Ammo Storage and Fuel Storage destroyable.

[Shadow KT]

Can the already present fuel and ammo depots at airfields in the Caucasus, be destroy-able ? This way interesting resource denial can be done

[Northstar98]

Can the already present fuel and ammo depots at airfields in the Caucasus, be destroy-able ? This way interesting resource denial can be done

 

You can blow them up in game, I've done it lots of times, and the ammo depots make lots of secondary explosions that go on seemingly endlessly.

 

Not sure if it actually takes out refuelling and rearming capability for aircraft though.

[Shadow KT]

I know they make a pretty visual, but they don't actually have any effect.

 

The containers, don't even get destroyed, there are just secondaries, which come from no where.

[=4c=Nikola]

When you destroy fuel tank, percentage of fuel available on that airport decreases. It's probably same for ammo storage.

[Shadow KT]

I did a test and nothing changed. I will try it again. The thing is.... you cannot even destroy the containers which are marked on the map (at least the ammo ones), so you can't know what you've destroyed.

Edited May 12, 2020 by Shadow KT

[Shadow KT]

Wait, how did you see that the fuel decreased ?

[Kang]

Without having tried it at all:

It might simply do nothing if your airfields are set to unlimited supplies to begin with.

[Greyman]

The ability to deny your enemy access to resources might become a thing for the purposes of the currently WIP dynamic campaign, but to prevent it being an overpowered tactic, the storage units would either have to be really well defended and/or there would need to be lots of them.

[=4c=Nikola]

Yea, it seems it doesn't work for ammo storage. I do not understand why is that; they can just reuse existing code they use for fuel.

[Shadow KT]

Yea, it seems it doesn't work for ammo storage. I do not understand why is that; they can just reuse existing code they use for fuel.

 

But how did you figure out it works for fuel ?

[Dunx]

Combined Arms?

 

When you click an airport on the F10 map I get the option to see resources (fuel/ammo). I'm not sure if that is due to me having Combined Arms or not, I've never NOT had the module installed.

[Sierra99]

Page 216 in the manual

 

" Resource Manager

The Resource Manager (RM) is Mission Editor a system that allows you to set a determined quantity of aircraft, fuel and equipment at each airbase warehouse and independent warehouse. Each warehouse (airbase or independent) can resupply other warehouses with defined speed, periodicity and size.

 

The RM is a very useful tool for single player and multiplayer missions in which the mission designer can limit the available aircraft, fuel and weapons to the player(s). Thereby adding a level of strategic thinking of how to best use limited resources. "

[=4c=Nikola]

But how did you figure out it works for fuel ?

 

I've dropped gbu-12 at each individual tank at airport and after each tank destroyed I've checked airport resources in F10. Liquids levels decreased proportionally and after all tanks were destroyed, I've tried to refuel and failed.

[Shadow KT]

Ah, I have not noticed the resource button until now on the F10 map. Nice, glad there is a way to check this more conveniently while in-game

 

So, the verdict is that works for fuel, but not for ammo ?

[=4c=Nikola]

Yes.

[Shadow KT]

Well, I guess time to report a bug.

[Joni]

Has this been reported? I tried it today and ammo is still not affected by destroyed depots.

[Shadow KT]

Ammo works as well