MBT:Strela and Fagot Units

[PlasmaKrab]

HEAT in the game is for High Explosive Antitank, as in shaped charge.
This kind of ammo is used against armored targets, can also be used against soft vehicles and infantry when no HE is available, but only for unguided weapons as far as I know.

There is no difference made from the type of guidance in missiles in any case. And anyhow, of Fagot and Strela, only the Strela is heat-seeking, and you'll see that it comes only with HE ammo.
Just nitpicking

[AMX]

Originally Posted by PlasmaKrab

HEAT in the game is for High Explosive Antitank, as in shaped charge.
This kind of ammo is used against armored targets, can also be used against soft vehicles and infantry when no HE is available, but only for unguided weapons as far as I know.

IIRC, all weapons (guided or not) can use HEAT against soft targets, provided they
1) have an HE Kill value (most ATGMs don't),
and
2) have more than 4 shots remaining.

[Imp]

Originally Posted by AMX

IIRC, all weapons (guided or not) can use HEAT against soft targets, provided they
1) have an HE Kill value (most ATGMs don't),
and
2) have more than 4 shots remaining.

That pretty much answers it then, both weapons get 2 shots max
SAMs are surface to air missiles so do not engage ground targets full stop.
ATGMs will fire at soft targets as in unarmored vehicles but better not to as tend to pass straight through doing little damage. As far as I know cant target infantry with & they are expensive with limited ammo so even if you could its a waste of said unit.

MMGs, GLs or light MTR is more what you should be going for & could suppress adjacent units or a bit of support from an APC if practical.
As a side note infantry will fire RPGs (HEAT) but tend to reserve the last couple of shots just in case a vehicle turns up.