Courage Conquers Campaign Mission 1

[Hilts]

I've got a fully laden 81mm mortar halftrack that got immobilised due to enemy mortar fire. It states that no repairs or refits will be carried out during the campaign so I'm thinking it will be best to exit the mortar team and strip the halftrack of all it's ammo in particular the mortar rounds and 50 cal. What's the most efficient (and least time consuming) way to do this so that the ammo can be successfully re-distributed? I was thinking of pulling a tank up alongside it and having the tank crew take the 50 cal ammo. If they do, does it go into the tanks ammo supply when they remount?

[A Canadian Cat]

Cool question I have no idea if crew acquired .50cal ammo would be used by the tank's mounted .50cal. Sounds like an interesting experiment. There is a good chance that the current tank's stock pile of .50cal would have to be exhausted before any crew carried ammo would be used - if at all.

I'll be interested to hear if that can work.

[MOS:96B2P]

40 minutes ago, Hilts said:

<Snip> I was thinking of pulling a tank up alongside it and having the tank crew take the 50 cal ammo. If they do, does it go into the tanks ammo supply when they remount?

 

22 minutes ago, IanL said:

Cool question I have no idea if crew acquired .50cal ammo would be used by the tank's mounted .50cal. Sounds like an interesting experiment. There is a good chance that the current tank's stock pile of .50cal would have to be exhausted before any crew carried ammo would be used - if at all.

I'll be interested to hear if that can work.

The following are my notes from an experiment I did on the different types of ammo carried in a vehicle.  It in part covers your question.  

The ammo count listed on top in one color* is for the vehicle’s weapons systems. The ammo count listed on the bottom in a different color is the extra supply ammo that can be Acquired by troops.  If the vehicle’s ammo runs out the vehicle will take ammo from the extra supply.  The crew ammo is listed on the left under unit info panel / ammo.  A vehicle will not take crew or passenger ammo.  Crew and passengers can’t Acquire vehicle ammo.  All can take or Acquire extra supply ammo. Example: A tank crew could Bailout, Acquire .50 cal. ammo and re-crew their tank.  The tank would however not be able to use the .50 cal. ammo.  Or a halftrack could run low on .30cal ammo for the machinegun, take .30cal ammo from the extra supply and use it. 

*The color of the ammo counts can be different depending on which Combat Mission title you are playing.