Tanks - Specifying which type of ammo to load next

[Perk]

If there's a way to do this already, could someone explain it... I haven't been able to figure it out.

What I'd like is a way to specify what type of shell to load after I fire the current round... WITHOUT having to reload the same type, and then select ammo type and wait for another complete reload.

For instance if I have HE in the gun shelling infantry positions... and I see a tiger come around the corner in the distance... I'd like to be able to shoot the last HE shell and have the loader load AP for the next shot. In real life, I'd just say "On the way, load AP!"

Could you make it so you can push the toggle ammo type key within the first second or so after firing and have it reload with the other ammo type... or even better put a voice command in the menu to tell the loader to reload AP or HE after the current shot?

 

[[-project.rattus-]]

There is no way to do this, but I hope this will be fixed. Especially annoying when you shot your last shot of an ammo type... you still have to "reload" before you are able to change the ammo type.

 

[D3terioNation]

I was gonna make a thread about something similar.

I would like my tank to load HE rounds by default, and change to AP on my command...

...not the other way round..!!!

 

[Bauer]

I'm not positive this was tank warfare doctrine in WW2, but it definitely is in modern tank warfare (since the basis of tank warfare was laid in WW2, i'm going to assume it was then too): the only way out for a tank shell is at the firing end of a cannon.

So yes, I find it rather clumsy as well that when you specify the ammo type it automatically reloads. Changing the ammo type should only take effect after shooting the round currently loaded.

 

[[CoFR]BooBoo]

Not necessarily doctrine, per se, but it IS the fastest way to clear the chamber. Fire the one up the spout and load the next ammo type.

 

[Bluehawk]

What would be good is if you hit the key to change ammo type that the reload just stops and restarts for that ammo type, basically the loader undoes whatever he was doing and starts over for the new round or as far as the game is concerned your little shell icon refills with red and the loading sounds restart.