Autocannon calculation question

[ww2steel]

Okay, I ran a search on this and didn't find anything so...

Does the game count the rounds fired by an autocannon seperately or as one round... ie- when something like a 2cm or 40mm AA fires 6 or 3 or however many rounds in a burst does it calculate six shots, or just one 'burst'. Now there are two arguements for me...

1) You see the proper number of rounds flying downrange, so yes, it must figure all of them BUT

2) It only removes one increment of ammunition lost and when a target is hit you only see it give one report of impact (turret front...) .

So- firing many calculated rounds or one goofy 'burst'?

Thanks!

Mike

[Sergei]

Goofy burst.

[Joachim]

The German 20L55 auto has just 40-50 rounds in an AC or HT. Gone in 8-10 bursts would render them useless after a single "mad minute" turn of intense firing.

Explain that to the masses when....

...The Italian 20L65 has individual shots - it has 200+ rounds in an AC

...the German 20/28mm PzB has 160+ shots in a HT 25x/11 (single shot).

Gruß

Joachim

[Kanonier Reichmann]

In answer to the question, Combat Mission counts the three rounds (in CMAK & CMBB) as one round in terms of its hit effect but dramatically increases the chances to hit due to the fact that more than one round was fired.

Regards

Jim R.

[Dschugaschwili]

I think the game also raises the penetration values slightly for autocannons since there's a chance of more than one hit per burst, so the chance to get at least one penetration rises.

Dschugaschwili