USA Bazooka Team

Copernicus · #1 October 27th, 2016, 01:03 PM

There seems to be two different units for the USA called "Bazooka Team" - 062 and 171. I can't find any difference between them besides the picture and the date available.

Am I missing something?

Mobhack · #2 October 27th, 2016, 02:00 PM

They aren't available in overlapping dates. And the early one has a rarity code of X1, so even when available some other sort of inf-AT team may be chosen instead, if more common. Rarity code is discussed in the Mobhack help, as part of the radio field.

Copernicus · #3 October 27th, 2016, 03:02 PM

I missed that radio (rarity) code difference. My mistake.

Griefbringer · #4 October 28th, 2016, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mobhack

And the early one has a rarity code of X1, so even when available some other sort of inf-AT team may be chosen instead, if more common.

That said, does the US OOB actually have any other inf-AT teams in the OOB before 1945, when the 57 and 75 mm recoilless rifles enter into use?

I am not at my home computer where the game is installed, so cannot check right now...

Mobhack · #5 October 28th, 2016, 09:07 AM

No, but for some reason the designer did it that way. It wont be removed, since that could affect existing scenarios. (Perhaps there was meant to be a rifle grenadier inf-AT team, since the bazooka was basically a rocket motorised version of the existing anti-tank rifle grenade?)

There was a later model of the thing but the rocket remained basically the same, just details of loading and eye protection. See the end of this 1943 training film for details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPsxgOozqk

DRG · #6 October 28th, 2016, 09:17 AM

That set up is a legacy issue.12+ years ago the early unit was a 41 radio code and the later unit 60.

The bottom line is there is continuous coverage of the bazooka in the US OOB from 11/42 onwards and when it was originally set up the OOB designer made them a bit more rare for the first 4 months they were available

NONE of that makes any difference to anyone actually PLAYING the game as opposed to wandering though the encyclopedia or the OOB with MOBHack

EDIT---------and NO there were no other Inf-AT units in the OOB at that time but there *may* have been in earlier versions....... IDK my OOB record is only complete back to 2004 but he *may* have set it up that way simply because...at the time it was done......it made sense to make them a bit more rare for the first few months