diff --git a/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.CPP b/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.CPP
index b7343ea1..29efed1e 100644
--- a/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.CPP
+++ b/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.CPP
@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@ ProjectileWeapon::~ProjectileWeapon()
 {
 }
 
+//
+//#############################################################################
+// GetAmmoCount -- the linked bin's rounds (-1 with no bin).  The cockpit's
+// BallisticWeaponCluster ammo readout reads this each frame; the binary
+// pointed its NumericDisplayInteger straight at the resolved bin's count.
+//#############################################################################
+//
+int
+	ProjectileWeapon::GetAmmoCount()
+{
+	Check(this);
+
+	AmmoBin
+		*bin = (AmmoBin *)ammoBinLink.Resolve();
+	return (bin != NULL) ? bin->GetAmmoCount() : -1;
+}
+
 Logical
 	ProjectileWeapon::TestClass(Mech &)
 {
diff --git a/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.HPP b/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.HPP
index 7ea259f7..27796546 100644
--- a/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.HPP
+++ b/restoration/source410/BT/PROJWEAP.HPP
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@
 		);
 		~ProjectileWeapon();
 
+		//
+		// The linked bin's round count, or -1 when no bin is linked.  The
+		// cockpit's ammo readout needs this from BT_L4 and the link itself
+		// is protected (the binary read the resolved bin's count direct).
+		//
+		int
+			GetAmmoCount();
+
 	protected:
 		SubsystemConnection	ammoBinLink;
 		int		tracerInterval;
diff --git a/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.CPP b/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.CPP
index 4b526686..0d1fcbc1 100644
--- a/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.CPP
+++ b/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.CPP
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 #	include <mechweap.hpp>
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(PROJWEAP_HPP)
+#	include <projweap.hpp>
+#endif
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 static const Scalar SeekVoltageXScale   = 230.0f;	// 0x43660000
@@ -2633,6 +2637,25 @@ EnergyWeaponCluster::~EnergyWeaponCluster()
 //###########################################################################
 
 //
+//
+// The linked-bin round count for the ammo readout: ProjectileWeapon
+// resolves its own bin (the link is protected), so the cluster asks the
+// weapon.  -1 (no bin) reads as 0 rounds on the dial.
+//
+static int
+	AmmoRoundsOf(Subsystem *subsystem)
+{
+	if (subsystem == NULL
+	 || !subsystem->IsDerivedFrom(ProjectileWeapon::ClassDerivations))
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	int
+		rounds = ((ProjectileWeapon *)subsystem)->GetAmmoCount();
+	return (rounds > 0) ? rounds : 0;
+}
+
 // @004c9558 -- ctor: WeaponCluster base + the ammo panel: two
 // NumericDisplayIntegers (ammo counts), jam/fire TwoStates, a
 // NumericDisplayScalarTwoState (reload seconds), a destroyed TwoState, plus
@@ -2680,8 +2703,12 @@ BallisticWeaponCluster::BallisticWeaponCluster(
 {
 	int
 		engPort = renderer_in->FindGraphicsPort(eng_port_name);
+	//
+	// LIVE: the linked bin's rounds, refreshed by Execute.
+	//
+	ammoRounds = AmmoRoundsOf(subsystem_in);
 	int
-		*ammoValue = &UnboundIntegerSource;				// INERT (see ledger)
+		*ammoValue = &ammoRounds;
 
 	reloadStartTime = 0;								// @0xF4
 	reloadSeconds   = 0.0f;								// @0xF8
@@ -2764,7 +2791,8 @@ void
 void
 	BallisticWeaponCluster::Execute()
 {
-	jammed = WeaponJammedOf(subsystem);
+	jammed     = WeaponJammedOf(subsystem);
+	ammoRounds = AmmoRoundsOf(subsystem);
 
 	//
 	// INERT: reload/feed state (binary bin+0x18c) -- no recon member; the
diff --git a/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.HPP b/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.HPP
index 99400c01..f00a90db 100644
--- a/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.HPP
+++ b/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU2.HPP
@@ -533,6 +533,13 @@
 		void	DrawWarningLamp(int on);		// @004c9b50 (override: dot + ammo colour swap)
 		Logical	TestInstance() const;			// @004c9adc
 	protected:
+		//
+		// The live ammo cell the two round counters point at.  The binary
+		// pointed them at the resolved AmmoBin's count; the link is
+		// protected, so Execute copies it here each frame -- the same
+		// pattern this cluster already uses for jammed / reloadSeconds.
+		//
+		int		ammoRounds;
 		Logical	jammed;							// @0xE8  this[0x3A]
 		Logical	firing;							// @0xEC  this[0x3B]
 		Logical	reloading;						// @0xF0  this[0x3C]