[zastava128]

About the rifle/carbine ranges - I'm pretty sure this was standardized a few versions back. I remember the 8mm Lebel rifle used to have range 600m in an older version of WinSPWW2, for example.

If I understood correctly, the rifle names are for flavour only. Partially for balance reasons, and partially since, on the scale of this game, any differences are negligible. There's even been talk of replacing them all with just a generic "rifle" weapon (like it was in the original Steel Panthers games).

I'm not necessarily against your suggestion, but the above mentioned factors should be considered. In WinSPMBT a difference of 100m in rifle ranges (assault vs. battle rifle) can make a big difference. Now imagine if Soviet rifle squads had a 100m longer range than the German ones - it would make a *big* difference in gameplay.