diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
index 1ac291405e..f0173018e3 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.csproj
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Lint\LintExts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LoadScreens\ModChooserLoadScreen.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActorInitializer.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scripting\Properties\AmmoPoolProperties.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ShroudExts.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Orders\BeaconOrderGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Orders\DeployOrderTargeter.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Scripting/Properties/AmmoPoolProperties.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Scripting/Properties/AmmoPoolProperties.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6eb865e6fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Scripting/Properties/AmmoPoolProperties.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2016 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Linq;
+using Eluant;
+using OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits;
+using OpenRA.Scripting;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Scripting
+{
+	[ScriptPropertyGroup("AmmoPool")]
+	public class AmmoPoolProperties : ScriptActorProperties, Requires<AmmoPoolInfo>
+	{
+		readonly Actor self;
+		readonly AmmoPool[] ammoPools;
+
+		public AmmoPoolProperties(ScriptContext context, Actor self)
+			: base(context, self)
+		{
+			this.self = self;
+			ammoPools = self.TraitsImplementing<AmmoPool>().ToArray();
+		}
+
+		[Desc("Returns the count of the actor's specified ammopool.")]
+		public int AmmoCount(string poolName = "primary")
+		{
+			var pool = ammoPools.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Info.Name == poolName);
+			if (pool == null)
+				throw new LuaException("Invalid ammopool name {0} queried on actor {1}.".F(poolName, self));
+
+			return pool.GetAmmoCount();
+		}
+
+		[Desc("Returns the maximum count of ammo the actor can load.")]
+		public int MaximumAmmoCount(string poolName = "primary")
+		{
+			var pool = ammoPools.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Info.Name == poolName);
+			if (pool == null)
+				throw new LuaException("Invalid ammopool name {0} queried on actor {1}.".F(poolName, self));
+
+			return pool.Info.Ammo;
+		}
+
+		[Desc("Adds the specified amount of ammo to the specified ammopool.",
+			"(Use a negative amount to remove ammo.)")]
+		public void Reload(string poolName = "primary", int amount = 1)
+		{
+			var pool = ammoPools.FirstOrDefault(a => a.Info.Name == poolName);
+			if (pool == null)
+				throw new LuaException("Invalid ammopool name {0} queried on actor {1}.".F(poolName, self));
+
+			if (amount > 0)
+			{
+				while (amount-- > 0)
+					if (!pool.GiveAmmo())
+						return;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				while (amount++ < 0)
+					if (!pool.TakeAmmo())
+						return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}