why buy armor?

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A Light truck inf company will run into serious trouble, if hit even by 60mm mortars. Trucks will be destroyed and infantry will jump off, not taking maybe much damge, but suppression and thus halting the advance, to get hammered again with those pesky 60mm the next turn. An APC company will survive much better light caliber barrages and keep infantry inside, thus not stopping and having a good chance of avoiding the next barrage.