I'm not sure I follow your line of thoughts here Fuchs. I understand the point about immediate suppression being the desired effect, but there should be no difference between a dismounted ATGM team, and an ATGM mounted on an APC/IFV.
We (US at least), have moved towards lasing capabilities to ensure higher first round hit and kill probabilities. I can't imagine that someone calculated that lasing was going to increase aquisition times, and made a conscious decision to pursue that capability with ATGMs being so prevalent on APCs/IFVs.
There is always the option to go manual on some turret systems and get some rounds out for suppression.
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