Any news about this? This is a deal breaker for me and my team whether we should go or not (or if we _perhaps_ should play as mercenaries), and since the 30th of October is closing in it would be good to know how BE thinks about this.

I agree with the post above. Last year me and my teammates played as mechanized UPIR since we use flecktarn. We thought of doing the same this year but if this with the class 5 vehicles persists I do not see us purchasing any tickets for this years game. Last year I saw perhaps 1-2 class 5 vehicles,...