Well, IRL, the AT gun has a lot of drawbacks, but it's worst drawback is the lack of mobility. Modern conventional warfare (as opposed to counterinsurgent warfare as we are seeing in Iraq and Afghanistan -- think the original invasion of Iraq or Desert Storm) is fluid and fast moving; an AT-gun crew has to be sort of close to get any kind of penetration and accuracy out of its rounds, and they can be quickly overwhelmed by attacking vehicles, helicopters, and aircraft.
But in a T2K world, the aircraft and helicopters are absent, there are few vehicles, and most troops are foot or horse-mobile. The technology to build new ATGM missiles and maintain CLUs is virtually nonexistent. The AT gun would, in a T2K world, become much more important.
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