Re: [SG] Another pass through heavy weapons
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:15:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [SG] Another pass through heavy weapons
--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >IMHO no-one in their right mind in a theatre with
> armour arround is
> >going to waste GMS on anything but infantry, that's
> what small arms,
> >APSW etc are for!
> >
> >Just my thoughts, but yes I feel that they are way
> underpowered
>
> It's been a pretty consistent thing. Milan used
> against a .50 MG
> position in the Falklands, Piats against snipers in
> buildings, etc.
> Give troops a hard target and not an easy way to
> deal with it and
> they'll use an AT weapon with a significant HE
> effect to sort out the
> position.
It also helps that the Argentinians didn't have a
single armored vehicle on the Falklands.
John
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