C-130J Storage Capabilities

[IceCaps97 1]

I'm playing on the MIA server for ArmA 2: CO and I need to be able to support my team by dropping them an ammo box and tank on their location. However, each helicopter I try says it is a lift chopper, and that it can carry any vehicle, but not an ammo box. Then I tried to load it into a C-130J but there is no ammo box load option. Is there any vehicle in ArmA that can load a tank and ammo box, or how can I do this in a C-130J is it is possible?

[PuFu 4600]

it depends on the mission.

[kylania 568]

As PuFu alluded to, C-130s can't carry anything but players and some gear by default (3 weapons, 20 mags and 25 guys). To "carry vehicles" you need some sort of lift script or custom coding to allow that. You'll want to check the configuration of whatever script you're using in whichever mission you're playing to make those kinds of changes.

[160thSOAR 10]

The default C-130J can carry players who get inside, and gear which is manually loaded in by players. By manually loading, I mean you have to take the gear from its initial container, walk over to the C-130, and move it into the C-130's cargo manually. If you're trying to move stuff like weapons or the larger missiles, it can take quite a long time. All other things that you see in missions (Ammo Boxes and vehicles for example) have been scripted in by players.

In most ArmA2 public servers, lift choppers that can carry vehicles cannot load an ammo box as well. You have to pick one or the other. The MH-60 is a fairly common ammo box-carrying chopper, while the Merlin and CH-47 are often used for heavylift stuff.

[IceCaps97 1]

Makes sense, on the server the C-130J can carry a vehicle, something like 90 people (whole server), and 100 slots or something of the sort, but no box.