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So here's a simplified breakdown of some popular division templates that you may wish to use:All divisions are using the same 3 support companies, all divisions shown were made as Germany on day 1 of the 1936 start with no extra equipment bonuses unlocked except for heavy tank destroyers '41. Logistics companies and field hospitals are optional. It's also worth mentioning that you by no means need to place battalions exactly the way I do, the placement of battalions has no effect on the stats.are 7 infantry and 2 artillery battalions. Good starter division, but is completely outclassed by 40 width divisions in almost every situation. Still good in low supply areas like Africa or Asia.are 14 infantry and 4 artillery battalions.

This is preferable to the above division, especially if you're fighting in Europe.are 14 infantry, 2 artillery and 2 anti-tank battalions. These are good if you're fighting against tanks and aren't looking to abuse space marine divisions (see below.)are 13 infantry, 2 artillery and 1 heavy tank destroyer battalion. These are usually banned in MP games, as far as I'm aware. Use these at your own risk in singleplayer, as they can be completely game breaking. The AI basically never builds enough AT to counter the extra armor you have on these infantry divisions.Offensive Doctrine: If you have a field marshal with the 'offensive doctrine' trait, then you should take advantage of the combat width reduction. Add infantry brigades to the above divisions to make them 22 or 44 width, depending on which you're using.

This may no longer be relevant once the new DLC comes out, as they're probably changing the way these traits work.Tanks:are 6 medium tank and 4 motorized battalions. Maintenance companies are good on your armored divisions to reduce attrition losses.are 15 medium tank and 5 motorized battalions. Higher production cost, but these divisions are nearly unstoppable. Probably banned in most MP games, and will destroy anything they face in singleplayer.If any more experienced players want to correct anything here, feel free to.

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I admittedly mostly have experience on SP so I'm not 100% filled in on all current metas, but these are the basics that I tend to show my friends that start playing. Hopefully somebody finds this useful, and feel free to leave any questions. 7 infantry and 2 artillery brigades. Good starter division, but is completely outclassed by 40 width divisions in almost every situation. Still good in low supply areas like Africa or Asia.Not just low supply but also high front width.

The frontline at Barbarossa is a lot harder to hold if you halve your division count!For those who want a quick primer of why 40w outclasses 20w, it is because of how criticals are calculated. TL;DR 40w divisions do more damage at the epense of having half the Org value of 20's (because they have the same, but it's only one div instead of two), however they do a whooping 4-5 times more damage! So the tradeoff for using 20's is barely worth it.HOWEVER, this generally leads to faster fights if both of you are fighting with 40's. 20's on the other hand might not do so much damage but will hold the line for longer. This in turn makes your enemy take more attrition damage so don't underestimate their defensive power, especially in wide theaters.Most people like to have a line of 20's as the front and then a smaller army of 40's to do the pushing.Also OP, where's the SPART in your tank divisions?. I tend to do 2 SPARTs, matching the tank size (so med-Spart in this case). Take out some tanks and motors.

Usually the tanks, makes the unit cheaper and frankly you don't need so many tanks, just enough to have more armor than what your enemy can pierce. You lose out on hardness but you gain a whole lotta punch with the SPART.My go-to divisons are 4-3-2, motor-tank-spart.

You can mix and match, 3-4-2 gives you more stats and cost but less org and HP for example. Or you can go 5-2-2 for cheaper ones if you think they'll do the job. It's really personal preference at that point. The good thing is that you can change it on the fly to adapt to what your enemy is doing.Also these can easily be upgraded to mechanized if you ever get the chance.Extra: you can also do 1 Spart and 1 SP-AA if planes are giving you trouble.

That's a very specific unit for very specific cases though.

H earts of Iron 4 can be unapologetic ally brutal to new wargamers with the sheer amount of systems involved, and especially after several DLCs and patches. Whether it’s figuring out how to structure your forces or what plan of action to take as an Allied state facing imminent doom in 1936, it can be quite a challenge.Luckily for you, that's where we come in! Now you have a handy guide to aid you in navigating the choppy waters of the second war to end all wars. Make sure you're up to speed with all the latest changes as of the Man the Guns DLC. PART ONE: THE DIVISION DESIGNER, YOUR NEW BEST FRIENDBefore we talk about the grand strategies that will fuel your world dominating/liberating campaign, it’s important to talk about the cogs in your war-machine.

The level of control you have over the makeup of individual divisions and ships can be daunting, but as long as you follow the rules laid out to you, you will be conquering away in no time. The ArmyArguably the most important part of an HOI4 military, most of the game’s combat mechanics revolve around divisions slugging it out with their evil counterparts on the opposing side. The most distinguishing feature between any two divisions is their makeup in the Division Designer.

