0006388: 30mm x 173 PGU-13/B HEI bad vs infantry

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(0011850) tonimontana0328 (reporter) 2021-08-13 17:46	A magainzine/ammo belt with only HE rounds would also be nice if you could add that. Currently there is only pure AP and mixed.

(0011851) da12thMonkey (administrator) 2021-08-13 22:37	Combat Mix load is the standard for the A-10 IRL, and single ammo-type magazines were never an objective for our mod. Mixed is the only magazine we have intended for use on the A-10 after the release of the Jets DLC. Pure PGU-14 API magazine is for legacy reasons only (before Arma 3 submunitions system was enhanced for Jets DLC, it was not possible for us to have a mixed magazine). It's not there for the sake of variety - we have to keep the old class for the sake of compatibility with missions made before Jets DLC changes. IRL, the USAF used PGU-13 only loads for a short time in Libya and then Syria, but found it to be ineffective against the mix of targets that A-10s were tasked to engage (numerous un-armoured vehicles such as trucks were seen to remain operational in spite of successful PGU-13 hits). In more recent years, it seems (according to budget documents) that the USAF has adopted a 2/1 API/HEI combat mix instead of the legacy 4/1 API/HEI combat mix to reduce the usage of Depleted Uranium, or a 2/1 TP/HEI "urban mix" with PGU-15 training munitions replacing PGU-14 API to remove DU completely. This largely counts against us adding a HEI-only magazine to the mod.

(0011852) tonimontana0328 (reporter) 2021-08-14 10:52	Ok makes sense. Thanks for the response :). What about adding an extra alternative 2/1 API/HEI. Would that be possible ?

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2021-06-11 13:12	tonimontana0328	New Issue
2021-08-13 17:46	tonimontana0328	Note Added: 0011850
2021-08-13 22:37	da12thMonkey	Note Added: 0011851
2021-08-14 10:52	tonimontana0328	Note Added: 0011852

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