Paul was disappointed. Bismarcks' troops preferred against using machine guns, as they found them too heavy and immobile to use during flight or movement. Only several squads opted in using them and were operated by 3 griffons, one who mounted the maxim machine gun on their backs, one who will feed the belt ammunition, and the other who will fire it. There were some complications, as the griffon who was mounting the machine gun would be rendered deaf for the duration of the fire, due to the proximity of the noise of the gun.
Thankfully, all the heavy armaments were embraced by the soldiers, as all his artillery pieces were integrated into their companies. Each squad had one light field artillery, recoilless and breach-loaded with several shells in tow. Unlike the machine guns, they were all impressed more by the destructive capabilities of the artillery and had delegated 4 soldiers in their squads to carry them to battle. They weighed 1.4 tonnes and had to be wheeled but the griffons' strength far outclassed humans, and no more than 2 were needed to move the piece.
But most importantly, Paul had built 10 "big bertha" siege howitzers, totally impractical to move without rails due to their weight, but extremely effective in annihilating fortifications or large groups of enemies. He had trouble trying to convince Bismarck to attach 2 of them per company, however, he also saw the impracticality of having to tow the bloody thing to every battle, as it would just slow them down. So Paul retreated to his quarters and began designing a blueprint for a self-propelling mechanism using early car and tractor engines for its propulsion. He eliminated the idea of using wheels pretty quickly, as they were easy to get stuck on uneven terrain, so he stuck with tractor tracks, and his smaller models were able to traverse uneven grounds fairly easily.
His prototypes that he showed to Bismarck was unreliable, as he had rushed it without taking time to polish his design, but impressed him anyways, as it was now able to move fast enough to catch up with the flying griffons, however, he had to sacrifice the armour for it, as the artillery piece was simply boxed in with a very thin metal sheet, which was barely thick enough to protect the drivers from shrapnel, but bullets were able to pierce. (Self-propelled artillery wasn't designed until 1917, but screw reality! I want some heavy guns!). Bismarck approved of the project and even requested that the field artilleries also get these upgrades, which Paul gladly accepted. Soon enough, all the heavy guns in Bismarcks' battalion would be transported via tracks, however, he would need to supply them with fuel as well now, which meant that logistics became a lot harder for Bismarck to handle, especially with this new equipment. At least Paul fixed the reliability issue Bismarck reflected, he would gain the biggest migraine if it didn't.
However, the biggest innovation of them all was Pauls' newly designed "machine-pistols" or sub-machine guns due to their ability to provide sustained rapid-fire but on a pistol cartridge. It held 32 bullets in its drum magazine and could fire as quickly as the maxim machine gun, able to dispense 500 rounds per minute, compared to the 600 rounds which the maxim gun was capable of. Every single squad scrambled to get their claws on the gun, once Paul was able to demonstrate its firepower when they assembled, wowing Bismarck and making the soldiers' jaw drop in amazement. Thankfully, no fights broke out between the soldiers, as Paul had made just enough of the polished product to issue every soldier with his newly-dubbed MP-1 (machine pistol 1), and instead of them ditching their rifles, they carried both, carrying 2 magazines on their pants, 6 on their front besides their grenades, as much as they could between their wings, as they realised they would run out of bullets quickly with their new automatic weapon. The added weight didn't bother them, much to Bismarcks' and Pauls' surprise, even though their soldiers were literally armed to the teeth, and looked like living carriages with the number of things they carried. (Lions are 7.5 times stronger than humans)
>>TYPICAL SQUAD OF BERLIN<<
* Consists of 20 griffons
* A soldier carries a rifle and sub-machine gun for long-range and close-range situations
* A soldier carries 400 rounds of rifle ammunition and 8+ drum magazine of 9mm ammunition
* 4 soldiers operate self-propelled field artillery
* (optional) 3 soldiers operate machine guns
* One staff sergeant to lead the squad
* 3 soldiers operating mortars
* 9/12 other soldiers carrying extra ammunition or miscellaneous equipment
>>MILITARY STRUCTURE<<
* 6 squads of 120 griffons making up a company
* 5 companies of 600 griffons making up a battalion
* Each company has 2 siege howitzers
* Logistics are now handled from motorized vehicles, any terrain they cannot pass is traversed via flight and done by claws alone.
>>IMPORTANT PERSONNEL<<
* 30 Staff sergeants, too many to name so I won't give them names (except important ones)
* Lieutenant Hett Mirov controls battalion
* Bismarck is the chief of armed forces
* No generals, nor field marshals yet, (they need to earn it)
Also, Bismarck is experimenting with armoured cars, and one squad will consist solely of armoured cars. The passengers will carry only a sub-machine gun as it's more compact to comfortably carry in the armoured vehicles. They will be almost impossible to use in forests, however, they will be used in plains or any flat ground.