Ammo Type explained please

[2307]

Could someone please explain all the different types of ammo. I.E. PS, HP, Subsonic, BT, PBM, etc., and mostly when to use them. I am assuming some are for armor and some are for flesh but which ones are for what.

[darknight766]

The stats when hovering your mouse over items. weapons and ammo types are actually very good. Don't look at what the ammo is actually named, look for the amour piercing value. I think there are 3 ammo types for every caliber, hollow point(no armor), FMJ(or jack of all trades), and AP. From what I've seen, the ammo with the highest AP value is the rarest of whatever caliber you're looking at and best saved for enemies with amour. Hope that at least helps a little bit.

[Baron01]

You need to look at the detailed stats on the ammo to see the difference. Assuming you are looking at the same caliber of ammo, ie. 5.45x39, main difference would be penetration value. Penetration is stat that is present on all ammo and it defines what class of armor this ammo can penetrate. This type of ammo is general purpose one. There are additional ammo types that have increased or reduced penetration with additional negative or positive effects.

Just a general, from memory, reference:
1. Subsonic ammo will have reduced penetration and improved recoil. This is useless ammo I do not even pick up at the moment
2. High flash damage ammo that has reduced penetration but it deals increased damage, for example HP or FMJ types. This ammo is best to use when dealing with non-human enemies such as ghouls or blinks as they seem not to have armor
3. High penetration ammo will have increased armor penetration but deal less damage and have increased recoil, examples are M61, BT or BP. This is ammo to be used when you deal with human enemies, especially those wearing armor. You can see this when NPC has helmet on. Only human enemies that do not have significant armor are basic bandits as far as I can tell.

[RobBobBrah]

Subsonic ammunition is designed to be primarily used with suppressors to mitigate the *crack* that stems from ballistics breaking the sound barrier. Its purpose is to maintain concealment. It's definitely useless in the game thus far.

My success in the game stemmed from banking AP rounds then wiping out Lazar's band of bandits, taking his AS VAL, then easily dominating the game from there.

[Baron01]

Originally posted by GiggleBeard:

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My success in the game stemmed from banking AP rounds then wiping out Lazar's band of bandits, taking his AS VAL, then easily dominating the game from there.

Yes, the moment you are able to safely kill Lazar and his guards, you will not have issues with money and gear. You will also be able to farm decent attachments. Be warned that this makes the game significantly easier and lot less interesting because there would be very little for your to loot & use. ZZ Vel is best weapon in the game that uses best ammo, which you can still buy from army vendor every day.

[2307]

Thank you very much. I appreciate the detailed responses.