Talk:Gauss Glaive/@comment-78.121.107.42-20191120203630/@comment-6547687-20191121131348

Yes, infantry is mostly heavily armored and would shrugg off most other weapons. Plus, Gauss Glaives have the advantage of being not only effective against infantry, but also many light vehicles, walkers and drones. But they have a pretty slow firing rate. You don't necessarily have to manually insert a new bullet with every shot, but you need to wait for the weapon to cool down enough to fire again, which just takes a bit of time. This is why infantry is deployed in line-formations from time to time, to use salvo-fire to make up for the slow firing rate and overwhelm enemy defenses.

Another factor is the prominence of micro-point-defense even in ground-combat. It is an effective defense against many forms of artillery and grenades, but it requires all troops to stay in the limited protected radius.