Ninja-Wolves

Here's what I think: A lot of this content is very useful for guerilla armies such as FIA and Syndikat. For example, the van is a perfect vehicle for them and the Basic Helmet finally fills a niche for a protective helmet for the guerilla infantry. I had a lot of fun creating custom Syndikat units with the new helmet and EOD vest. The IDAP stuff I can see useful in Life servers, or as an incidental third party during certain missions. The mini-campaign showcases its role within the game perfectly. It would be nice if the first aid props could be used as actual first aid gear, and if one could lie down upon the stretchers via menu action. The mine dispenser and cluster bombs are also welcome additions. I'm happy that the civilian content is expanded a bit too, with the paramedic, construction workers and additional clothing items.

I think NATO Pacific should get a MK-200 Khaki in their ammo crates, this weapon fits logistically and thematically with the NATO inventory, with similar ammo and similar Magpul accessories. CSAT Pacific should get Zafir with jungle camo in their crates to match this. We are still missing jungle variants of Rahim, Zafir, Navid, Cyrus, MAR-10, SPMG and ASP-1 Kir. I think the old AK-12 5.45mm model should return as a new weapon which uses 5.45mm magazines. I'd like to see a SPAR-16 with 16.5" barrel without drum magazine. I'd like to see a CAR-95 carbine variant. ERCO clips with MK-200 feed tray during reload. I'd like to see a static M2 HMG for Syndikat and FIA.

The new AK-12 magazine is a bit weird but to me it seems a lot more plausible to hold 7.62mm rounds than the old one, so I'm happy. The image you linked to is cased telescoped ammunition, caseless ammunition probably has similar dimensions though. I think CT ammunition would fit right in with the game setting.

Well... Here's a theory that I just made up Perhaps BI made assets for an earlier prototype of Arma 3, and then reused them in the release game... it would make sense because the earliest pre-alpha screenshots depicted quite a bit of content that was modeled that still hasn't made it into the game, also there are a few other 3D models which do not match their in-game lore. As you probably experienced first hand, art assets, especially 3D models, tend to be a lot more time consuming to create/modify than config files, so I am absolutely grateful BI took the time to add the 7.62 AK-12 magazine.

The rounds on the Zafir belt are the size of 5.56x45mm rounds... compare them to the rounds on LIM-85 belt 7.62x51mm is quite a bit bigger

I'm just happy they tried, I mean there are worse inconsistencies in the game, Zafir 7.62mm still has a 5.56mm belt for example. I'd like to see a 5.45mm AK-12 added alongside the 7.62mm AK-12, they already have the model and the magazine so it's literally a step away

I like the new Tropic camo gear for NATO, the fully tropical painted helmets, plate carriers etc give me the impression that NATO is taking the Pacific a lot more seriously than Altis. I'd like to see a tropical combat helmet with camo netting. I'd like to see an Altis variant of the stealth combat helmet, as well as an Altis variant of the stealth uniform and balaclava. I'd also like to see a face mask variant of the enhanced combat helmet. The goggles on the stealth balaclava goggles variant are slightly offset from the standard goggles, I'm not sure if this is intended or not, but it matches the stealth combat helmet poorly. Also, I would prefer if the combat goggles on the balaclavas were green and not sand colored. The new Viper gear is fitting of CSAT, and I like the new night vision/thermal goggles of both factions as they fit into the existing uniforms nicely. I like the new CTRG urban uniform, but I cannot find any vests or helmets that match the colors nicely. I really like the new police uniforms.

Here is what I think: I really like CAR-95 series, the sound is great and the sights are clear. However drum mag for CAR-95-1 is modeled after 80-round magazine of QBB-95, I'd much prefer an authentic magazine size. SPAR-16 still seems to hover in front of shoulder of user, and the sights are difficult to use. I actually like the firing sound of this weapon. SPAR-16S magazine is modeled after 100-round CMAG, again I'd prefer an authentic magazine size. I'd like to see green hex variants of Rahim, Cyrus and Navid, and khaki variants of SPMG, Mk-1 and MAR-10. I'm happy that AK-12 has a curved 7.62mm magazine in devbranch now to match the round it uses. However muzzle velocity of 900m/s is excessive for 7.62mm bullet fired from similar barrel length of AKM, which has muzzle velocity of 715m/s. In fact, the AK-12 does an excessive amount of damage exceeding that of most 7.62x51mm weapons at close range due to this muzzle velocity. A 5.45mm variant of AK-12 using old 5.45mm magazine model would be authentic with muzzle velocity of 900m/s, and would join the lonely AKS-74U as a user of 5.45mm ammo. I feel like AKM is redundant with the existence of AK-12 which seems to be a straight upgrade and fills the exact same role. That said, I'm still happy it is in the game as it would be a logical choice of weapon for bandits, criminals and terrorists, including the Syndikat faction. I would like to see AKM with grenade launcher. I'd like to see more RPG-7 warhead types. I think the grip pod on LIM-85 is out of place, the original bipod of this weapon would be much more logical, or at least a change of color of the grip pod to be black. I like the concept of Type 115, it is really something unexpected, I think it is perfectly fine and not too out of place given that it is only used by CSAT special operators in the in-game lore. I think special operations forces even in the present day use some quite outlandish gear that we might not even know about. And that should be all.