does incendiary ammunition on firearms contain any practical use in combat?
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This depends a bit on the ammunition. Something like API can set off explosives inside of armored targets, or light fuel on fire. It’s useful against lightly to moderately armored targets.
Incendiary ammunition for use against infantry, such as white phosphorous, is banned. That said, sending blobs of sticky substance that cannot be put out all over the enemy’s position can be devastating. This is usually done from some kind of artillery, such as out of tanks or mortars or recoilless rifles.
yes, but generally in combination with an armor piercing and potentially explosive component against unarmored/ lightly armored vehicles and aircraft. not in a rifle (except for anti materiel rifles)
Incendiary ammo contains special components that ignite upon impact, causing fire damage.
It is primarily used in military applications to **destroy vehicles, disable equipment, and generate fires in strategic locations.**
The travel distance of incendiary ammo is similar to that of regular ammunition, as it is generally loaded into standard projectile cartridges.
Setting stuff on fire in combat is way more effective with incendiary mortar shells, rockets or bombs than with firearms. So while incendiary handgun ammo exists, an average soldier is very unlikely to get any issued to him.
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