lit up-you'd see how far it is...

[jbailey41]

@sonofthesun2188 Russian and Chinese tracer rounds use barium salts, producing the green light, instead of the strontium/magnesium mix used in the West.

[455cui]

it's like call of duty

im joking real beat the game by so f***ing far

[sonofthesun2188]

who uses the green tracers? 

[godmode9]

do tracer rounds really move that slow? or is some gas they emit that makes it light up

[TheDevenrocks]

dang i never realized bullets bounced so much. Now i know :)

[shangobah]

Were you serious about tracer rounds "bouncing" more than regular ones? Im pretty sure they just have red phosphorous.. the physics should be the same. The only difference is you can "see" the projectile bounce rather than just dust particles.

[shangobah]

I participated in a night fire training just like this in the US Army. As soon as It started I was like, "cool! Star Wars!"