Hello Gamers I have a question to make sure that it’s not a bug.
I play with Japan and I use the Type 87 SPAA. But when I switch to armor piercing ammo I only have 40 bullets. Is this intentional or a bug?
I play on PS5 and PC.
its intentional
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The Type 87 has a dual feed system with two different sized belts, and stores no reloads for either. The first ammo selected will fill the main belts (320 rounds per gun, 640 total), the second ammo selected will fill the secondary belts (20 rounds per gun, 40 total).
To have more AP you’d have to select it as your first ammo type, but keep in mind you’d only be left with 40 rounds of whatever secondary ammo you want to bring.
Only APDS is artificially limited to always exclusively be the secondary 40 round belts, since Gaijin have stated that they think full 640 rounds of APDS would be too powerful. If you select APDS as your first ammo type the game will simply spawn you with 40 rounds of APDS selected and the 640 round belt of AP/HE as second option.
I was under impression thats historical loadout as it was self defense option (thus small belt) and it wasnt until FAPDS when Gepards (or prolly any 35mm AA gun) got full APDS belts.
They likely don’t use APDS in the main belts on the real Type 87 because of its role as as air defense platform, but there is no physical limit of using APDS in the main belts.
This would be the same as a Gepard, where FAPDS was used in the main belts since it’s multipurpose, but no basic APDS.
It’s not missing a historical loadout, just a historical capability, and probably for a good reason considering the BR it’d be at with full APDS.