User blog comment:Redkite/Two New Ideas/@comment-1990578-20120630062210

Dice already tried the 5-kit setup. They didn't seem to like it, as during developmentfor BF3, one of the guys (might have been Patrick Bach, I don't remember who exactly...) said they found a sweet spot with the four-kit setup after they changed the 5 to 4 in BC2.

Recon with a PDW is about as close as you'll get to this happening in-game, and I think that was kind of DICE's purpose with the class, especially considering BF3's Recon's outfit. I just with they kept their C4 from BC2.