Ammo load for M1 Abrams tank in demo?

[=jps=sgtrock 4]

A buddy of mine noticed that the .50 cal ammo for the tank seemed very low. When he told me this, I fired up the CTI mission to check that, the coax, and main armament. As near as I can tell, there are only 200 rounds available. Half of them can apparently only be fired if the commander is 'turned out'. The coax is limited to only a couple thousand rounds.

The two websites that I checked says the M1 is supposed to have 2,000 rounds of .50 cal and 12,400 rounds of 7.62 for the coax. No wonder it feels like I'm shooting the tank dry so quick.

The main armament is very close, though. The M1 comes with a standard load of 40 rounds, half sabot and half HE. Those same two websites agreed that is correct for an M1A2.

Are the tanks in the full version also this limited in MG ammo?

TIA

[D-scythe 0]

The M1A2 has 42 rounds. In any case, the tank in ArmA seems to be an M1A1.

[Tracer 0]

On the subject of ammo; SABOT rounds don't explode on impact like they do in the game?

They are kinetic tungsten rods which melt their way through armour and kill the crew. Sure there is a 'splash' on impact, but it isn't an explosion.

Pity that wasn't modelled in-game

[frederf 0]

I think the website you are reading that lists all those MG rounds counts EXTERNAL stores, not stores ready to fire.

[=jps=sgtrock 4]

OK, I'll buy that. I don't much about the storage on an M1.

Still, I am kind of puzzled. I remember reading somewhere about German tanks during WWII that were able to reload the coax MG by just adding continually feeding belts to it. All the ammo was supposedly accessible from within the tank's cab.

I also think I once saw a video of someone firing a Sherman's coax MG from within the turret. That one was also belt fed, and I could swear I could recall seeing a couple of ammo boxes stored on the wall.

I guess I find it hard to believe that the M1 didn't learn something from the lessons learned back then.

[Zrix 0]

Omg, posted in the wrong thread, really sorry.

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