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The EPR "bronze tip" ammo – previously known generically as "Green Ammo" – was born at the kickoff meeting for Phase II of the Army's Green Ammunition replacement program in mid-2005, at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Participants met to discuss problems surrounding environmentally-friendly small arms training ammunition. [18]
This round is usually identified by a green over white paint tip mark. [3] Its tracer variant, which is typically only used with belt-fed machine guns in naval applications, includes a row of red paint between the green and white rows. The headstamp on the casing will not help to identify the round as Raufoss. Common headstamps are used, and ...
Tracer ammunition, or tracers, are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. When fired, the pyrotechnic composition is ignited by the burning powder and burns very brightly, making the projectile trajectory visible to the naked eye during daylight, and very bright during nighttime firing.
Cartridge, Caliber 5.56 mm, Ball, M855 [Green tip]: 5.56×45mm 62-grain FN SS109-equivalent ball cartridge with a steel penetrator tip over a lead core in a full copper jacket. It is designed to penetrate lightly armored targets, such as body armor or light vehicles, and has a steel core that provides increased penetration.
From left to right: L type bullet with lead core, LPS bullet with steel core aside, green tip T-46M tracer with tracer cup (opened both at top and bottom) and lead tip aside, T-46 tracer with extended cup (opened only at the bottom). All bullet jackets and tracer cups are made from copper washed steel.
The cartridge is identified by a green tip with a gray ring. Cartridge, caliber .50, armor-piercing incendiary dim tracer (API-DT), Mk 257 The .50 caliber Mk 257 API-DT has a purple bullet tip. The bullet has a hardened steel core and incendiary tip. It is used in the M2, M3, and M85.
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However, a few companies produce pistol ammunition with plastic-tipped hollow points where the plastic is molded into a more rounded tip. These designs are not created to increase the streamlining of the bullet but rather to improve ammunition feeding in semi-automatic pistols that are prone to jams with standard hollow point ammunition.