Amount of ammo in the gun does not affect weight

[Gunfreak]

Cosmo said that they often didn't take the full 500 rounds on the . 50 cal because of weight and fuel concerns.

But trying the different amount of ammo on the  .50 does not change the weight of the helicopter even 1%. 

[Tholozor]

The amount of rounds for the gun pod is determined by the pod that's loaded (i.e. M3P100 is 100 rounds, M3P200 is 200 rounds, etc). The different M3P pods definitely have different weights. The 'Gun Ammo' slider in the rearming menu (or the percentage in the editor) controls the amount of rounds for the M4.

[Ramsay]

11 hours ago, Gunfreak said:

... trying the different amount of ammo on the  .50 does not change the weight of the helicopter even 1%. 

100 rounds of .50 weighs approx. 30lbs, so carrying 200 rounds, saves approx. 90lbs and adds an additional 18 minutes of "time on station" when replaced with fuel (@300lb/hr).

And yeah, it's not what I was expecting - but it is what it is.

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APKWS +  500 rounds (total weapon weight 575 lbs)

APKWS + 300 rounds (total weapon weight 516 lbs)

Edited June 7, 2024 by Ramsay

[Kinkkujuustovoileipä]

The Gun Ammo slider is not used for the M3P ammunition, as Tholozor said. AFAIK Gun Ammo slider can only be used for permanently attached guns in DCS like in an Apache, as opposed to a gun on a pylon mount like the M3P. Hence why it is not used here.

[Gunfreak]

51 minutes ago, Kinkkujuustovoileipä said:

The Gun Ammo slider is not used for the M3P ammunition, as Tholozor said. AFAIK Gun Ammo slider can only be used for permanently attached guns in DCS like in an Apache, as opposed to a gun on a pylon mount like the M3P. Hence why it is not used here.

But i didn't use the slider. I tested all gun pod ammo counts from 100 to 500. And the weight slider didn't change even 1%  

[some1]

It changes for me, there's 53 kg difference between 100 and 500 option (~2% loadout).