Yes the SKS, I tend to forget that weapon. One of the things is depending if the town were close where any heavy fighting took place. The militias could be armed with almost anything. Much like in and around Warsaw the militias had a mix of civilian weapons and NATO weapons equip squads as well the Pact.
As people pointed out many of these local forces will be supplemented by various small units who for what every reason have become separated from their parent units. From the size of fire team/squad on up. Remember many times, the ORMO that being supplemented might not trust the Regulars, but after awhile they co-exists.
As it is there were some signs of the even marauders bands settling down here and there. Even they had grown tired of the fighting and roaming all of the time. There will be roaming bands of mercenaries/marauders, but many of larger and smaller bands will start settling down for two reasons. 1. The larger bands realize they need to settle down and grow crops as food becomes more scarce. 2. For the smaller bands, they are looking at banding together with anyone else for their survival.
There will still be Company size bands roaming for years to come. They are too big to move into to small village and not starve, and too small to move in and not meet resistance from a town that could support them. Beside that many Cities and communities and mad men would be willing to trade food and supplies to bands for their service. They will be like the mercenaries of Middle Ages that roam Europe at times.
Just some thoughts.
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