I don't think that 41st should be given any different weapons considering the removal of battalion specific buffs a couple years ago. However, this is a good time to discuss the pricing on perma weapons. after waiting at least 100 hours you are able to buy a tier 1 weapon which are not at all worth it only having a slightly higher ttk than base weapons. and from there the weapons don't get much better per tier even though the price increase is huge.
I think the main issue is that there are players with weapons like the 90$ DC shotgun which can do 500 damage in a second (I don't own the gun but that sounds about right) then there are the people who are stuck using the base guns that do like 75 damage per second. This causes GMs to raise the health of their NPCs and event jobs so that they don't get melted which is fair but then players without amazing weapons have no chance.
TLDR: I feel the current weapon system we have is incredibly flawed and is not only pay to win but causes those who don't pay to suffer.