Ammunition selection

[pcelt]

I am aware you can make an ammo type selection for tanks, SPGs etc but if you make no interventions yourself may I assume that the AI will make appropriate selections itself with respect to the targets--or is it always better to make this selection yourself?

Thanks for any insights and advice ...

[Sneaksie]

Sure AI will select the best ammo for a task at hand, but keep in mind that once the round is in the barrel, it must be fired to load another. That's why if you show your infantry to an enemy tank, it will fire HE shell at them and load another HE shell. Then you can advance with your tank and have an advantage if there is AP round already loaded in your tank (enemy tank will fire the loaded HE round first which is harmless for your tank and only then will begin to load an AP round). In short, there are situations where manual ammo selection is beneficial and you should select AP ammo and fire HE round anywhere (ground attack) to load the selected AP ammo to be ready to meet approaching enemy armor.

[pcelt]

Thanks Sneaksie--useful survival advice -thanks....