Here, you can add and subtract different types of battalions from a division, altering its combat stats and overall performance.One of the most important considerations to take into account when designing a division is combat width. Each division will take up an amount of space on the battlefield, and having more divisions on a side in a fight will lead to reduced effectiveness, or will block reinforcements from joining the fight altogether. Most battlefields will have “combat width” of 80, meaning that optimal division sizes should be either 20 or 40, if you’re looking to min-max as much as possible ( Note: if a province is attacked from multiple directions simultaneously, each new province will add 40 to the total allowed combat width, which means more units will be able to fight at once).

Generally, frontline battalions will have a width of 2, the most common exceptions being dedicated anti-air and anti-tank battalions. These both cost 1 width as they’re not considered 'frontline' fighters.

Artillery is the other main outlier, costing a heavy 3 width. If you’re approaching your comfortable limit, consider adding a support artillery company rather than an artillery battalion.

These 'support' companies don’t bring as much firepower as their larger counterparts, but they add nothing to the total combat width of a division.On the subject of support companies, two that are almost necessary to include are the engineer company and the recon company. The engineer company increases the amount a division can entrench itself, meaning that given enough time, a single division with an engineering team can become a major problem for an attacking force. Through research, the engineering team will also increase the general attack and defense of the division, particularly in rough terrain, i.e. Urban environments, across rivers, forts, etc. The recon company provides simpler benefits: speed and reconnaissance. A division with a recon team will move 10% faster across every terrain type, meaning they can reach the fight faster.

This is incredibly important for any division that can expect to fight, but particularly so for divisions that use vehicles. When your division does get into a fight, reconnaissance determines which tactic a side will pick in battle. The higher the reconnaissance value one side has in the fight, the higher the chance their general will pick a favorable or countering pick to the opposing force’s choice.There are other considerations to take into account when forming a division, such as what your enemies’ divisions look like, and where you will be fighting them. For example, a division meant to fight tanks in European plains is going to suffer heavily if fighting infantry in African jungles. As such, here are some general tips to keep in mind when building divisions:.

The more battalions a division has, the more supplies it will need, so “heavier” divisions will frequently suffer attrition in bad terrain. Try using smaller divisions, or adding logistics companies to reduce the negative effects of the environment. All divisions that use trucks, half-tracks, or tanks should invest in a maintenance company.

These companies will increase the reliability of the vehicles, meaning less are lost to attrition, and they will also capture a percentage of enemy equipment for you to use. Anti-air companies/ battalions increase your air superiority in a province, but they will only target close air support aircraft, not aircraft with strategic bombing missions (presumably, they fly too high for the anti-air guns to shoot them down).

Standard “leg infantry” divisions are the most reliable and cost effective divisions you could hope for. You can build an infantry division to 20 width, add the necessary support companies, and then copy the template so you can alter it to fit your specific needs. Most of your divisions should be infantry divisions. Motorized divisions are faster than mechanized divisions until the third halftrack becomes available, keep this in mind when looking for speed.

A division only travels as fast as its slowest part, so it may be wise to pair up a single super heavy tank battalion with an infantry division, as they move at the same speed. A single anti-tank company with the most up-to-date guns can allow most divisions to pierce enemy armor. Infantry has naturally higher organization than tank battalions and support gun battalions. As such, for campaigns that see units being in repeated battles, divisions with a higher ratio of infantry will be able to stay in the front lines longer.For more information on divisions, I recommend checking out the Hearts of Iron 4 wiki page on the Division Designer & land combat stats.Editor's Note: Grand (Strategy) Master T.J. Hafer that you can check out, although it's a tad outdated at the moment - part of the reason we decided to launch a new, more comprehensive tips guide for the game. The NavyThe naval mechanics just had, so don’t feel alone if you’re confused about what’s new.

Ships used to have a similar improvement structure to armored land vehicles and aircraft (which we’ll cover after this section) where a specific ship would be researched, then could be improved by spending experience points. Now hull types rather than whole ships can be researched, as well as the individual modules for ships. Every ship has an amount of slots that can be filled by these modules, but the catch is that ships will take longer to be built with advanced modules and higher amounts of modules overall. There are also restrictions on what ship types can equip certain modules. It doesn’t make much sense to put an aircraft hangar on a submarine, even though you really want to!There are 5 main types of ship hulls: destroyer, cruiser, heavy, carrier, and submarine. There is a 6 th hull type, the super heavy hull, but that only exists as an alteration of the 1936 heavy ship. These ships can vary widely in their roles based on what modules are placed on them, so we’ll go into a breakdown of the general capabilities of specific hull types.Destroyers are light and fast ships that are some of the quickest to produce.

