[danger]

i have heard it said that the tracers changed colour when you approached empty, is this a possability in game ?

[Klemm]

No, from what i've gathered the last rounds were ALL tracers (at some times and in some airforces and some aircraft of course, not always). They didn't change color.
And the way ammunition is set up in IL-2 i think that one string of different rounds is applied to the whole ammo belt, so you get APIT-AP-IT for example (yeah i just made that one up so no need to correct me there in that combination) for the whole belt.
What could be changed is the combination of rounds, for example taking out all tracers and so on.
But that in itself is classed as a weapon mod which is forbidden around here, since it would provide a template how to mod the weapons yourself.
So much for your idea, although it wasn't a bad one.
But hey, maybe someone comes in and is able to match your request. But the things above is my best knowledge on the subject.

[urufu_shinjiro]

I hope this is included in SoW:BoB. I know oleg will be incliding customer ammo belting but don't know if it will allow for changing it at the end.

[Klemm]

I hope this is included in SoW:BoB. I know oleg will be incliding customer ammo belting but don't know if it will allow for changing it at the end.

First thing I'd do is thin out the tracers very much so i have them only on one gun and only one in ten rounds or so or delete them outright. I believe it aids very much in deflection shooting when you got to know where and how to aim, instead of correcting for tracer paths.
No tracers would also aid online, the chance of detection just by shooting at another plane or ground targets would be zero and the victim would also notice only you most times when it is too late.

Then come the people of course that claim that this would be a cheat and the historical airforces wouldn't do/ allow such things. Best implementation would be with ranks, the higher the rank, the more rights you get to customize your stuff.