the equipment is damaged. so what? nothing you as a player can do about it.
what... someone will pick them up, repair them, then plonk them down again, if they don't get repaired? all you need to know is that you have a wad of militia there @ X men, Y cs.
thus... why does it matter whether they get damaged or repaired? apart from a general sense of curiosity in how things work. there isn't even an exploit because it'll cost more to have the "auto repair" repair things.
