Hiflyer Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Quick question for the gallery; may tanks crews "acquire" another tank's ammo. I have a Panther with an inoperative main gun (the Panther is NOT Knocked Out or Destroyed) and another Panther with almost no ammo left. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JyriErik Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Nope. Ammo transfer between tanks isn't possible. (Doesn't really seem it would be possible in combat. You can't just toss shells from one tank to another. Delicate & dangerous work). Jyri 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 "...toss shells from one tank to another." But, just think of the great graphics and pics that would make... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Not as far as I can tell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiflyer Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I would think that if the crews are not under fire that this would be possible, although I don't have any evidence of this in practice, I find it hard to believe that this wasn't done on the battlefield when a tank ran out of fuel or suffered a mechanical failure that rendered it inoperative. My two cents. Thanks to all who replied. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Nope, negative. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I would think that if the crews are not under fire that this would be possible, although I don't have any evidence of this in practice, I find it hard to believe that this wasn't done on the battlefield when a tank ran out of fuel or suffered a mechanical failure that rendered it inoperative. My two cents. Thanks to all who replied. Do you have any idea how much these shells weighed and the work it took just to load them into one tank? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiflyer Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 Do you have any idea how much these shells weighed and the work it took just to load them into one tank? Roughly 15 lbs for each L/70 KwK 42 shell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkelried Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I would think that if the crews are not under fire that this would be possible, although I don't have any evidence of this in practice, I find it hard to believe that this wasn't done on the battlefield when a tank ran out of fuel or suffered a mechanical failure that rendered it inoperative. My two cents. Thanks to all who replied. I am sure that some ammo swapping was done, but assuming that the tankers then and now show similar characteristics - they would need to be a bit farther away from the frontline, than in the average CMx battle to begin such a procedure and only under real emergency conditions. Just for reasons of cover and not being surprised by then enemy so close to a frontline. So e.g. averaging out the ammo between tanks between two battles in a campaign would be an interesting option (if they don't get resupplied) BFC could provide us with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiflyer Posted April 17, 2013 Author Share Posted April 17, 2013 I am sure that some ammo swapping was done, but assuming that the tankers then and now show similar characteristics - they would need to be a bit farther away from the frontline, than in the average CMx battle to begin such a procedure and only under real emergency conditions. Just for reasons of cover and not being surprised by then enemy so close to a frontline. So e.g. averaging out the ammo between tanks between two battles in a campaign would be an interesting option (if they don't get resupplied) BFC could provide us with. In my particular case, I'm in the middle of the Kg Engel Campaign (Crossing the Dives) and I'm in the setup phase. One of my Panthers sustained damage to the main gun during the previous scenario that renders it inoperative. It would be nice during the setup phase, particularly during campaigns, where ammo sharing could be accomplished - as no resupply was allowed by the campaign designer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkelried Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 In my particular case, I'm in the middle of the Kg Engel Campaign (Crossing the Dives) and I'm in the setup phase. One of my Panthers sustained damage to the main gun during the previous scenario that renders it inoperative. It would be nice during the setup phase, particularly during campaigns, where ammo sharing could be accomplished - as no resupply was allowed by the campaign designer. I guess that in this particular situation, the damaged Panther should probably be taken out of the game since it would transfer as quickly as possible to the repair shops. I doubt that there would be time to swap ammo though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 One day, BFC will gift us with a fully-fledged inventory system and the tools for scenario designers to build things like this into scenarios and campaigns. I hope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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