I can see in the manual that I can use supply trucks to resupply my units, but it doesn't say how???

Can somone please explain. Thanks

Once a unit of supply trucks stop in one spot for about a second, they create an area of effect just like the Supply Depot. Other units that park inside this outlined radius start slowly resupplying.

I'm not sure of the exact rules for this game as I'm more familiar with the sequels. In the sequels a unit can only resupply while it is not engaged in combat and is not suffering from reduced morale. Might not be the case in European Escalation which is slightly different in many other ways. In the later games, supply trucks are much more resource efficient while in EE they drain super fast, especially if they need to restore lost hit points.

Ok, thanks, but that is what I am doing. :(

My problem is the reconnaisance units in the first scenario. They have run out of ammo, and I can't get them re-supplied, and they are pretty much parked amongst the supply truck. I left them there while I finished the scenario, so maybe 20 minutes.

Does it matter whereabouts on the battlefield they are, ie do they have to be a certain distance back from the front line, or in one of the sectors where there is no fighting?

Do you only have this problem with the mission provided recce unit in the first mission? It could be a problem with the mission then. I wouldn't know because I always turn the guns off on recce units because they are not supposed to shoot and reveal themselves, their job is to provide long line of sight and to detect hidden units.

Throughout the series I've found that the unit you want resupplied can be a little finicky in some terrain, never standing perfectly still, causing them to not resupply. It helps ordering them to move a short distance and get another chance for physics to settle down.

Again, I don't know the exact rules of European Escalation, but in the later games a unit must not be considered in combat and not be severely morally impeded or else they won't resupply.

So far I have only tried the first mission, so I don't know if it applies in other missions as well.

I will carry on and find out :)

i think i got an idea how it works -


when you put your units in one place, damaged and the ones that need resupply..

and you move supply trucks next to them...

just click on the truck and see (i think near truck icon) how fast it is "unloading" - there will be something like 1700/1700 and it will quickly start dropping until it hit 0/1700

the amount of repair and ammo is quite low..

i had like 3 tanks damaged and some more needed ammo and fuel..

4 supply truck were not enough to repair the tanks

the others were not resupplyied - I finished mission on gas fumes :P

the question is - can trucks be resupplied themselves somewhere? i can make few rounds there and back if needed :P

Supplies are generic, units will draw from them to stock up on ammo and fuel, or severely drain it to repair hit points. You need lots of trucks to repair damaged tanks, so it may not be the best way to go about things. Take damaged tanks out of the units and either park them next to a Supply Depot or hide them for the rest of the mission.

You can refill Supply Trucks at Supply Depots, but remember, they too are finite. Don't worry about losing empty trucks to the enemy, you have plenty of them to finish any campaign.

In longer missions, consider not using the same armoured fighting vehicles from start to finish. Instead, bring new ones after you have completed major objectives. That way you preserve experienced troops while also creating new experienced troops. Sucks having like four veteran tanks that you use all the time, then you lose them and your only replacements are complete newbies who haven't fought in the campaign until now.

Also, infantry is fantastic once you learn how to use them because they are extremely deadly in forests and built up areas, and very cheap to resupply. So long as they don't get hit by tank rounds they die slow enough that you can avoid having units destroyed which retains their veterancy. Four supply trucks are usually enough to keep an infantry unit alive and armed in an offensive mission, while more may be needed to restock their anti-tank weapons in defensive missions.

ok, I am puzzling my way through this, thanks for all the comments.

When the yellow bar under the supply unit designator reduces to black, does that mean the supply unit is out of supply? (Which would explain why it won't re-supply my reconnaisance units :)) In this scenario, I only have two trucks. It sounds like that is not a lot of supply.

How is a supply depot, or FOB I think the manual calls it, marked on the map?

An FOB is a big structure full of crates, containers and barrels. You won't see them for a while though, the first campaign is actually a tutorial for the, well, real game. It will kick your ass though, this is first-day-at-law-school levels of tough. The proper campaigns are even harder.

And yes, once the yellow bar is out, the truck has no more supplies. You can still call in new ones, but you don't really need it in the first mission.

The first 2-3 missions are not going to give you full access to the game, they slowly introduce new gameplay mechanics throughout. It isn't a good tutorial by any stretch of the imagination.

Ok, thanks everyone, I'll work my way through the rest of the scenarios and hopefully that will answer my questions. I wish the manual would explain it though!