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I have a version of the XAE with modular tanks, where you build a chassis, add a cannon (I think it makes more sense to use aircraft weapons, since in vanilla it is those that unlock the HWPs) and a few components, to get your working tank.
If you go that route, it is good to also have disassembly projects that allow you to recover the weapon, chassis and component, so you can remove one turret and add a different one. I decided that a tank wreck could be repaired into a chassis, but that the extra components and weapon(s) would be lost.
Also, if you want tanks with two weapons, it starts creating a LOT of assembly and disassembly projects.
I've attached my rulesets if you want to use them to get started on the full tank building project.
I am just interested in small QoL stuff right now... besides Weapon Roles 
you know what would be nice? make the tanks true to their name "heavy weapons platforms" - allow them to carry every kind of available heavy weapon.
- the original manufacture project creates a chassis.
- additional manufacture projects allow for assembly of the chassis with available heavy weapons.
this would make tanks more versatile - you could fit a standard tank with a heavy plasma once you have one. you could even make the unarmed chassis faster than the armed versions, making it more of a scout unit.
What about clicking on that little button that spends all the unit's TUs so they don't reaction fire, instead of changing the weapon? ;P
(I'd say that's a boost: faster aimed shots on rockets is quite handy, even if at the cost of a little less accuracy, while snap shots is really only for reaction, and often (most of the time?) is detrimental for the team).
More storage is something I can support for sure. It's stupid planning to start with full warehouse when your main objective is to reclaim goods..
Commander: Soldiers! Bring back all that UFO Tech!
Soldiers: Yes! Sir!
*Soldiers come back with half the squad but a bunch of stuff*
Facilities Management: Sorry, but we can't keep this junk, no space...
*Everything is sold except a sample of alien alloy for the scientists to work on*
Morale plumets, on the next battle soldiers blow up the whole thing and just bring back the scraps instead of suffering casualties. Humanity loses the war because it never got the right samples to make its breakthrough.
I was going to ask what the point of this would be (you are essentially removing player choice by saying: "Here, I built you the base I like and took away your money to cover the cost") but I guess it is the fact that you don't have to wait for it to be built?
Just less fiddling around with the least interesting facility in the game.
Hmm, if you're going that way, why not do the same with Heavy Cannon, Auto Cannon and Rocket Launcher, and (possibly) their ammo (ammo is arguable, even though X-Com has prototype weapons, there is probably an open-ended supply of their ammo available, plus, ammo is better made in factories than hi-tec workshops...)? After all, they're specifically-designed anti-alien weapons. Plus the player gets a CHOICE what to do with them bored engineers
Not a bad idea, though.A detail : Avoid using exactly 35% TU costs, as it allows some soldiers to shoot three times in the same round, if they have specific TU numbers (like 54). If you want everybody to shoot at most two times, use 36% or more.
I posted details about this phenomenon here : https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,3662.msg45678.html#msg45678
I will go do that right now. I'm in the middle of adding the XCOM specific variants and disabling access to the Xenos variants.
Grats Lohengramm, this is some very sensible and well-rounded rebalancing.
Two notes :
- Be careful with weights inferior to 3, because weight is used as a divisor for throwing distance. In the vanilla game, 3 is the weight of the lightest items, including flares and grenades. Items with weight 2 can be thrown 50% farther, items with weight 1 can be thrown a whooping 300%.
- About the question of heavy plasma having no snap : You could redefine deployments to give pistol/rifle/heavy + basic clips in the first months, then pistol/rifle/heavy + advanced clips, then pistol/rifle/heavy + high-power clips in the endgame. This way, aliens maintain the variety of weapons from beginning to end, yet their firepower improves gradually. As a bonus, the player who researches alien technology immediately does not get the endgame firepower.
Thank you!