Tankettes - How Useful in CS?

[Mike Abberton]

From the way I understand it, unit attack factors depend on more than just weapon type. It also includes things like weapon mount, ease of use, etc.

Tankettes were generally undermanned (two men typically), noisy, hot, miserable weapons platforms with limited visibility and aiming aids. A MG in the hands of a competent crew of 5 or 6 men (as was common in a heavy weapons platoon HMG, at least for the Germans), would be much more flexible and effective than the identical weapon on a tankette. Therefore we get different AF's for different applications of the same weapon. At least that is what I understood the reasoning to be.

Mike