Ammo boxes honestly are in a controversial place in this game. They are rather niche because of the intense combat of this game that most see there is no point in them, who survives long enough to even use up all their ammo. Regardless I still think they are useful and I build them to support the team. You never know when you’ll need ammo.
I feel a culture of building ammo boxes to support the team should be reinforced.
I think one way to reinforce this mechanic is for your AI soldiers to consume ammo from their weapons. AI basically have an infinite amount of ammo. Only you the player actually consume ammo. Usually when you’re low on ammo you just switch to one of your AI
If AI consume ammo then ammo boxes become so much more important. All weapons would consume ammo. It doesn’t matter if you give your AI assault rifles, LMGs, SMGs, even the lowly bolt-action, they consume ammo. You and your AI have to worry about being fully supplied