BMP-2,, BMP-3, M2A2, LAV-25 reload times

[Shadow KT]

So, I've noticed that on the vehicles mentioned in the tittle, as well as other similar vehicle which work in a similar fashion, there is an issue... well, maybe there isn't, but I would like this to be explained.

 

On vehicles like BMP-2/3, LAV-25, the main cannon has no magazines, it shoots until it is empty... which means that these vehicles cannot be rearmed, unless they empty their whole ammo...

 

On the BMP it can take more than 30 minutes to do that (get rearmed). Why can't these vehicles (without using tricks) be rearmed, unless you use up all the ammo ? Same is concerned to machine guns which have no other magazines, but only one feed, like the coaxial machine gun on the LAV.

 

There is a trick to this, if the vehicle has some kind of a weapon, which is magazine style reloaded, for example, ATGM you can shoot the ATGM and then rearm, which for one ATGM will take around 30 seconds, but this will also re-arm the cannon... but instead of just re-arming, for example the 5, 50, 100 rounds you have fired, it will take as much as time as if you are doing a full rearming, which on some of these vehicles can take more than 30 minutes.

 

Is there a reasoning behind this ?

Edited April 10, 2020 by Shadow KT