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Ammo Tip
1 of 5: Both of the supply crates down on the lowest floor can have pistol ammo in them.
2 of 5: You'll mainly be using the pistol to shoot soldiers with, so you'll want to quicksave before breaking open each of those supply crates and then quickrestore and try again if you don't get pistol ammo.
3 of 5: Also, if you wait until you're way low on pistol ammo, you can get two pistol ammo boxes from each supply crate instead of just one.
4 of 5: Note that there are three more supply crates that work the same way on the lighthouse's top floor, so go for them if you're about to run out of pistol ammo even after raiding the bottom floor's supply crates.
5 of 5: There are more supply crates in the base's buildings that you can replenish your pistol ammo stock from after the gunship battle is over.
