The Anti-vehicle Handbook
Anti-vehicle roles are vital to countering enemy armour and air units, be it light or heavy, as well as bunkers and installations. These infantryman perform normal riflemen duties, and transition into their anti-vehicle role as and when required.
The medium assistant anti-armorman, is the right-hand man of a Medium AT Gunner, and forms part of a MAT Team. They assist the gunner by carrying additional missiles as well as assisting with ranging, targeting and management of backblast from launchers. The role is to stick with the gunner and provide support - the two always form a buddy team. The assistant supports the AT Gunner in the form of providing security, helping to spot, engage, and adjust fire on targets.
The assistant anti-airman, is the right-hand man of a AA Gunner, and forms part of a AA Team. They assist the gunner by carrying additional missiles as well as assisting with ranging, targeting and management of backblast from launchers. The role is to stick with the gunner and provide support - the two always form a buddy team. The assistant supports the AA Gunner in the form of providing security, helping to spot, engage, and adjust fire on targets.
The heavy assistant anti-armorman, is the right-hand man of a Heavy AT Gunner, and forms part of a HAT Team. They assist the gunner by carrying additional missiles as well as assisting with ranging, targeting and management of backblast from launchers. The role is to stick with the gunner and provide support - the two always form a buddy team. The assistant supports the AT Gunner in the form of providing security, helping to spot, engage, and adjust fire on targets.
An anti-air specialist is equipped with a man-portable AA missile system, and an additional missile, ready to use their launcher to engage and destroy any enemy air threats that might appear over the battlefield, either fixed-wing (jet) or rotary-winged (helo). Their proficiency and situational awareness can be the difference between life and death for a squad or platoon.
A medium anti-tank (MAT) team or individual is a role that is capable of delivering accurate and deadly direct-fire against tanks, bunkers, buildings, and other suitable hard targets. MATs carry a multi-use reloadable launcher and a number of missiles. The launcher is typically scoped and can utilise HEDP, HEAT, HEAA, FTG and NE rounds.
A heavy anti-tank team (HAT) or individual wields the most deadly anti-tank infantry-carried weapon systems available. When heavy armor is expected, they are great assets to have attached to the platoon. The HAT carries the FGM-148 Javelin a man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile. The Javelin's HEAT warhead is capable of defeating modern tanks by attacking them from above where their armor is thinnest, and is also useful against fortifications in a direct attack flight.