My biggest issue with this whole scene is that, at least in my two viewings, I didn’t notice a single shot fired by the resistance pilots. There certainly appeared to be guns on the skimmers, but no shots were taken. Not at the walkers, not at the ties, nothing. Correct me if I’m wrong, though. I didn’t notice it my first viewing, but after seeing it a second time, this popped into my head right after the scene had ended.
Those things were falling apart. I doubt they worked.
That’s kind of my point though. If the guns didn’t work, what was the reason for going on the offensive? It wasn’t to buy time for the others, because they were just monitoring the battle from inside. Stopping the battering ram was the ONLY reason they went out there, and without guns, a suicide run was basically their only attack. Which IMO makes Poe’s ‘suicide mission’ line contradict the entire reason for being out there, and Rose’s actions even more reckless.