This is a pretty cool mod, the relatively cheap and weak equipment are perfect for human wave tactics.

Not all CSAT units use the top-of-the-line armored outfits. See: Tac-Ops official DLC.
On the name of balance: there are countless other factions on the workshop without standard issue armor. I have a few others myself, and I make the faction equipment match what the faction should reasonably be able to be equipped with in those. In fact, vanilla Arma 3 and every official cDLC also features plenty of units who don't wear armor, and in very popular settings, such as WW2, Cold War, and once again, 2035-ish.

This isn't about the modern setting, it's garbage balance. CSAT has it's armour in the uniform, not the useless chest rig.

At least give them plate carriers bro... they look worse than africans

Wow, its almost like my interpretation of a military in the 2035 setting doesn't need to match 2020s propaganda videos!

Their weapons were chosen to ise 5.8 mm to chow China/CSAT's role in the 2035 export market with attention shifting away from Russia. (Also, their weapon is AK-12 based so there goes your point about lower tech than modern times with the AK-74.)

They should have AK74Ms or Chinese equip.
Plate carriers etc

"2035" they are lower tech than modern DPRK.

CSAT gear logically makes no sense whatsoever
They're only good at stopping shrapnel and since these dudes only have the chest rigs they have literally zero upsides

With AK-12, Level II helmets, and modern infantry uniforms/vests, one might think that I portrayed them as *too* high-tech! While lower-tech than standard CSAT, they are definitely still using base game 2035 Arma 3 gear.

garbage take, at least research the bare minimum before making them look like soldiers who time traveled from 1960

Chest rigs are more suited for special forces as they run light.

No vests? Wtf. Most of their army today is equipped with basic plate carriers.

Please do. I mainly play Arma in Arma Commander game mode and there the map is crucial. Thank you in advance!

I guess CSAT will do that in their next aid package. I haven't touched this in a while, but there are a lot of new things coming in Aegis/Atlas which I can use to overhaul this mod in the future.

Nice take on North Korean forces. Could you please add maps to basic units?