A few little requests

[Dietrich]

With the NATO module not even announced yet, I figured there might just be time available for BFC to at least consider a few requests which I reckon could be feasible to introduce with the NATO module or with a subsequent patch.

1. M24 Sniper Weapon System -- Since the US Army's contract with Remington for M24s ended only last month and CMSF takes place in the summer of 2008, and since v1.21 provided Mk 11 sniper rifles to USMC pixeltruppen, could US Army units be provided M24s along with their M110s and M107s? After all, the M24 is built from the same rifle (the Remington 700) as the USMC's M40, which is already in the game. (Granted, the rifles are effectively rebuilt at Quantico to become M40s; and I understand that the M40 is built from the short-action version of the Remington 700 and the M24 from the long-action version.)

2. Vehicle suspensions -- Seeing a vehicle rock when its gun fires is one of the many little details which add up to make CMSF an excellent game. However, I think the "wobbly-ness" of most vehicles' suspensions could be toned down, in some cases markedly, in other cases only a little. For example, when an Abrams' cupola-mounted M2 machine gun fires, the tank rocks slightly; does even an Ma Deuce have enough recoil to move a 65-ton tank? This means that when an Abrams fires its 120mm cannon, the tank rocks much more than it does in any video I've seen of an Abrams firing its main armament. And when a Bradley IFV rocks a little bit when it fires, not its 25mm Bushmaster but merely its coaxial M240. Similarly, when a car accelerates suddenly from a stop, the front end lifts up. But when a pickup truck (even a non-technical with no passengers) or even a Humvee takes off, it tends to look like it's carrying an especially heavy load in the back, and this appearance lasts for several seconds (until the vehicle has achieved a steady speed). It looks most undignified when a tank repeatedly rocks back and forth on its suspension as it navigates through a wooded area or amid obstacles.

3. HMMWV armament variations -- The in-game US Army Supply Platoon allows the scenario designer to include Humvees (sans crew) for units which may or may not have them normally. Since the Mk 19-armed model already exists and is even found in the TOE of the regular IBCT, would it be feasible to allow Mk 19-armed Humvees in the Supply Platoon with the appropriate Equipment Quality setting?