Infantry equipment

Two ideas for better infantry weapons (and which could become player's weapons).

The ufo's hull material could also become heat-resistant barrels for machineguns and others. The benefit would be less heat damage on the barrel, but I don't know how this could translate into a advantage into the game. (If the game includes damage by wear and tear like in Fallout 3, this kind of weapon could be more resistant to it)

The second, is that the germans made infrared equipment so that infantry and tanks had night vision capability. the good folks at Antarctica could further develop this into a "portable unit", a helmet with a "infrared monocle", with a cable attached to a battery on the waist (instead of a whole backpack, as in the picture). I don't know how much importance you guys will be giving to darkness in the game, but this could be just a curiosity, an enemy sniper's equipment, or a high tech alternative to a flashlight, but without a light to denounce the player's (or enemy's) position

Infrared equipment:
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/articles/ir.htm

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