Fired on the ground bullets bounce

Hi,

Shooting to ground nomally the bullets should penetrate in the ground.

But all the bullets fired by Huey, bouncing like a laser beam reflected on mirror.

That would depend on the impact angle and the properties of the ground being hit. At a shallow enough angle, a high percentage would bounce. At least my bullets did whe I was shooting tracers with a machine gun on the range, back in my navy days.

also when a tracer round deforms on impact the chemical tracer can become detached.

so if you hit a rock you may see the tracer bounce up. when the round stays deformed in the rock.

the tracer component is light and wont penetrate much, so is more likely to bounce. if it detaches.

so a lot of the splash of tracer is from deforming rounds. because bullets don't stay bullet shaped after impact. they tend to break into pieces..

so don't imagine whole bullets bouncing away with the tracer. although a few whole ones will bounce like sharkku says.

cannon balls were more deadly when the ground was hard because they would bounce through column's of infantry.

Hi,

Shooting to ground nomally the bullets should penetrate in the ground.

But all the bullets fired by Huey, bouncing like a laser beam reflected on mirror.