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M62 tracer

NATO-standard 7.62x51mm tracer projectile; red-tip identification; 142 gr projectile with pyrotechnic base cavity; used in NATO machine-gun belts at 4:1 ball-to-tracer ratio; red-painted tip and burnt tracer cavity are diagnostic in recovered form.

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