User:SPARTAN 119/UNSC Civilian Volunteer Defense Corps

The or CVDC is a UNSC militia unit created in 2540 in an attempt to bolster the ranks of the UNSC military against possible Covenant invasions. The militia took volunteers between the ages of 16 and 65 that were not serving in the regular military or Colonial Militia. The main mission of the Civilian Volunteer Defense Force was to act as secondary force, along with the Colonial Militia.

Training
Training in the UNSC Civilian Defense Force was less extensive then that of the UNSC military or even the Colonial Militias, with troops being intitially receiving only a few weeks of training, while in the darkest days of the Battle of Earth, civilian militia units were sent into battle with only minimal training, sometimes less then a weeks worth, leading to severe casualties among the CVDC.

Weapons
The UNSC CVDC was armed with a variety of weapons, many of them antiquated or even outdated. Many of the CVDC's small arms were civilian market firearms or outdated weapons such as the MA3 series of assault rifles and the HMG 38 series of machine guns, though a few more up to date weapons were used. The CVDC also made use of a wide variety of improvised explosive and incendiary devices. It was also not at all uncommon for the CVDC to use captured Covenant small arms, though because it was not known how to recharge or replace the batteries of directed energy weapons such as the Plasma Pistol and Plasma Rifle, they were effectively "disposable weapons". Covenant projectile weapons like the Needler and Brute Spiker were able to be reloaded, but they still necessitated capture of ammunition from the enemy. In addition to small arms, the CVDC had access to some mounted weapons such as M202 machine guns, AIE 486 and M41 LAAG rotary machine guns, M149 Recoilless Rifles, and LAU-65 Missile Launchers. The CVDC also used various civilian vehicles modified into technicals, armed with mounted machine guns or anti-armor weapons. VTOL aircraft such as civilian versions of the Pelican were used as improvised transports, often armed with side-mounted machine guns, and civilian boats were armed with machine guns and LAU-65 missile launchers for use as water-borne anti-aircraft platforms. Some CVDC units whose ranks contained UNSC Navy Veterans familiar with missile system operations even modified Ares Missiles, outdated spacecraft-launched missiles, for use as ground-launched anti-spacecraft missiles during the Battle of Earth. The Ares missiles were largely useless against shield spacecraft, but did take down multiple Phantoms and Seraphs, and even a few Corvettes.

List of Weapons
Note: this is list is by no means all-inclusive.

Small Arms

 * M6 Series pistols (mostly M6A, M6B, M6C, M6K)
 * civilian handguns
 * MA2 Series Assault Rifles
 * MA3 Series Assault Rifles
 * M7 Submachine Guns
 * BR55 Series Battle Rifles (Mostly older variants
 * M392 Designated Marksman Rifles
 * civilian hunting rifles
 * SRS 99 Series Sniper Rifles (mostly older variants)
 * DTM Series and other civilian shotguns
 * M45 Shotguns
 * HMG-38 Machine Guns
 * M301 Underbarrel Grenade Launchers
 * M319 Grenade Launchers
 * M19 SSM Rocket Launchers
 * M19B SAM Launchers
 * M41 Missile Launchers
 * M9 HEDP Frag Grenades
 * Molotov Cocktails
 * Improvised Explosive Devices
 * captured Covenant weaponry
 * assorted melee weapons

Mounted Weapons

 * M202 Heavy Machine Guns
 * "Confetti Maker" Machine Guns
 * M247 Machine Guns
 * AIE-486 Machine Guns
 * M41 LAAG Machine Guns
 * M149 Recoilless Rifle
 * LAU-65 Missile Launchers
 * Ares Missiles (repurposed as Heavy SAMs for use against unshielded ships)
 * mortars

Vehicles

 * Warthog LRVs
 * Technicals and other improvised fighting vehilces
 * Assorted private and police VTOLs
 * Assorted boats

Uniforms
The UNSC CVDC had little in way of true uniforms. They would usually only be given an armband with a UNSC seal and the words "" on it, though they would sometimes be issued a helmet. Police officers and other individuals who were issued body armor in their previous profession would typically wear said armor into battle.

Trivia
The was based on various volunteer fighting forces that saw action in World War II such as the British Home Guard, German Volkssturm, and the Japanese Volunteer Fighting Corps.