BASE RE-SUPPLY HOW IS IT DONE?

[ePIC]

Q: re supplying an airfield? How is it done, and how does it affect scoring or earning perk points?

Thanks

[ToeTag]

Take field supplies in a C-47, LVT, M3 or SDK.  You must bring supplies from another field that has a spawn into the field that you are trying to resupply and the field you are coming from must have supplies available. 


1 - You can either drop the supplies or land and drop them on the air field from the C-47. 

Fly from a field that is close by. Slow to less than 200 mph, make sure you're more than 800 feet in the air above the ground.  IE if the field is at 3000 feet you must be at 3801 feet.  Open the door using the "O" key and hit the drop button as if you were dropping a bomb.  Make sure you are over the base when you do this.  Or you can simply land the C-47 at the field that you want to resupply open the door and drop them on the runway/concrete (if at a V-base) once you have come to a complete stop and you are on your landing gear, no belly slides. 

2 - You can also use an LVT, M3 or SDK. 

Up from another field that has a V spawn to the base that you are trying to resupply and make sure that base has supplies available.  Drive to the field that you want to resupply and drive onto the concrete anywhere on the base.  Open the door on the vehicle, come to a complete stop and drop the supplies on the concrete.   

TOE

[Lusche]

 Open the door on the vehicle, come to a complete stop and drop the supplies on the concrete.    

Just to clarify, dropping supplies on concrete is not required. You can drop anywhere on or even near a base / town that you are resupplying. This is particularly important when the base is under attack.
Concrete only matters for the purpose of 'landing' your vehicle after the drop.

[ToeTag]

Just to clarify, dropping supplies on concrete is not required. You can drop anywhere on or even near a base / town that you are resupplying. This is particularly important when the base is under attack.
Concrete only matters for the purpose of 'landing' your vehicle after the drop.

correct if you want perks for supplying a field....drop and land on the concrete.

[Lusche]

correct if you want perks for supplying a field....drop and land on the concrete.

Sorry if I seem to be nitpicking, but I see the need for another clarification: You will get perks even if you did not land on concrete (and of course it doesn't matter where the supps land). The the thing that you will get for a successful 'landing' is a small bonus on your perk gain. But then, if no enemy if withing 6k radius, you will get a GV 'landing' even when not on concrete.

[ToeTag]

lusche...give me the last word dang it 

[Sunka]

 

[Babalonian]

Take field supplies in a C-47, LVT, M3 or SDK.  You must bring supplies from another field that has a spawn into the field that you are trying to resupply and the field you are coming from must have supplies available. 


1 - You can either drop the supplies or land and drop them on the air field from the C-47. 

Fly from a field that is close by. Slow to less than 200 mph, make sure you're more than 800 feet in the air above the ground.  IE if the field is at 3000 feet you must be at 3801 feet.  Open the door using the "O" key and hit the drop button as if you were dropping a bomb.  Make sure you are over the base when you do this.  Or you can simply land the C-47 at the field that you want to resupply open the door and drop them on the runway/concrete (if at a V-base) once you have come to a complete stop and you are on your landing gear, no belly slides. 

2 - You can also use an LVT, M3 or SDK. 

Up from another field that has a V spawn to the base that you are trying to resupply and make sure that base has supplies available.  Drive to the field that you want to resupply and drive onto the concrete anywhere on the base.  Open the door on the vehicle, come to a complete stop and drop the supplies on the concrete.   

TOE

Just a little adition - you can land a C-47 with wheeles up (or mising a few parts) and sucessfuly offload your supplies IF you open your cargo/bomb-bay door prior to landing.

[ToeTag]

Just a little adition - you can land a C-47 with wheeles up (or mising a few parts) and sucessfuly offload your supplies IF you open your cargo/bomb-bay door prior to landing.

Does this work with troops too or just supps?

[Sunka]

Does this work with troops too or just supps?

Also troops.

[Babalonian]

It's a good habit to do it always when landing a C-47, but especialy make it a mandatory part of your C-47 pre-bush/emergency landing checklist, right between flaps and gear down, you just don't know if you'll catch a bush or brake too hard and ground loop until it's too late to open the door.

[SmokinLoon]

Since when does the C47 need to be below 200 mph to drop troops?  I not ever paid any attention to this and my troops have yet to fail.

The 800ft minimum altitude over the drop zone altitude is true, no argument there.

[100Coogn]

Since when does the C47 need to be below 200 mph to drop troops?  I not ever paid any attention to this and my troops have yet to fail.

The 800ft minimum altitude over the drop zone altitude is true, no argument there.

I've always dropped at full speed, even using Wep, if I still have them.  Always at least 800' though.

Coogan

[Traveler]

Just a little adition - you can land a C-47 with wheeles up (or mising a few parts) and sucessfuly offload your supplies IF you open your cargo/bomb-bay door prior to landing.

Don't count on it always working, if you land wheels up and the damage modle damages the doorway, your screwed.  try to make good wheels down landings with no damage.

[Traveler]

Keep in mind recent changes, it is now possible to drop Field supplies to re-supply the town, to get field guns up and reduce down time on objects.  Like wise, the supplies must come from a different field, unlike Vehicle supplies that can be dropped from any field on any field.  I have also noticed that it is sometimes faster to land and release troop close to the map room for a capture rather then air drooping.