You'll then see a load of civilians indicated with blue fists and a plus.

Talk to these civilians and you can equip them with weapons, body armour and helmets.

The numbers above each area on the world map indicate how many are available to equip and how many have got equipment.

So don't throw away your old guns. The militia needs them.

There might be another way of training and equipping them later on but that's the only way I've found so far.

It is quite tedious and annoying. Especially if a civilian has locked themselves in a house or are standing in a minefield!

Also to make things easier take the Barracks off the East coast early to speed up militia level gains, and also to save yourself fighting 40+ level 5's.

Also go down liberate slums way down south, you can buy HK G11's there, only found 2 of em but they deal crazy damage, accurate and 1000 rpm 5 burst, good range and high damage (Headshots seem to kill people clad in kevlar helmets with a single shot)