Right then, not sure if this has been adressed anywhere or I've just overlooked something but I'm having a hard time working out how the backpack ammo supply interacts with missile launchers.

The description for the ammo supply lists how many units of ammo is contained for SP, Bolt, Plasma, Malta and Flame weapons but not missiles. The Soundstrike Missile Launcher has a capacity of 8 missiles before requiring reloading and a backpack ammo supply is included in the requisition of all heavy weapons so does a Marine armed with a missile launcher just get 8 missiles for the entire mission? If they requisition additional missiles where do they go? Do you carry them seperatly or do they sit in the ammo pack waiting to cycle in when the first 8 missiles are depleated?

I believe if I'm reading correctly that your clip size is eight. The attachment to the backpack allows you to load it from there automiatically. this isn't the standard backpack mounted unit, but is an attachment to his normal backpack.

As such

Recall that missiles are pretty big and pretty powerful, considering their renown requirement. They're also pretty cheap.

That's my take without checking a lick of errata

Frostfire is right, the autoloader that comes with the launcher is your backpack of ammunition.

Nice work on the attached image, btw, certainly explains it better than words

Charmander said:

No problem. I worked on that guy.

Well, actually mine was a bit different. I should get a picture of him up. He's the babe ruth of missile launcher guys.

Thanks, I suspected as much, but just wanted to double check in case I'd missed anything. With this in mind I'd be safe in assuming the reload time for the soundstrike is to replenish the backpack ammo rack?

Also if a player chooses to take the Armourbane missile launcher from RoB is it a reasonable assumption state they can only carry 8 missiles for that aswell? It doesn't have the back mounted auto-loader so takes longer to arm between shots but I think it's the same size aside from that.