Strafregiment

The European Federation’s Strafregiment is a ‘volunteer’ regiment formed of recaptured deserters, convicted criminals, suspected seditionists, and other undesirable elements of the Federal military and society. Because of their crimes against the Federation, Strafbattaillone are tasked with dangerous, high-casualty missions and given low-quality arms and equipment to accomplish these tasks, which typically entail subterranean combat and bunker clearing. 
Because of the low quality of their gear and the general lack of support they receive compared to other Federation units, Strafbattaillon troops typically have to improvise in the field, scrounging equipment from their dead and salvaging materials from the battlefield. They are well-versed in the creation and use of improvised explosives and tools. 
Being broadly regarded as expendable by Federation military leadership, the Strafregiment fulfill a vaguely similar battlefield role to the IJA’s Seishinketsujo, though unlike the Japanese troops, theoretically members of a Strafbataillon may redeem themselves in event of their survival and return to honorable military service. This promise of eventual freedom from their conditions serves to motivate Strafbataillon troops, while the less eager troops are incentivized to perform by regimental Warden-Officers. These officers are authorized to use coercive force when necessary. In anticipation of attempted desertion from the Strafregiment, members are fitted with tracking collars. Previously these collars were linked to a DCOMM-like device that allowed the Warden-Officer to locate marks by proximity. With the full establishment of the Panopticon Network, Strafbattaillone are now tracked via satellite. 
The existence of the Strafregiment is a point of some contention within the EuF parliament, who see this treatment of European soldiers as inhumane. The EuF military on the other hand views the Strafregiment as highly useful, viewing them as a way to spare more valuable units from taking casualties while touting their existence as a way of removing undesirables from European society.
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