mortar ammo supply

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Originally Posted by Fotheringill

I am new to the game. I read this thread. How is anyone supposed to keep track of everything with the obvious micro management required for reloading a mortar?

This baffles me. Is there an automatic way? I.E. managing things from platoon level on up or is intense micromanagement needed to even reload a rifle?

Hmm... Well, i would say that Hard/Very Hard difficulty might need some micromanagement to conserve your founds. But on easy ( an obvious place to start for a new player ), you will not need it at all. You can completely ignore ammo, health, cover and such, and focus on a more basic tactics, since you will not have to worry about lack of founds or allies/enemy ratio...

Lets take the mortar example: it has over 100 (!) shells/grenades in the inventory when you buy it. It will give you at least 2 minutes of a non-stop area bombardment. And when it is out of ammo - you can most probably buy a new one ( supply truck is not free anyways ). Soldiers have a shared ammo stash, when combined in groups ( not sure if it works when they are on the opposite sides of the map, but still... )