Kipod Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Guys, a.) Love the game. Take that as read. Long, long time fan of all CM products. b.) I am seeing a number of support weapons teams with massive ammo loads. A BTR based AT-14 team, dismounted with 3 men and 14 rounds!!! I've handled a real AT-14 and you can carry 2 round per man max. A 120mm mortar team, dismounted with 5 men, with 22 rounds. - again, for real that's not an act of war given the need to pack the mortar as well. This seems to be less of an issue with specialist teams, but the mortar teams are certainly overloaded to very unrealistic degree as concerns ammo. .... but overall, an amazing product that is delivering more than a few professional insights. Edited February 4, 2015 by Kipod 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattias Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 And it wasn't simply a case of them standing near their transport and thereby sharing the ammo, carried with them and carried inside the vehicle? M. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpl Steiner Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 It's great that you service guys are chiming in with facts like this. I want the game to be as realistic as possible so I hope BFC read your post and make the necessary adjustments. The mortar team sounds like it should really have an ammo bearer team paired with it in my opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipod Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Nope. This was all with no vehicles involved. This is stand alone team ammo loads that are the issue .... and I seem to remember this as an issue back about 4 years ago with both ammo loads for AT guns and in CMSF. A real 120mm Mortar round weighs 12-14kg dependant on type, so 2 round is about as much as a man carry. Very much up for the whole realism thing, with a good eye to game play. I played a mate online last might and the casualty bill for a basic Dismounted battlegroup level encounter battle that would have resulted in cabinet meetings across the globe!! It's a very lethal environment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Are you seeing the overloaded AT-14 in the editor or in a scenario? If so, what formation or scenario? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipod Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Are you seeing the overloaded AT-14 in the editor or in a scenario? If so, what formation or scenario? Seeing it mainly in QB's (infantry only), but also in the Scenario editor options. I think the same MAY apply to some units in the editor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammersix Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I served as an infantryman. Typically, as we were standing around bitching, waiting to head out, with our loads all neatly packed, the platoon sergeant would suddenly call everyone over to a Jeep (this was before you were born) or a deuce and a half, and say "everyone take one round/one case/one dozen/one whatever" and we'd have to add a mortar round or a case of 5.56 or a case of 7.62 or whatever else to our neatly balanced, perfectly packed loads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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