One of the mods that XComUtil was able to make was to sort your troops by rank - the higher the rank, the further from the back of the 'sport they were.
This meant no random shot into the transport during the first turn snipes your Colonel, and your Colonel isn't the first guy off the 'sport trying to dodge plasma bolts everywhere.
I've searched and failed to find similar functionality for OpenXCom, either in the base program or as a mod. Is my google-fu lacking, or has no-one implemented this?
Ideally, I'd like an interface where I can actually set what units I want where. If I could have a few soldiers in _front_ of the tank that would be excellent. With a smoke screen a tank might not get insta-killed, and it might be worthwhile bringing one along.