There is three main ways to use the Baton Soldier. One way is to ignore their offensive abilities and use them as a tank to draw fire away from your other units. Another is to send them in large amounts so as to prevent them from being downed before they reach the foe. The last is to either use a decoy tank, such as the APC or a similar unit to draw fire away. The advantage of using an APC is that you can use it to bring the Baton Soldiers right up to the opponents, then unload them before using the APC to draw fire away from them.