They can be outfitted with some modest main guns, but the 2 main uses of destroyers are as torpedo boats and submarine hunters. Due to their speed, a large amount of destroyers can swarm enemy heavy ships and deal heavy damage with torpedoes. These fleets are relatively easy to build due to the short build time of destroyers, and everything but torpedoes can be stripped off the ship to make the build time even quicker, though this will render them ineffective in any other situation.

Destroyers can also be outfitted with sonar and depth charges, which is the one way surface vessels can attack submarines. Curiously, due to naval battle AI, submarines will flee almost any battle with depth charge-equipped destroyers, being that the destroyers can actually hurt them. This means that as of the current patch (1.6.2), destroyers may actually function better as convoy raiders than submarines, because destroyers will not automatically flee the second a small enemy force appears.

This will hopefully not be true forever, but keep this in mind for the near future.Cruisers are the most versatile of the hull types, with the ability to fill almost any role needed. Cruisers can be outfitted with heavy guns and armor, classifying them as heavy cruisers that can perform reasonably well as capital ships. Alternatively, they can have lighter guns mounted with a stronger engine, and they can pursue marauding destroyer packs, or they can have several anti-air batteries bolted to the deck as a means of creating a floating “no-fly zone.” But even though cruisers can cover many different bases, they don’t excel as much as the ship types that are meant to perform in those roles. Cruisers take longer to build than destroyers and aren’t quite as fast, and the heaviest cruiser will most likely lose a prolonged engagement with an enemy battleship. Even so, they can be a multi-tool for any situation, and can be refitted to change their role in the seas.Heavy ships are the undisputed kings of the sea in the first several years of the game.

They have access to the thickest armor and the largest guns out of all ship types, but they are generally slower than other ships, and take longer to build as well. Cara membuat facebook untuk instansi. The big guns on battleships are excellent at killing cruisers and other capital ships, but they are less accurate against destroyers.

Battleships can trade some of their extra module space for smaller guns specifically meant to target lesser ships, but this lessens the effectiveness of the battleship in its primary role, which is to fight the enemy’s capital ships. Battleships also take a very long time to build compared to smaller ships, meaning that ships you begin construction on will likely be equipped with subpar tech by the time they launch. However, an old battleship is still a battleship, and can be very useful when working with a capable fleet.Carriers are very straightforward as far as ships go: their sole purpose is to launch aircraft that will assist in combat. Aircraft are very effective against enemy fleets in large numbers, but a fleet with solid anti-air cover can severely inhibit a carrier’s ability to do its job.

Outside of fighting specific anti-carrier fleets, carriers are arguably the strongest ship type in the game for the ability to project air power not only in battle, but in the sea region the carrier is operating in, or even the neighboring land province. Much like battleships, carriers do take a long time to build, but this battleships and some cruisers can make up for this time by performing carrier conversions that slap a flight deck onto these ships after removing the guns. They do not have the same aircraft capacity full carriers do, but they can be sufficient as support carriers.

Carriers are vitally important to fleets in HOI4: if you don’t want to build any of your own, you should still plan to specifically target and kill enemy carriers.Speaking of killing enemy carriers, Submarines excel at hunting down enemy capital ships and shipping. They are also very, very cheap compared to other ships, so a fleet of submarines can quickly be assembled to threaten unprotected enemy ships. However, due to the strange AI behavior mentioned in the destroyer section, submarines are currently cowards, and will flee from battle the second a destroyer appears. As such, the usefulness of submarines is limited, but a large amount of submarines spread out on shipping lanes will still have an impact on enemy resources and troops.General tips on building up a navy:. Submarines, destroyers, light cruisers, and eventually bombers can lay mines in naval regions if they have minelaying modules.

It may be beneficial to build cheap ships that just have minelaying / minesweeping capabilities so you can quickly build up defenses or clear them out as the need arises. Don’t be afraid to launch a ship then immediately send it to be refit with newer technology, the benefit of the newer tech can be worth the wait. Air superiority will impact the effectiveness of naval missions, so provide air cover for your fleets when possible.

Build your fleet to counter the enemy fleet. If the enemy is focusing on building mainly capital ships, invest in torpedo technology. If the enemy likes swarms of smaller ships, build ships with many light guns that are more effective against those ships. Research engines early, being faster than the enemy fleet will give your ships a huge advantage. The bigger the ship, the more fuel it consumes.

