Ammo Trucks

boloka · Post by **boloka** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 5:08 am

how do i use them?

Latka · Post by **Latka** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 5:38 am

I haven't used 'em myself, but I remember seeing something in the manual bout 'em.

I think they just need to be parked next to a unit for a turn without incoming fire and they'll reload the guns.... but from what I recall, the higher caliber the weapon, the slower the reload time.

-Andy

Pack Rat · Post by **Pack Rat** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 5:58 am

Yeah they need to be in the same hex or a hex next to it. Both the ammo truck and the resupply target/targets need to be low in surpresion. Ammo dumps work the same way but faster. One full turn must be waited for resupply to start.

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Tankhead · Post by **Tankhead** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 6:31 am

Originally posted by Pack Rat:
Yeah they need to be in the same hex or a hex next to it. Both the ammo truck and the resupply target/targets need to be low in surpresion. Ammo dumps work the same way but faster. One full turn must be waited for resupply to start.

Hi all!

Ammo canister work in the same way also.

Tankhead

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skukko · Post by **skukko** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 7:37 am

it is also good habit to park your rocketlaunchers within one hex of your ammo truck. In this way your artillery is in use whole time.

Kluckenbill · Post by **Kluckenbill** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 5:17 pm

Ammo trucks are by far the most cost effective unit in a campaign. In every campaign I try to accumulate a fair amount of on-board artillery as part of my core force. Then the very first support unit I take in every battle is an Ammo Truck section. I park the ammo trucks behind a hill, protect them as best I can with AA and set up my artillery next to them. You can stack the guns as high as you like, somehow those ammo handlers manage to get through the traffic. The only real problem with this method is that the artillery park makes a really good target if the enemy does find them.
I've even taken rocket launchers a few times and they never seem to run out of ammo.

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Larry Holt · Post by **Larry Holt** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 5:26 pm

In case is is not clear, ammo trucks can reload any weapon with any type of ammo except smoke. That means that you can reload tanks, etc.

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BobP · Post by **BobP** » Wed Oct 25, 2000 10:26 pm

A little confused, need clarification.

Does using ammo truck or dump as described above increase the number of rounds a unit can fire per turn?

If yes, is there a formula by type of unit?

If no, I'm still confused.

Scanned the manual, but couldn't find the answer. Thanks.

BobP

Zarquon · Post by **Zarquon** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 12:05 am

No, when a unit is parked next to them, it just gets new ammo up to it's starting loadout. Right click on a unit to see how many rounds you've got left.
Very useful as arty tends to run out of shells fairly quickly, and a couple of these effectively give you an infite supply of death and destruction. You see, they don't ever run out of supplies..

Tankhead · Post by **Tankhead** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 12:13 am

And then the enemy decide to do some counter artillery fire and hit you're ammo dump and ammo trucks, well you get a very big bang and some damages for a few hexes around the ammo dump. And the hex the ammo dump was in become impassible.

Tankhead

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AmmoSgt · Post by **AmmoSgt** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 8:53 am

I assume that the ammo trucks represent not just a single truck but the spearhead of the resupply chain in a tangible way . if ya read the offical histories of the Ordnance Corp you are going to see we steal anything that rolls from anybody on either side thatis not tied down in order to get ammo forward.... ya want US flak 88's with ammo no problem we stole and distributed whole batterys of them in ww2..... Red Ball ring any bells ..... you got a radio?? call in advance and we will have your order ready ....somewhere in real life TO&E's yer gonna find ammo carriers for high usage units like artilery and such assigned to the unit .. depending on doctrine they will be stockpiling ammo at resupply locations and sending the trucks back for more .... we have ammo prepositioned based on specific units supported and plans to bring what is needed forward at times anticipated by ammo usage rates for that type unit per day per intensity of engagement stuff never goes as planed and folks get cut off and bridges get blown ..yeah and sometimes we are short smoke... but ammo forward is a priority and having that ord detachment handy is a real good idea ...long before M.A.S.H units were pulling the wounded out and makin house call BB stackers were makin house calls... in fact i think one nations OOB calls them supply train I of course prefer to call them casions and we do keep them rolling along...I LUV this game

warhead · Post by **warhead** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 9:20 am

that was a cool f**kin post there sgt..."yeah get yeah a case of beer for that one"Kilgore.

boloka · Post by **boloka** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 12:49 pm

Hey thanks for all the tips guys, I had a feeling that they could be quite effective but just not sure of the physics of reloading with them, until now. So again thanks.

Pack Rat · Post by **Pack Rat** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 4:22 pm

Ammo canisters? Where you finding those Tankhead?

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Tankhead · Post by **Tankhead** » Thu Oct 26, 2000 6:55 pm

Originally posted by Pack Rat:
Ammo canisters? Where you finding those Tankhead?

Hi Pack Rat

You can find it in a scenario by Wild Bill Lightning Strikes In Norway it use a special OOB # 86 and you can download the special OOBS package on my web site on the main page.
Be sure to back up your original OOBS before using it.

Tankhead

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