Wouldn't say the NA units went that far, but yeah like I stated with the Local NA Commander being a former Paratrooper there would be lot influence from the Light Infantry/Airborne type units.
With that said of the Regiments of the Third only the FRT has anything close to having heavy weapons that are found in the various Regiments of the First and even quite comparable to the Regiments of Seconds. Like many locales I am sure they absorb lot of Police and what every weapons they could get out of local armories.
One of those things about Urban area. Carrying large caliber arms and heavy weapons can be drawback at times. Especially places with lot of rubble. Think WWII when depending on what type of unit and where they were, at times Sub-Machine guns work better than other long arms. Same with shotguns. The one disadvantage is when unit armed with limited long arms has to assault a dug in positions, well you get lot of people not making it home from the assault units. On a plus side, choke points means very limited force can hold a very large area with a few well place snipers and Machine guns.
I believe most of the Artillery that was used was home-made rockets on home made launchers and home made mortars. I do remember the Artillery Regiments of the Thirds were largely lucky to have shotguns and whatever mortars and rocket launchers they had.
One of the thing is the Thirds would be holding and position on the outside fringes. The Seconds would be used as second line defense and patrolling areas where Seconds and Thirds live. While the Firsts were main patrol force, rapid reaction force, and last line of defense before anyone got to the center of power.
As for the question if they would be armed with Grenades. If you have access to the Free City of Krakow and Warsaw module. The Units of the Firsts would be like the Krakow ORMO as reference for the how First would be organized and weapons were distributed. Warsaw Module the Baron forces and 10th Sov GTD would give you some idea how weapons could be distributed. While the Thirds would resemble mix bag of the remaining militias of Warsaw. Of course, without saying they would weapons found in the US military and police forces, and weapons that could of been found in civilian hands. On a side note with the original time line there were still plenty collector who had legally and otherwise collect weapons that could be easy enough turned fully auto. The Thirds would be armed with weapon that would now be classified as Personal Defense weapons too. Armed with various pistols for some it would be their only weapon, while others it would be a backup.
Just some thoughts.
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