CanuckCommander wrote:
Another thing I noticed though is that in most gun cam videos, the Apache only carries about 300rnd of ammunition, while its official max ammo capacity is 1200. I'm curious, maybe we should set the ammo count to 300 as well for the apache. I don't know the reason behind this, perhaps it is more practical to increase fuel carrying load and reduce weight than haul a bunch of ammo that you'll never use up. Or maybe it can't carry 1200 rounds after 8 hellfires and 38 hydras. Idk. Maybe a military adviser can answer this.
You are absolutely on the right track here.
The reason why they
in most cases use reduced load in an environment like Afghanistan or Iraq is because of the tactical demand. The high temperatures / barometric altitudes the helicopters work, makes them able to carry less weight = mainly ammo and fuel.
However, because of the long trasition distances involved and requirement for long loiter times in the operating area, it is more sensible to carry more fuel than ammunition. Especially in missions where probability of an engement is low and/or targets are few.
Things change dramatically, when you are pitted in a situation which involves only short transition distance to the objective area and you expect very "target-rich" environment. In this scenario more emphasis is put to max out the weapon load even with the expense of more fuel.
So you see: what is
tactically sensible to do because of the
technical limitations in Afghanistan or Iraq - isn't necessarily the best course of action when you are pitted in a game-scenario such as "Kashan desert" map portrays.
Hopefully this clears the question
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I trust you find this in order,
MAFiA 2481
but I cant figure where to get a jet from lol
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