I'm sorry, maybe I'm not understanding exactly what you mean, but I don't see how any of the aformentioned posts have been discredited. I was asking HTC why they decided not to go with binoculars, and then said I thought it would be cool to have, just a bit of eyecandy.
my comment abouty the inability of the average player to identify a GV without using the icons is based on an in game observation. may be wrong, I may not be getting a good sample of players, etc, but its what I've seen.
And Wiki is accurate for armament and it seems to be close, if not exact, for speed, based on what their engines were capable of.