Killing tanks. At longer ranges, and with more certainty.
Having said that, the leader in the story Kiwi wrote to start this thread, used a Javelin, I suspect, because he had it, and using it let him clear the sniper without risking any of his men. 40mm or an AT-4 would have been much more appropriate to the job, but it sounds like he didn't have those.
(Or, in keeping with other observations, he wanted to get rid of the awkward heavy thing once he had a good excuse to do so. )
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