14 minutes ago, LennoxPoodle said:

@borithan Well they aren't really close range assault troops. When they expect longer range encounters they will just equip DLT-19s, which seems to be the rifle to the E-11's carbine on screen. It's sad that SW:L portraits theese things as SAWs instead of ,for example, the RT-97c.

But being mainly employed as occupation forces in urban environments or aboard stations and starships it's only logical for the stormtroopers to use the E-11 way more often.

DLT-19's did seem to have the same use as a squad support weapon though, so it seems fair enough for game purposes.

" It featured a high rate of fire and could deal heavy damage at long ranges, and was most commonly used for pinning down troops and eliminating large groups of enemies "

Meanwhile, the E11 (which was a rifle, not a carbine at least in Star Wars lore):

"The E-11 blaster rifle was a light but powerful blaster rifle manufactured by BlasTech Industries . It served as the standard issue weapon of Imperial stormtroopers , and was based on the DC-15A blaster used by clone troopers during the Clone Wars ."

If the E-11 was standard issue, and the DLT was a high ROF suppression and automatic weapon....seems spot on really.

@Extropia Yeah, kind of based my impression on the relation between the DC-15 and its A version in the GAR (which wasn't necessarily carried on into the imperial forces) and it's inflationary use in outside shots of the OT (mostly tatooine sand troopers). I agree that I could be really wrong, but I would really hate having multiple LMG type weapons in the imperial forces which care so much about standardization and monotonous aesthetic.