There are not, and Nanohives in Dust have a limited duration. The idea behind them is that the Nanites assemble themselves into the required material to be used by the weapon, so that the device runs out of them eventually. Naturally the amount of them necessary would increase exponentially with the size of the ammunition involved, at which point the device gets large and unwieldy enough that it starts to take up space you could be using for ammo storage, and becomes heavier to boot. You'll notice that our current Nanohives don't have any effect on tanks - not even repairs - due to what I would assume is a lack of sufficient nanites to make them functional in that capacity.

or ur reading wayyy too deep into it i think thats a gameplay flaw the science is questionable since i can spawn rockets from mine for my swarm if they didnt have infinite ammo they would affect it

What????

Nanohives while brilliantly smart and great are small so can create simple objects like the small ammunition the handheld weaponry use while tank ammo is a bit larger and more complex so this IMO is why tanks and spaceships in eve don't have nano hive technology for ammo (eve artillery ships have 1800mm cannons just to put sense of size those bad boys shoot) they can do small simple items not large complex things.

Vehicles shouldn't have infinite ammo it doesn't fit in with the rest of the world, I would go as far as saying the installations shouldn't have infinite ammo as well just huge stock piles of the stuff and eventually run out if not resupplied some how.

What????

Actually, if you look, the Swarm Launcher missiles are -far- smaller than the vehicle launched rockets. They do the high damage they do by virtue of shaped charges in their warheads, I would assume. That also explains why their missiles do almost no splash damage.

Are saying CCP based their missile mechanics on Ironman?

People blow up the supply depots and crus because it gets them sp, not because they have infinite ammo.

I don't mind vehicles having unlimited ammo as it's not really a problem(a landed gunships missile launcher is a bit of a nuisance though - happens far less now from what I've seen).

If you must nerf vehicle ammo then maybe set the vehicles internal nanohive to resupply at 50% constant fire rate with a fair amount of ammo capacity(would have to figure the right amount out). This shouldn't affect guns that overheat as they need to be allowed a few seconds to cool so the hives could catch up a bit. This really should only affect weapons without a cooldown. It probably won't have much of an effect except for camping vehicles

I do like the idea of vehicle based nanohive for resupplying and repairing both themselves and their teammates(both vehicle and infantry) as this would have a positive effect towards teamplay with tanks. I would give it the same or longer range as the supply depots.

I do find it rather silly that a dropship and a tank has unlimited ammunition.

However, using a simple nano hive that a typical merc carries to resupply a tank or a dropship is kind of silly as well given the limited amount of nanites in the equipment with respect to the size of the turrets. I suspect that the nano hives would only last for a VEEEERRY short time before they run out of nanites and pop.

Good points.

u r so biased lol

I prefer to play on the ground and use an AR or SMG and I have a finite amount of ammo, however vehicles have infinite ammo. Now I believe that vehicles should have to resupply just like the rest of us. They should be equipped with a reasonable amount of ammo and if it starts to run low they should have to either go to a supply depot, ask a teammate for a nano hive, jump out throw their own nano hive, or better yet have a vehicle ammo supply module.

If vehicles have an ammo supply module they could be mobile nano hives that could resupply themselves as well as teammates. Also it would give them a choice to make in terms of sacrificing a bit stopping power or defense in order to help out the team a bit more.

Go head say I'm QQing, but I'm trying to throw out a reasonable idea that could be implemented. So what do you guys think?

I'm Infantry so my view is leans towards infantry, but I do believe that vehicles having infinite is a bit unreasonable. Especially with very easy ways that they could be resupplied, i.e. nano hives, supply depots, and vehicle nano hive modules.

and we really need a dev/scientist to explain why they have unlimited to really drop this subject :P

Agreed Developer input would be nice.

Limited amo is a great idea, and a solution to supply depots getting destroyed by vehicles.

how about on board nanohives that have to be turned on like any other module and it uses so much power the tank is stationery until the reload is complete,

it would be cool to lay siege to a reloading tank and also just as fun to get your squad defending the tank while it refills ammo

However, i also feel finite ammo for vehicles is not good. It makes sense that they would have some kind of heavy internal nanohive for vehicles implemented, or if not that at lease stockpiles of ammo to last throughout the round. Railguns used inside of a planetary atmosphere cannot shoot as fast as space railguns due to physics, but they still shoot pretty damn fast so the ammo for them doesnt need to be that big. You could fit more than enough for a 20 minute engagement.

just from a effectiveness perspective, who builds a tank that has to be stationary in the heat of battle just so it can reload?

Sci-fi realism isn't appropriate in this discussion. All that matters is what's good for gameplay. They can make up any kind of justification as they go.

I believe Duct Tape technology would exist 10 thousand years in the future, hell it would so much better than the duct tape we have now.

Just look at the Minmatar. They have gotten the science of Duct tape down to an artform. Now back to the topic, I also agree that vehicles should have limited ammo. It would add a lot more tactics to the battlefield