Tankettes - How Useful in CS?

[Mike Abberton]

It seems that they are most useful for scouting/spotting for artillery, maybe surround and capture (although that is much less useful than in the past assuming extreme assault. When they are prevalent, there aren't a lot of long-range AT guns roaming around, so they are reasonably safe if you keep them away from enemy tanks. And if the enemy is diverting armor resources to hunt down your tankettes, so much the better. Watch out if the other guys has air support though.

They are not much use elsewise, imo. The MG on the tankettes is typically short-ranged and not all that effective against infantry (low soft AFs), and most early war infantry are able to kill tankettes pretty easily by either direct fire or assault. So for me, they are of much less use in the main fight.

Those are very general comments, and there may be a few diamonds in the rough that are a little more effective.

Mike