Sdkfz 222 20mm firing

I'm confused by the autocannons rule and this weapon having an ammo count, same for the 250/9

As far as i know the 250/9 and 222 had the same weapon in the same turret,so they would be the same,the 250/9 is just a halftrack version of a 222.

Ammo count for those is the number of bursts they can fire.

so if the rof is 6 and the ammo is 18 that's a lot of firepower, which is what I was hoping for

Auto cannos can be killers,but only if your opponent lets them be.

cheers for the replies

another question, am I to understand that when you use the HE rating or AP rating it's just 1 shell not 6.

You never expend 6 ammo per shot. It´s only one ammo per shot. So, in theory you will never run out of ammo with a german 20mm autocannon (because ammo is 18). I´ve still have to see one 20 mm autocannon expending it´s full 18 ammo capacity in a battle.

It is 6 dice per shot, and you have 18 shots,the wording in the rules might catch newcomers out,but that is the way it works if  a 20mm has 18 ammo,ie 18 shots,each shot is really a burst and each burst has 6 dice. That is for a 222,a 250/9 has 10 shots,with 6 dice per shot for damage ie burst. The ROF is really a bust of 6 shells  from one shot. So a 250/9 with a ammo of 10 means over the game it will have 60 dice divided into10 seperate shots of 6 dice per shot.
On my data cards the 222 has ammo of 18 and the 250/9 has a ammo of 10.

hi

i am confused by the auto cannon - are you saying that i have 18 shots at 6 dice each - or 18 shots at 1 dice each - but i can fire 6 a turn?

Aimed Fire with AP is one dice.

Aimed Fire at a 'soft target' like infantry uses the ROF.

Both however use ONE point on ammo.

So an Open fire order, firing one AP at a tank and a burst of fire at an infantry squad will cost you TWO ammo.

wow -that makes auto cannon very powerful - vis ability to keep firing because of high ammo number

Used the 222 and 250/9 tonight, very useful accounted for a 6pdr, and a Dingo, would be been more if it wasn't for pinning.

Hi
Just started and being dense but using 20mm cannon aimed HE fire would give me roof of 6 against infantry ,deployed guns, soft skin vehicles.
Would I still get rof 6 aimed HE against armoured targets ? [ was 222 v TKS tankette]

But from previous posts I would only get one die when using AP. Is this correct ?
Also in gun list blitzkreig- there is no for eg 5/4+ entry so what does the very light HE actually do /change?
Cheers
Tim