dawdler wrote:Yeah... It would be nice to see the AT carry a rifle and just a single AT rocket (instablow to weak areas of course). That way AT use against infantry is pretty worthless even if it can kill. If the AT wants to tackle multiple tanks, well he just have to have support people nearby.
I dont know how realistic it would be to only carry a single rocket though. I've tried searching via google what an AT soldier could carry, but including the SRAW in the search only yeild a bunch of BF2 sites, lol!!!
The Predator SRAW is designed as a single-shot, disposable fire-and-forget light anti-armor weapon. It will be issued, like the M136 (AT-4), at the squad level, being carried by riflemen as a defense against an armored threat or other hardened-target. In addition to his primary weapon and basic load, a rifleman or two in each US squad will carry a single M136 (AT-4) LAW (Predator SRAW/MPIM in the future). M72 LAWs are making a comeback because of their smaller size. These are not the weapons of dedicated anti-armor specialists.
For a US Marine Corps Assaultman, the TO&E loadout is the SMAW Launcher, 2-3 rockets and a sidearm. For his assistant gunner, an M16 (basic load is 210 rounds [1 ready mag, 6 in LBE] but more is generally carried) and 2-3 rockets. Anything else is based on METT. For a Javelin team, TO&E says only one round for each team member will be carried, since the missiles and the command launch unit are much heavier than the SMAW rockets and launcher. This is why Javelin teams usually travel mounted on the HMMWVs of the battalion weapons company.
In the Army, Javelin teams are at the rifle company anti-tank section (light infantry), rifle company weapons platoon (Rangers), and rifle platoon weapons squad (airborne and air assault infantry) level. The Rangers also have the option of the Carl Gustav M3 recoilless rifle. In mech infantry (including Stryker Bridage Combat Teams), a Javelin launcher might be found in each dismount squad, as at least one man in each squad is trained to use it.
