I think that there was some really questionable leadership. Squad 2 could have acted on their own initiative and opened fire on Zaku 2, but waited for orders instead. On the other hand, squad 4 took the initiative to climb up, and then climbed down when they felt like it. These roles should have been reversed.

The AMSR launcher is a two-person carry while loaded (see around 13:14). Barberry pulled a loaded launcher along the ground, so also plausible.

I think the AMSR is a kinetic energy penetrator. It may be kind of thin, but it’s fairly long, and KE weapons rely on length coupled with very dense material and high velocity to defeat armor.

The point of those kinds of missiles is not to destroy the target wholesale, but to rip into critical sections, like the ammo cache to initiate an internal explosion, or the cockpit to kill the operator.

If you recall MS Igloo Hidden One Year War, Episode 2, the first two stolen Zaku’s were defeated by APFSDS, which are KE anti-tank rounds used today to defeat reactive armor.

Having rewatched the battle, I don’t get why squadron 2 did not fire at the second Zaku. Unless there’s a translation error, Barberry intended his squad and squad 2 to deal the finishing blow to the first one, but only a single AMSR was needed.

Squad 2 should have been reloaded in the time that Barberry’s team had reloaded and launched. They should have fired at the second Zaku then retreated, but decided to sit where they were instead, and their annihilation quickly followed.

Graphic wise is good and I like the way the zaku pull out his burning hot axe and deliver a punishment to the stupid squad on the tower.

And you forgot to mention about the cave in. You see a zaku weight about how many tonne is that? With all that running that can cause vibration sure the cave in will happened quickly before the pilot manage to get himself into one. Now that pretty stupid rite?

No fancy weapon like undestructable rx 78 or gm (not invented yet). Big ass guided missile that can be carry by one man 0_0. How he do that? Super strenght?

Can’t believe a missile a size of LPG gas tank can destroy a zaku. That zaku have armor. How can it be destroyed by that tiny missile?