Ammo Loadout for 60mm Mortars

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Mobhack said:
As it states at the top of the section in the Mobhack help:

The trouble with laying out guidelines is that too many folk don't read the destructions, and then act as if the guidelines are absolute rules set in stone as if they were laws. Especially true in the case of either newbies or the train-spotter type "reality at all costs" ones who worry about if a generic jeep should carry 3 men or 4.

Having guidelines means that the oob designers will e.g. turn out light mortar sections with a roughly similar ammo loadout. It tends to stop the BDMs who would perhaps issue 240 rounds to every 60mm mortar team in their Lower Patagonian OOB.

Since it will be your OOB - so read the guidelines, and then having done so, use your experience & judgement as to whether or not the guidelines fit your case.

Cheers
Andy

Thank you sir.
I'd assumed they were guidelines intended for play balance but wasn't totally sure.

I am curious tho.
As an experiment I'll take unit #81 (60mm Mortar Sq) from OOB #13 (USMC).
Default it's 9-man, 3xM19 Mortars, 60 ammo each for 26 points.
If I change ONLY the ammo loadout from 60 each to 90 each it becomes 31 points.
If I change the crew to 20 (in proper train-spotter fashion) and the ammo loadout to 90 each it becomes 42 points.

This would imply that if the Cost Calculator is used any alterations (other then some to the weapons themselves) to the units will "balance themselves".