M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun

The M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun is a Support Weapon fielded by the Allies in Company of Heroes. It is very good at destroying all enemy vehicles.

Game Info

The AT Gun is a great mobile defense against vehicles. It is crewed by 3 men a Gunner, Loader and Watchman. The Watchman is armed with a M1A1 Carbine and the Gunner and Loader fire the AT Gun. The 57mm AT Gun is built from the Motor Pool or if the Airborne Company is selected it can be airdropped, perfect for plugging armoured attacks. The AT Gun is quite fast to fire and is a threat to most vehicles. The AT Gun is also moderately fast to redeploy. The AT Gun can fire Armour Piercing Shells for a short time at the expense of munitions.

Strength

The AT Gun is very powerful and can destroy all but the heaviest vehicles quickly. The AT Gun is also quite effective against buildings. Armor Piercing Shells allow the M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun to destroy heavy vehicles with ease.

Weakness

The M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun is not fast enough to kill large squads of infantry and can be swarmed by them and destroyed or have the crewmen killed. Fast moving vehicles may also be able drive around its line of fire quickly enough to  avoid being destroyed. The line of fire of the AT Gun leaves the back and sides of it open to fire and the gun-crew doesn't automatically pivot the gun if the enemy never entered the line of sight for the gun. Also,the AT gun is horribly slow moving - Don't expect to use it on anything but defense. The AT gun also has a harsher "crew lost" penalty than other manned heavy weapons: if one person goes down, the AT gun is basically defenseless against infantry, another goes down the third dismounts and dies on his own.