The only thing worse than carrying a heavy weapon is to haven't it when you need it.METT-TC applies to Javelins just as it does to everything else. Guys in the late 40s used to complain about carrying the "heavy and clumsy" M9 RL -- until they tried to shoot T-34s and found out they didn't stop 'em.
Said that the "new" Bunkerbusters and GL do certainly influence the way you handle bunkers and fortified positions. But certain things don't seem to have changed much, just as Suppress, blind, destroy - 3:30
An interesting detail of the whole movie is that only once you saw somebody shooting with his IW, and that after he smacked the opponent down with the rifle butt. Of course a huge emphasis on thourogh preparation, coordination and surprise as well as bunker-busting with rifle/pistol grenades, hand grenades, staff demolition charges, smoke grenades, flame throwers supported by automatic weapons, light artillery and mortars. The panzerfaust was certainly later quickly adopted for such roles.
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P.S: The Leuchtpistole/ Kampfpistole/ Sturmpistole was completely off my radar.
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