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An ammunition round for guns has a cartridge case provided with a detonator cap at one end, a bullet inserted in the other open end and an explosive charge between them. The base of the bullet has a recess in which there is a pyrotechnic insert generating an illuminated trace when the bullet is fire

An ammunition round for guns has a cartridge case provided with a detonator cap at one end, a bullet inserted in the other open end and an explosive charge between them. The base of the bullet has a recess in which there is a pyrotechnic insert generating an illuminated trace when the bullet is fired. The bullet may be an expanding bullet. The round provides a bullet with an integral trace device.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An ammunition round for a gun comprising:a cartridge case having opposing first and second ends;a detonator cap closing said first end of said cartridge case;an expanding bullet accommodated in said second end of said cartridge case, said expanding bullet having an inner

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An ammunition round for a gun comprising:a cartridge case having opposing first and second ends;a detonator cap closing said first end of said cartridge case;an expanding bullet accommodated in said second end of said cartridge case, said expanding bullet having an inner end in said cartridge case and an outer end outside said cartridge case, said expanding bullet comprising a ball of an elastically yielding material, inserted with some deformation in a part-spherical widening in the outer end of said expanding bullet, where the part-spherical widening has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the ball in at least one point;an explosive charge contained in said cartridge case between said detonator cap and said inner end of said expanding bullet, in which said lower end of said expanding bullet is provided with a recess; anda pyrotechnic insert in said recess which generates an illuminated trace when said expanding bullet is fired by detonation of said explosive charge.