From "Army Reforms During the Cold War"
With the escalation of the Cold War in Europa, Gallia was first to do a surprising thing. Instead of stocking up on artificial Valkyria, as the Empire and the Federation were doing, in 1940 General Allen Hynman performed a dramatic reform of the Gallian Armed Forces.
The first thing he did was to end the growing conflict between the Army and the Militia that had brewed since the days of EWI. He did this with a compromise: The Army became the formal regulars of the Armed Forces, as they had always been. The Militia had its regular members merged into the Army, and was then reformed as Gallia's intelligence agency, secret service, and special operations forces. Each section was still referred to as a squad:
Squad 1: Gallian Secret Service, tasked with the protection of the Royal Family, nobility, and national leaders. Should not be confused with the Royal Guard, which is essentially Randgriz's equivalent of a Town Watch. Based in Randgriz.
Squad 2: Gallian Intelligence Agency, in charge of managing and providing national security intelligence. The head of Gallia's espionage and spy network. Based in Vasel.
Squad 3: Gallian Science and Technology, where Gallia's government-sponsored research is organized. Some of its technological advances have been extremely secretive. There is known to be a special Valkyriology branch in Squad 3. Based in Fouzen.
Squad 4: Gallian Investigation Bureau, a law enforcement agency in charge of criminal investigation and internal intelligence. Based in Vasel.
Squad 5: Gallian Central Watch, which organizes the Town Watches of each Gallian town and city. Based in Randgriz.
Squad 6: Gallian Communications, which manages encryption, cryptoanalysis, and signal interception/intelligence. Based in Bruhl.
Squad 7: Gallian Special Forces. The "Sevens," as they continue to be called, are still known as Europa's first and most elite commando forces, advocating tactics and secret operations over mass display of artificial Valkyrur. Besides outside operations, they also handle hostage rescue and counter-terrorism operations. Based at Fort Amatriain.
At the same time, the traditional barriers that had surrounded the Army in terms of nobility were torn down, bolstered by an increasingly liberal House of Lords. For the first time civilians were allowed to be officers in the Army, once the domain of Epee nobles.
The reforms also banned the making of artificial Valkyria, but permitted Valkyriology research to be done. The freed up resources were used instead to expand Gallia's Air Force. This was a very controversial move in a time of the "Valkyrur race," and was approved only by a very slim majority of the House of Lords. As it turned out, brief intrusions from both the Empire and the Federation were attempted in the late 50s, but experience fighting against artificial Valkyrur in the Gallian Civil War as well as air superiority repelled both initial attacks.
A total reform of military equipment was also done. Instead of large, bulky rifles and machine guns dating from EWI's days, commando operations demanded lighter, more flexible weaponry in the form of assault rifles.
The 40s and 50s became a time when some of the greatest minds in weapons technology created some of the finest Europan firearms. On one side, Kalishov, the defector from the Empire, created the GK-44, an extremely reliable assault rifle that replaced the aging Gallian rifle series in 1949, while the Gazi submachine gun, named after the inventor, was employed by support troops. The Gallian tank, which historically speaking was light and defensive, received an upgrade in the form of the Gunther, a versatile medium tank named after the family of generals famous for pioneering the use of the medium tank.