In response to the ideas presented in the comments quoted below, and given that AT kit use and abuse is not exclusive to PRM as it occurs in other mods as well, I would just like to add my two cents to this debate.

To start, I'll just briefly mention the sources upon which I formulate my opinion on the matter. Like some others here, I too have read the RPG Wiki article mentioned. It also happens that on the same night that I read it, I also watched that show on Discovery Channel (I forget the title exactly, "Ultimate [something or other]") where that ex-Navy Seal guy demonstrates some of the world's most lethal weapon systems (I've seen it before, this was a most convenient re-run). One of the weapons shown was the Javelin "Fire-n-Forget" H-AT missile. I'll also draw upon experiences with the US Army's own reality game, "America's Army", in support of what what I am about to say.

To be brief, what one can conclude is that L-AT munitions are indeed deployed in dual role light anti-vehicle and anti-infantry roles. As said earlier in the thread, however, with only a few exceptions, developments in armor plating technology have rendered them all but ineffective, suicidal even, against targets such as MBTs.

On the other hand, weapons like the H-AT guided missile, the Javelin missile being one, are extremely effective in the roles for which they were designed. But weighing in at 49.5 lbs per tube (Missile + CLU assemly) - in addition to the targeting system, batteries, and other support gear; requiring the missile to be deployed in a two-man team, which BTW you don't see modeled in PRM - and at a cost of ~$40,000 (USD) per missile; these weapons are probably a little more role-specific than their less sophisticated, unguided RPG brethren.

Also consider that in "America's Army", for those of you who have played it, there is a Javelin training session where the player is expressly forbidden from firing the Javelin at targets other than heavy armor, having been told by the trainer that it is a waste of resources and that shooting at infantry targets (and jeeps too if I remember correctly) will result in failure of the training mission. I should think that, being as the US Army is directly responsible for development of that game and all its assets, their word might well be taken as the bottom line in how H-AT ought to be deployed in this game as well.

That bottom line is simply read, "H-AT munitions (Javelin among them) are not suitable anti-infantry weapons systems." Their use in such roles is not consistent with TG philosophy.

Originally Posted by 7ShadesOSin

Yes, but this is a thread about LAT, which people seem to be confusing with HAT.

I saw the thread about HAT, and it's a specific kit with an intended purpose, I agree wholeheartedly that it should not be used for anything other than Heavy Armour.

I read the Wiki item on RPG's, and it does say later on that depending on the warhead (specifically an HE warhead), that it is usd against "infantry, unarmoured vehicles and fixed positions", and later, even says "when used against personnel, it must be aimed at a soid surface to detonate, popular choices being trees or buildings".

I'm not arguing here, I've alrady said that I don't agree with it's use against infantry, but that makes it up to us to realise it's intended purpose. I'm interested to hear an admin's take on this if we haven't had one alrady somewhere else (specific to LAT).

Originally Posted by stickyjeans69

rules are there to be broken, enough said............**** happens and when it does you either roll with it or cry about it, when i have a HAT kit and risk being taken out by a single target, he has a rifle i have an AT kit hes 50 meters off or so and i've been hit a time or two, you had better believe im going to make it his life and not mine. in Iraq AT finds all sorts of uses. not just Anti Tank, though that is what it was designed for a DU anti tank shell does well enough verse infantry the fact it is being limited will prevent everyone from using it, wich may be why there is this rule........ but once the kit is limited i think the kit should be used at the persons will, and it should be the SL's job to tell him to cut the **** sniping and save ammo for vehicles

Originally Posted by RazersEdge

I personally think that all RPGs should be of the HE variety, if you want truth... An AT-4 can penetrate armor on a modern MBT. Insurgents do not have access to thermobaric warheads, plain and simple. I do agree that LAT should not be used on single soldiers, it is a perfectly legitimate and tactically sanctioned practice to use them to clear buildings, and attack groups of infantry when a grenadier is unavailable. And when it comes to grenadiers, I see them rarely used, and even more rarely used effectively. I do agree that LAT should be a requestable kit. I do not believe we need to make the AT kits have no blast radius vs infantry however, because that is even more unrealistic than it is right now. A rocket will kill an infantryman, plain and simple. There are many changes that need to be made, but this is a beta.

Truth be told, things SHOULDN'T be ballanced, because that is not reality. If it were reality, each and every USMC soldier would be wearing Interceptor Body Armor, capable of stopping 7.62mm bullets, and I'd be firing a Javelin to take out an enemy sniper in a building far off, not screwing around trying to sneak up on him and knife him. And a Javelin is a LOT more powerful than an SRAW I'll tell you that right now.

Originally Posted by RazersEdge

While you are right Steiner, a heavy AT rocket will often times be used in real life against snipers in buildings, I know SRAWs and Javelins are commonly used specifically for this purpose. I have a friend who is in the 101st as TOW gunner on a Humvee and he is trained that his weapon is extremely effective against entrenched snipers, however he is also trained to use it against vehicles. Which considering todays political status, he'll be slamming missiles into T-72s and T-80s in not too long...