Japanese OOB Question
Is it possible to see in the next official update an "armed civilian" unit, armed with bamboo spears and poles? I know we already have suicide infantry AT detachments in the game; and we could use the scenario editor to re-equip the Milita Units in the OOB (units 188 to 192) with nothing but grenades; there's a lack of a improvised spear weapon in the Japanese OOB.
Reason I ask is that I've been looking at the official Downfall plans; as well as a post-war paper which interviewed the Japanese concerning their defensive preparations for Downfall.
While I know that civilians armed with nothing but maybe 15 grenades in a group of 30 people, and carrying 30 spears would not be occuring that much; due to the fact that Japanese Civilians aren't as indoctrinated into the cult of the Emperor and dying for the Emperor as the Imperial Japanese Army; meaning that they'll be a threat; e.g. you may encounter scattered bands attacking you, but not literal human waves; since if you cut down the first attacking band, the other waves will falter and run away...
It would still be a threat encountered as we moved in...
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