What support vehicles can carry is important to know, for many reasons. If you have very heavy AA/AT guns, don't expect to tow them with medium trucks or your standard HT. That's a given, but here's what I didn't know.
The first number it it's "Carry Capacity" block is the size units it can carry, sort of. What I mean by that is if the carry capacity for a truck is 112, it is able to carry (tow) class "1" guns, as well as 12 men. Example, it could tow a 28mm German AT gun, plus 8 more troops (Engineers, Infantry, Scouts, whatever). It could also carry 2 X 120mm mortar teams (of 6 men each). What it can't carry is an 88mm Flak, even though the gun only has a crew of 11. Why? Because the 88 is a "size 2". You'll need a heavy truck (Bues Nag for example) to tow that.
One thing I didn't realize until now is that a SkdFz 7 for example can tow class 2 guns and can hold up to 18 personnel. If the gun crew has 11 men, you have 7 more seats. I only share this to help you get the max out of your carrying capacity.
Now, one confusing area for me (still) is the size factor. The SO Yag-6 for example is a MOTHER of a huge truck with a 233 carry capacity and a weight of 230. Which technically means it can carry itself, except that it's size "4". I've heard veterans here talk about evacuating immobilized MBTs from the battlefield using the YaG-6. Example, IS-1, weight 230 but size 4 can be picked up/carried by a YaG-6?
It might be a case of Small/Medium = Size 1 for hauling purposes, Large = Size 2 and nothing else follows. Only two size classes for hauling purposes. Is that the case?
And then there's the Barge Carrier question. Now, I know how to use them. They carry AFVs and the like, NOT troops. Troops have their own rubber rafts they'll carry when the time's right. Unless they're MC troops, can those be loaded on transports? I've never tried.
If you're looking for a detailed version of Barge usage, do a search in this forum. For a summary, remember they work "backward" of normal loading procedures. Barges "suck in" whatever it is they're loading. For example, to load Tank A onto Barge, park Tank A on a shore hex, move barge adjacent to Tank A, select Barge, click "load", then select the Tank to suck it up. Then simply run into a shore hex on the other side of/coast of the water area to unload the cargo.
If YaG-6's can indeed carry MBTs, would that be a nice deception plan or what? A column of trucks, easy pickins, right? So you run your light tanks up to shoot some fish in a barrel, only to have the Trucks dump their cargo and bam!
:p As Mattenhoff said, no stunts. Guess it's a "limit" in the game load mechanism...
