CanuckGamer Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I am playing a scenario where I have a limbered anti tank gun. I have a number of vehicles close by including a truck and bren carriers. What is the procedure and orders for getting one of the vehicles to hook up the AT gun and tow it? Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 usually same as embarking troops into a vehicle. click AT gun, hover mouse over vehicle and you should get a downward arrow boarding icon...then wait...and wait... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckGamer Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks for the reply. I tried this but it didn't work. I clicked on the AT gun, moved the mouse cursor on the truck, bren carrriers and even a jeep but each time the down arrow was red and not green which I understand means that the AT gun cannot be "loaded" on to that vehicle, or am I missing something? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 That is what that symbol means. To tow the gun there has to be enough available seats for the gun crew as well. What kind of At gun are we talking about here because that matters to. I do not think a jeep or a bren carrier can handle a 76mm AT gun but a 57mm is no problem. You want the towing vehicle to be as close to the AT gun as possible. Gun crews take a long time to move even short distances so once you figure out which vehicle can tow it get that vehicle as close as possible to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckGamer Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Ian, as I indicated, I also moved the mouse cursor over the truck which is a Bedford QLD GS seating 13. The AT gun is indeed a 76 mm with a crew of 6 so there should be plenty of space. I also tried to "load" the 2 man ATG Ammo bearer for this gun on to the truck but again it showed the red arrow. In my next pbem move I will move the truck directly beside the AT gun to see if that makes any difference. Maybe the problem is that this particular truck is carrying ammo although it does show 13 empty seats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Send me a PM with the password and a link to the file. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckGamer Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Ok, figured it out. There were two Beford QLD GS trucks. I was able to "load" the AT gun on to the second truck which was designated A Battery, also the designation of the AT gun. Thank you to everyone that replied. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Wait that is still odd. I am not aware of a restriction on which trucks in game can tow a gun. Is that expected behaviour that only assigned trucks can tow AT guns? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 6 hours ago, IanL said: Wait that is still odd. I am not aware of a restriction on which trucks in game can tow a gun. Is that expected behaviour that only assigned trucks can tow AT guns? Maybe they only have to belong to the same unit. If so, this might be following the logic that decrees that teams can only recombine with other teams from the same squad. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) That's what I mean that restriction would be news to me. I suppose it could have always been there and I just never noticed. Edited June 23, 2016 by IanL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckGamer Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 It caught me by surprise too. I have never had an issue with loading infantry on any vehicle regardless of what unit the truck or infantry belonged to. This last turn the AT gun crew, along with it's two man ammo support loaded on to the truck with the A Battery designation and the AT gun is now being towed as well. The only comparable situation I have encountered is with tank crews that abandoned their tank. When they recover their morale they can only re-crew their original tank and not others that have been abandoned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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