PR Rockets

[[R-DEV]Eddie Baker]

Originally Posted by keef_haggerd

i agree with the IRL things that ironside said, but i still think the antitank class is very useful. give them 1 rocket, maybe 2 (if its an AT4) and give him an M-4, hes still as useful as he ever was. also, if the AT class is a pickup kit, say you get about 100 yards from the kit THEN see a tank?

The AT4 (US designation M136) at 15 lbs and nearly 40 inches long is too awkward and heavy for a rifleman to carry more than one in addition to his other equipment. That's the primary reason upgraded M72 LAWs are slowly being re-introduced into US forces in Iraq. These are not the weapons for a dedicated anti-armor specialist / assaultman. Weapons like these are designed to be fired in volleys at enemy armor by rifle squads without SMAW/RAAWS or Javelin support, so they are issued to riflemen as the situation dictates. If an armor threat is expected, maybe every other man in a light infantry squad (9-men US Army, 13 men USMC) may carry one; fewer in mechanized infantry squads as they have their Bradleys to assist with tanks and one man in every dismount squad is also trained to use and may be issued with the Javelin ATGM.

[keef_haggerd]

well then 1 AT-4 it is =)

[Figisaacnewton]

Ideally, it will be possible to code weapons as seperate things, instead of just having a big set kit.

If you can do that, our whole realism thing becomes a lot easier for kits.

If not.... we improvise!

[snipurs]

if the rockets for mec where changed to a rpg. then the man could carry up to 4 or even more (anybody seen that back back sorta thing)

[[R-DEV]Eddie Baker]

Originally Posted by snipurs

if the rockets for mec where changed to a rpg. then the man could carry up to 4 or even more (anybody seen that back back sorta thing)

That depends on the type of warhead; the newer, harder punching ones are heavier. But yes, the RPG gunner and assistant gunners have special rucksacks for ammunition. Here is an example for an old East German RPG gunner.

[snipurs]

ahh there it is

[BrokenArrow]

obviously the MEC's anti tank weapon should be an RPG, that is if there is an MEC faction at all since everyone can figure out that by the way iraq split between religions sects, the entire middle east will most likely never form a coalition as seen in BF2, and obviously again not with the weaponry they have.

About there being anti tank kits lying around the battlefield i think the only real way to put those in is to have a sort of armory at the main base of each team where players can pick up different sorts of weapons as they become needed instead of having them scattered throughout the map.