@Ukranian Ranger: Could you post newly when you edit something in? I didn't even realize the post had been expanded.
My proposal for budget would be as such:
A) Professional Army:
Raise 2 battalions of professionals, equip them with Enforcer(s) Rifles and the (lighter) Morse Mk. II machine gun.
B) Conscript Army:
Conscript 8 battalions of uhm... conscripts, equip each of them with Enforcer(s) Rifles and the heavier machine gun.
C) Artillery Support:
For first fire support and testing, buy two batteries of H75 Howitzers.
Budget:
Budget left for the year | | 9.5m |
Plan A: | Total | 1.5m |
| 2 Battalions, Yearly | 0.4m |
| 2 Enforcer(s) rifle | 0.5m |
| 4 Morse Mk. II Machine Guns | 0.6m |
Plan B: | Total | >2.8m |
| 8 Conscripts, Yearly | ?? |
| 8 Enforcer(s) rifle | 2m |
| 8 Morse Machine Guns | 0.8m |
Plan C: | Total | 1.6m |
| 2 H75 Howitzer | 1.6m |
That leaves us with 3.6m for different programs. By the way, I support Morrigi's 1 (as long as it's everyone sane ;-) )-3, 6, 8, 9-12. Mostly the evaluation questions.
Additionally, that's costs of 400,000 per year.
Unknown still is how much we pay our draftees, but it should be less than the professionals (obviously).
The plan would be for the professional regiments (can we call them Guards?) to present mobile and high-firepower attack formations. Light machine guns and short rifles are good for that. Plus, artillery support.
The conscripts form the main defensive formations. They don't need precise weapons as they aren't that good at shooting, so the short enforcers. No Liberators, as the Enforcers should prove something like a 5-10 factor in efficiency. Additionally, machine guns for defense. Weight is more or less irrelevant for that, but reliability isn't. Therefore, rifles and MGs.
As for artillery, those two batteries are too few. But we just haven't got the budget for more.
I'd also like to construct a big training area. I don't know how big our country is, but I'd like something where we can train several days of advancing or retreating, artillery and so on.
As a finishing note: The normal Enforcer is about as heavy as the LMG! That definitely is a reason to use the short one.