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by AlgorithmicTime 1231 days ago
Apparently that's not actually the case. The Brits and French had a hell of a time shooting down German Zeppelins in WWI with standard tracer ammo.
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Standard tracer ammo, yes. As was the case with most weapon systems in WWI, innovation ran rampant and the various armed forces tried out any number of solutions such as explosive-filled bullets[1]

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeroy_bullet