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Also, the SK-105 has a "double barrel" autoloader which on the one hand allows the first 12 shots to be fired in 4-5 second intervals, OTOH however requires reloading from the main drum after the rounds are fired (40 rounds can be carried in total). If I tried to incorpoerate this, how would I proceed?
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Looks like starting up an old debate all over again...
I'm all in favor of autoloaders per se (and also of intricately modelling technical tidbits
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First thing, the gun ROF itself makes little difference since in combat conditions, the crew proficiency has a much bigger influence on the actual firing rate. Consider that even before the autoloader (or absence thereof) kicks in the firing sequence, the crew has to spot and aim a target. That factors in a number of other variables: crew communication, FC system, rate of turn of the turret and gun mantle, rangefinding... So even if the loading is automated, so many other operations critical to the firing process are handled directly by the crew, that the experience rating gets the upper hand, and for good reasons IMHO.
To make a long story short, take e.g. a Kürassier in Austrian service (or a Strv-103 in Swedish service) on one hand, and on the other, say, the same Kürassier in Tunisian service (no offense meant to anyone, that's just for the sake of the argument).
Even if the automation ensures that both rounds are loaded in the chamber in the same time, the assumed better training of here, the better training of Austrian crewmen will mean that they won't take as long to spot, target and engage the same target in combat conditions.
Hope that was clear enough...