A thought for OOB moders

[Suhiir]

Couple "problems" with this.
Units not only tend to fire in purchase order but also move.
Putting the scouts ahead of the long range weapons will allow them to play bullet magnet and find opposition units for the rest of the formation.
A forward observer will not work "correctly" unless it's unit zero in a formation.

Making a support weapon unit the leader of a platoon formation has the same "problem" as mentioned above, they tend to move first thus receive more fire then following units in a formation.

This is one of those issues where "player" VS "AI" comes into play.
I've found it best to tailor formations to best advantage for the AI since a player can move/fire their units in any order they wish.