Since the entire 1st Battalion was made up of light airborne troops, they were not even equipped with a single decent accompanying mortar.
The best anti-fortification firepower they had was the 75mm rocket launcher, with only four per company.
Even for this 75mm launcher, its anti-tank shell carried a mere 130 grams of explosive charge, providing a penetration depth of 120 millimeters of homogeneous steel. Even the high-explosive shell contained only 300 grams of RDX.
With such a tiny explosive charge, coupled with a mere 8 rounds of ammunition per launcher, they were stretched rather thin when it came to dealing with large buildings.
"Load high-explosive!"
Behind the 3rd Company's commander, the loader quickly picked up a high-explosive rocket, shoved it into the launch tube, and then patted the commander's helmet.
Whoosh—swoosh-swoosh-swoosh!
A 75mm rocket flew out of the muzzle, trailing a wisp of grey smoke as it drifted deep down the corridor.
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