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Use case: When I am fighting a nest on Nauvis, I, generally, do it in this order:

1. Cannon shell several spwaners and aggro the accumulated swarm;
2. Hit switch weapon button twice to be able to get rid of the bullet-resistant hardened enemies using vehicle flamethrower;
3. Hit switch weapon button twice to select vehicle machine gun to finish off strugglers;
4. Hit switch weapon button twice to select the vehicle cannon to start all over;

Obviously, in my case, if the vehicle machine gun and vehicle flamethrower had their places switched, the same fight would require all the switch weapon button presses be singular: As an alternative there could be a reverse switch weapon button introduced (i.e. another key to switch in "other direction").

[2.0.20] I have a similar issue.
1. When you run out of ammo in 1 of those the amount of times you need to press the switch weapon key is different. This throws me off & can end deadly. It is not nice when a dead is the fault of controls/inputs. I have the same issue when I used the Tank alot without 1 ammo.
2. I would prefer to add the weapons to my hotbar so I can switch to them with static keys (I mean that the key points to the same weapon every time).
3. Of course adding a reverse weapon switch (e.g. Shift+C) is also a option.