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title: Loadout
description: "[![](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-2-1024x717.png)](https://www.yobowargames.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-2.png) Every battle — campaign, skirmish, or PBEM — starts with loadout. **Steps** 1. Select a marine in your squad. 2. Use the gear tabs (Weapons, Ammo, Armor, Items, and similar) to change equipment. 3. Watch Weight: current / max.…"
url: "https://www.yobowargames.com/docs/loadout/"
updated: "2026-10-26"
category: Vector Command
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# Loadout

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Every battle — campaign, skirmish, or PBEM — starts with loadout.

**Steps**
1. Select a marine in your squad.
2. Use the gear tabs (Weapons, Ammo, Armor, Items, and similar) to change equipment.
3. Watch Weight: current / max.
 Overweight shows as something like Weight: x / y (−z AP) — excess weight costs action points.
 Hitting the hard cap blocks adding more gear (Weight limit).
4. Pack slots hold grenades, medkits, and spare ammo. Click a pack item to remove it.
5. When ready:
 Start Battle in most modes, or
 Continue for Player 1 in hotseat (then Player 2’s loadout, then Start Battle).

**Loadout tips**- Every marine starts with a basic kit — customize, don’t ignore weight.
- A lighter marine with full AP often outperforms a walking arsenal with crippled AP.
- Bring the right tools: rifles for open fights, pistols/sidearms as backup, grenades for rooms and denial, medkits for recovery.
- Ammo in the pack only helps if you reload during battle — budget AP for that.