Militia and troops.

[Barnacle Bill]

wrongshui said:
Real world example? Japan got pretty extreme in World War 2, due to some misconceptions of Americans and there own culture.

Although the Japanese talked about doing that and even made some preparations for it (women training with improvised spears & such), they did not not actually do it when crunch time came. Neither did the Germans do it, and the Volksturm was better armed that spears (a lot of with guns that would have been obsolete in WWI, but guns at least). The general population just doesn't behave that way given an alternative involving a reasonable chance for personal survival.