Commonwealth infantry anti-armor rating

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Randy Stead

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




What is also important is that veteran units tended to "aquire" more toys to play with than the TO&E allowed for not to mention that some of these nice toys would not necessarily show up on the inventory.

Someone told me that he left a non-working bazooka up against a French farmhouse. The batteries died, a simple fix but there were apparently no fresh batteries available. I guess that he did not want to carry it. But if another unit happened by with spare batteries, then they would have an opportunity to have an extra bazooka.

Good pooiont, Joe, that type of thing frequently happens in war. Think of all those knocked out Shermans that still had functional machineguns on them. Any passing infantry squad would be tempted to grab an extra .30 cal or Ma Deuce. Unless a guy like Captain Sobel came along and confiscated "US Army property." [Band of Brothers reference]

I read in a Canadian book about our guys on U.N. duty during the meltdown in former Yugoslavia. According to their TOE they were not to have anti-tank weapons. Their commander requested them and was refused. In spite of that official refusal, he scrounged some and surprised the guys who tried to test our soldiers with armour, relying on the knowledge that our guys had no AT weapons. After that they were not tried again.

[:D]

That was a very good commander.

If we judge him by the quality of the soldiers he trained, indeed.

Just never give him a map and a compass...

[BBfanboy]

Randy Stead: ... digital fancies of frustrated field martialdom

Nice alliteration there RS! You'll be writing books next!

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Randy Stead




Good pooiont, Joe, that type of thing frequently happens in war. Think of all those knocked out Shermans that still had functional machineguns on them. Any passing infantry squad would be tempted to grab an extra .30 cal or Ma Deuce. Unless a guy like Captain Sobel came along and confiscated "US Army property." [Band of Brothers reference]

I read in a Canadian book about our guys on U.N. duty during the meltdown in former Yugoslavia. According to their TOE they were not to have anti-tank weapons. Their commander requested them and was refused. In spite of that official refusal, he scrounged some and surprised the guys who tried to test our soldiers with armour, relying on the knowledge that our guys had no AT weapons. After that they were not tried again.

[:D]

That was a very good commander.

If we judge him by the quality of the soldiers he trained, indeed.

Just never give him a map and a compass...

A map and a compass? That is what Scouts are for![:D]

[Yaab]

Guys, all is well.

I freaked out that this 75 anti-armor rating somehow unbalances the land war.

However, since those squads have no Penetration, thus they should just inflict Fatigue/Disruption on enemy tank units plus some disablement from time to time. And since the anti-armor rating is NOT taken into account in fort reduction by adjusted AV attacks, then anti-armor of 75 is not a big deal, and I rest my case.

The only uresolved issue is the Vickers squad (device id 1017), which lacks the PIAT label after it upgrades to anti-armor 75 rating.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Yaab

Guys, all is well.

I freaked out that this 75 anti-armor rating somehow unbalances the land war.

However, since those squads have no Penetration, thus they should just inflict Fatigue/Disruption on enemy tank units plus some disablement from time to time. And since the anti-armor rating is NOT taken into account in fort reduction by adjusted AV attacks, then anti-armor of 75 is not a big deal, and I rest my case.

The only uresolved issue is the Vickers squad (device id 1017), which lacks the PIAT label after it upgrades to anti-armor 75 rating.

Maybe they were issued teflon coated, API bullets! [X(]