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Listy said:
I thought I'd seen something about that on an Armynet document.
The Avrage laod out of infantry was something horrid like:
2xLSW's, 2xSAW's, 2xUGL's and the Sections 2 LAW's! I would have loved to include that In my version of the OOB, but I Didn't think it would go down well, Slightly to much power gaming there.
BTW I'll bet you that htere are still plenty of infantry units feilding LSW's at the moment, Heck most still haven't got L85A2's! It's only units that go out to Iraq get the cool kit.
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With only 4 weapon slots, you would need to make a weapon item like "2 LSW and 2 Minimi" ..
And the LSW is still standard issue - it is not retired, it just was not much use as an auto support weapon for precisely the same reason the BAR was not that useful. No changeable barrel, and the mag was loaded from underneath, so had to be changed by the firer - no way an No 2 could hot-swap it like the top-mounted mag on a bren.
So the LSW is probably still in the section, but most likely used as a personal weapon more than any sort of support SAW. It does have use as a "marksmans" rifle as the longer barel and bipod makes it a useful weapon for longer range potting, if not quite a real sniper weapon. But
not a "sniper rifle" in game terms - so if needed, you can safely ignore the thing.
Cheers
Andy