shell production

[lofty12]

i see there is a new shell production tech. the manual also mentions shells but i dont see any ingame shell resource.

how does this game mechanic work?

[Big Al]

Should be there I just checked in the editor and all countries for WaW have it.

Some of the smaller scenarios they do not.

[lofty12]

yeah i noticed it when arty fire they have ammo. so i assume the ammo tech simply speeds up how fast they replenish?

[Big Al]

it gives them max # of shells

So lets say you have tech 3 in shell production. It means the artillery should fire 3 times in 1 turn. But each unit does have a MAX # of shells despite technology. So there are two limiting factors, one for the unit, and one for the tech.

[Hubert Cater]

Hi Lofty,

Just to add, under normal circumstances, let's say an Artillery unit has a minimum shell value of 1 and a maximum shell value of 3.

Units that have "shells" normally collect 1 shell per turn so if you started with 1 shell, did not fire on your turn, then on the next turn you will have 2 shells.

If you fired, you would be at 0 shells and on the next turn, the minimum value requires you to automatically be at 1 shell for the next turn.

Shell Production tech increases your minimum per turn so if you let's say acquired Shell Production Tech Level-1 then your new minimum is 2 shells.

So in this case, you fire off 2 shells on your turn, on your next turn you are now automatically at 2 shells again.

If however you didn't fire off any shells and started at 2 shells, then on the next turn you would be at 2 + 1 shell = 3 shells total.

Hope this helps,

Hubert