P.I.A.T Slow?

[hithero]

Should the P.I.A.T be have the Slow trait like all the other man-held AT weapons?

 

[Foxmeister]

Should the P.I.A.T be have the Slow trait like all the other man-held AT weapons?

I'm guessing, and I hasten to add that this is a guess and not based on any empirical evidence, that since the PIAT was essentially a spring-loaded mortar (which self-cocked when used correctly) it had a quicker turn around than its rocket propelled peers (e.g. Bazooka etc) which presumably due to heat and smoke would be "slower" to re-load.

Of course, when it was not used properly, it was a real pig to re-cock as far as I'm aware, so I guess in those cases it would be even slower!

Regards,

Dave

 

[hithero]

But then the panzerfaust that you don't even have to load is slow and so are AT rifles which are 1-man operations. Maybe they are trying to make up for giving it such a rubbish chance of hitting a tank? I know it was not as good as other 'bazooka's' but not that worse in game terms surely? D6+3 against D10+2 or 3!

 

[wkehrman]

The Bazooka round had a wire that needed to be attached to the tube to arm the weapon. This takes time whether fired correctly or not. I don't know about the Panzerschreck, I'll ask some of the German players about it. Why the Panzerfaust isn't a one shot weapon, I don't know.

 

[Rabidchild]

I don't know about the PIAT, but I think Matt has said elsewhere that the panzerfaust has the Slow trait to represent that more than one could be carried.

I would hazard a guess that the panzerfaust it isn't one-shot because that would involved keeping track of which units had fired theirs and which hadn't. This would bog down an otherwise fairly smooth game.

 

[wkehrman]

I don't know about the PIAT, but I think Matt has said elsewhere that the panzerfaust has the Slow trait to represent that more than one could be carried.

I would hazard a guess that the panzerfaust it isn't one-shot because that would involved keeping track of which units had fired theirs and which hadn't. This would bog down an otherwise fairly smooth game.

Makes sense, I guess, since they're not keeping track of all the other rounds, except for the Improvised and regular A/T explosives.

 

[hithero]

Solved it, looks like a proof reading error on the British Infantry & Commando page, as the PIAT is slow on the paratroop page.

 

[MongooseMatt]

I would hazard a guess that the panzerfaust it isn't one-shot because that would involved keeping track of which units had fired theirs and which hadn't. This would bog down an otherwise fairly smooth game.

Yes - this is something we have carried over on to Modern Combat, for one-shot AT weaponry that normally has warheads distributed throughout the squad.