New items,Barb wire kits Splinter masks and matches?

[Eidolan]

Any idea what the barb wire kits do? They don't add the ability for normal troops to lay barb wire it seems, does it make engineers lay wire faster or cheaper?

Splinter masks? They add some sorta shrapnel protection or camouflage bonus?

As for the matches it seems you can light TnT just fine without them so again at a loss. It also seems in the new DLC they really like putting random hats in boxes for you to find....

[Eidolan]

Now that the DLC has been out for a little longer has anyone found a use for these items?

[Cynicus Nihilisticus Paradoxus]

I also asked on Discord, but no one answered. Here is what I think though. I think the splinter mask might just be a cosmetic thing, like the Radio Backpack. If it's in your inventory your guy wears it on his face. However, It might be like the Russian body armor perhaps, but only for the face, but I dont know'. As for the Barbed wire, only thing I can think of is that it's a left over from previous GEM games, for example, in MoWAS2 you need to have a barbedwire in your inventory to actually be able to lay barbwire. So I don't think it serves a purpuse other than immersion. Don't mind being corrected on any of these.

As for the Matches, I noticed when CU5 dropped that if you go into abilities on a soldier, there is now a burn button. So using matches, you can actually set things alight, bushes mostly.

[Eidolan]

Cool did not ever notice the burn option, will have to check that out.