Also, since we are probably going to have to produce large amounts of heavy equipment, we should probably standardize around a 14.5mm round due to its much better ballistics and anti-armor performance, due to it just shredding a lot of lighter fortifications and troop transports. Plus, maybe moving to a new standard AR that's a lot cheaper to mass produce than an M4/AR15 knockoff. Something like a wooden furnished AUG and just... making a large amount of very standardized and easy to swap equipment.
Honestly, it would probably be better to just train all of our forces with a bullpup, as we are going to have to train most of em from scratch anyway. Also, a bullpup allows us to use proper grips while still having wood furnishings. So, something like an EM-2 in 5.56 would probably be ideal.
The main problem with this is that Chicago may well already be locked into using US military and civilian calibers. They almost certainly have small arms production and have probably had it since the fight against the Nazis, and in those days they would have been using legacy US firearms almost exclusively. Starting production in a new (Russian) caliber that probably only the Victorians already use in large quantity might be problematic.
Sara Goldblum loves it and promises to give it proper care and feeding of the adorable prototype that followed her home.
I mean, technically its not a small arms caliber, and would only be used on heavier platforms. So, there may not be anything in specific production already. It also offers a massive anti-armor upgrade for most guns using it, lets us avoid having to use a much bigger 20mm for APC's.
I had sort of figured that Chicago was already using .50 BMG or some other heavy machine gun caliber, not least because they probably HAVE had to contend with a lot of lightly armored technicals and things, especially/even during the War on Nazis.
You have an inconsistent economy. Most of your tech is centralized to cities no matter what tech options you pick.
Minimally. It would mostly provide a vector for your tech to spread in the future.
Tomorrow. Slep nao
Right. Because of course Lind both doesn't understand what keeps the guns able to shoot and is a massive hypocrite.
I'm sorry. You have almost every advantage that I'd like to see, but either Disunited Currency or Crossed Wires would be a deal-breaker on its own. There's no way I can support a plan with both together.
They will be defeated by a heroic mechanized operation thanks to a few operatives affiliated with the Archdiocese of Chicago.