Ships with more advanced engines will use more fuel, so keep that in mind when your fuel is running dry.The Air ForceThe air power part of the combat trifecta is undoubtedly the most abstract, and has less moving parts than either of the other two dimensions. However, it is airpower that can be the determining factor in land or sea battles, so it is important to detail. Aircraft are split into 2 main trees, which I’ll refer to as the “light” and “heavy” trees.The “light” tree has close air supports (CAS), fighters, and naval bombers. These aircraft are generally more agile and faster than the aircraft in the other tree, but have less heavy armaments and have shorter ranges than the heavy aircraft. These aircraft also have carrier variants that are generally slightly slower than their land-based counterparts, along with further reduced range.

Light aircraft are meant to be deployed at the tactical level, or attached to an army so they follow them along the front as support.The “heavy” aircraft consist of the heavy fighter, the tactical bomber, and the strategic bomber. These aircrafts have longer range and stronger armaments than the “light” aircraft, but consume more manpower, and are not as good at targeting specific units. “Heavy” aircraft, due to their range and their intended targets are generally better at the strategic level.All aircraft can have variants that be upgraded in 4 categories: reliability, range, attack, and engine. Generally when creating a variant of an aircraft, it is beneficial to upgrade the category that the aircraft already is dominant in, in order to increase their strengths. For example, a fighter’s strength comes from its high agility, which both helps them to attempt attacks on enemy aircraft and avoid attacks from the enemy. Upgrading the agility of fighters would give them even more of an advantage over the enemy.

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However, the other categories do not need to be neglected for the “preferred” category, but every point sunk into an upgrade makes the next one more costly in experience points, so spend carefully!General air composition tips:. Heavy fighters perform better in larger provinces due to their increased range, while regular fighters perform better in smaller regions. Upgrading reliability on aircraft is always a smart move as this will decrease the amount of aircraft lost to accidents.

The strategic bomber is relatively expensive compared to the tactical bomber. It may be wise to build more of the less effective tactical bombers for strategic bombing in order to have enough aircraft bombing the enemy’s factories. Heavy fighters are more expensive than regular fighters, but heavy fighters count more towards air supremacy for your side. Consider investing in a more agile heavy fighter to make more use of this effect. If you have multiple air bases in an air region, investing in longer-ranged aircraft is less important so you can rebase the aircraft to where you need them.PART TWO: THE SECOND WAR TO END ALL WARS 1. ALLIES (+ UNITED STATES)The Allies have two options at the beginning of the game.

Stall as they did historically, waiting until the Germans swallow up too many other states or declare a direct war on an Allied state, or take the riskier option and seize the initiative, attacking the Germans before they can build up the fearsome army that rolled across Europe.The first option is the “safer” one in the long run, as the main Allied states, the United Kingdom and France, have strong economies and can build up defenses, fuel refineries, and radar stations before the Germans swing around to confront them. Perhaps the Allies may even get lucky and have the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact fall apart and see a war between the Axis and ComIntern, allowing even more time to prepare? In any case, the United States cannot be counted out, and the Allies should do everything in their power to encourage the United States to join the war as quickly as possible. The US has such vast amounts of manpower and natural resources that they can easily turn the tide of the war.However, the Germans are decidedly weaker early on, and with a combined effort from the UK and France, may prove to be an easy target. It is important to note that the UK does not have a huge military in 1936, and will likely play a support role to France’s army. Italy should also not be counted out, as they have a decently sized and experienced army, fresh out of the conflict in Ethiopia. Those forces can prove to be a major distraction if left alone to run rampant around Africa, where both France and the UK have many important colonies.

THE UNITED KINGDOMThe UK needs to decide whether to abandon the continent and focus on the navy to keep Germans at bay, or to put more resources into the army and potentially risk a weaker navy, opening the isles to attack. There’s not much getting around this quandary, because the United Kingdom has a relatively sizable amount of factories in 1936, but they have not sufficiently re-militarized since World War 1 to call them truly powerful. If the British go for a continental intervention, they can bottle the German navy up in the Baltic Sea if they manage to take the German land adjacent to the North Sea.

This can negate the danger the German navy poses to the isles, and will prevent a sudden invasion.However, this gamble may not work against the Germans, who can be formidable even at their weakest. It may be beneficial to focus on growing the home industry rather than focusing directly on the military in order to give a better long-term advantage. If a more defensive strategy is planned, the UK should take this time to work on building sea forts, AA guns, and radar stations.