Re: What is wrong with RPGs?
One big advantage of the RPG-7 in the Soviet OOB is that it is available in great numbers, with almost every infantry squad packing one. And on top of that you can have also scout squads with them (though with limited ammo), ATGM teams with them (for close defense) and even chemical warfare teams with RPG and a rocket-propelled flamethrower!
Compared to that, the meager supply of 1-2 bazooka or 90 mm recoilless rifle teams per US infantry platoon might not sound very impressive, with the rifle squads only packing a few 40 mm HEAT grenades and bunch of LAWs for close defense.
As for the frustration with the M72 LAW, I can sort of understand that - having spent a whole lot of them in-game trying to hit immobile Viet Cong ammo bunkers from three hex range with rather limited success. At 1-2 hex range they are more useful, but that can be too close for comfort on a modern battlefield.
However, having carried and fired (practice round only) M72 variant, I would say that from a common infantryman point of view it is not too bad - it is light, easy to carry, easy to use, and gives you something to shoot back if enemy tanks get too close (valuable morale booster). It would hopefully also be available in sufficiently large numbers.
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