Best number of divisions?

[Grafsburg]

What's the best number of divisions to have per army/corps/etc.? I usually maintain a couple of 'armies' with 9 divisions each, usually eight regular and one HQ, and a couple smaller corps composed of about 3 divisions each.

But I'm curious as to what everyone else does, really.

 

[coreymas]

Marines, Mountain, Airborne, Mech, Mot, Arm, Cav, Gar -- All single divisions

Infantry ... Corps of 3 or Army Groups of 11 + 1 HQ or Reserve Corps of 2 INF + 1 MIL

 

[unmerged(63163)]

well it depends on the nature of the campaign

france: this i usually play with 6 - 9 divisions of artillery and infantry creating a line behind the advancing troops: the advancing troops are quick attack units like tanks in single or 2 or 3 nothing over this . france just cant cope and is generally a good tactic for barborosa also.

ussr: maybe groups of 2 - 3 artilley attachments creating a line behind advancing troops

 

[unmerged(139263)]

Depends. As Germany, last campaign I did:
- lots of standard inf or mountaineer armies, which are either 9 divisions or HQ+8 divisions (or rarely HQ+11 divisions, but I find that is a bit wasteful).

- one or two 'breakthrough' armies (which are often HQ+8 tank divisions, or HQ+5-6 tank + 2-3 motorized) which will punch through anything and get the front moving (with smaller nations, I do only 3x tank divisions)

- if I have the time/IC/research, a couple of 'follow up' armies (9x motorized or HQ + 8x motorized, to follow the tanks)

I like the way that army layout plays. Lots of HQs boost supply, combat events, and help with command limits.

But I've experimented with all sorts of armies - a motorized, mobile, brigaded russian army (without the purges, meaning good generals) for defending vs germany (which worked suprisingly well despite not being overly huge, with some 100-ish motorized divisions, some tanks, and maybe 40-50 inf) where most of the mobile armies had HQ+3 tanks (w AC)+ 5-8 motorized (with SP ART) and some were pure 9xmot-sp art stacks.

 

[blue emu]

Special forces and Armor in single Divisions until I'm preparing to invade the USSR, when they get grouped in 3-Division Corps. Infantry forces in 3-Division Corps, with HQs in 6-Division Corps (HQ + INF x 5).

The small Corps get stacked together to give me an appropriate concentration of force...
eg: a typical 24-Division attacking Infantry stack might be:

Field Marshal w/ HQ + INF x 5
General w/ INF x 3
Lt.Gen w/ INF x 3
Lt.Gen w/ INF x 3
Lt.Gen w/ INF x 3
Lt.Gen w/ INF x 3
Lt.Gen w/ INF x 3

... total 24 Divisions, all stacked together in the same province.

russian army (without the purges, meaning good generals)

The USSR doesn't need good Generals... they just need Generals.

 

[unmerged(139263)]

The USSR doesn't need good Generals... they just need Generals.

It's more fun to play it differently then the massed infanty spam which probably does work best.

Particularly when you're relying on a smaller, but motorized and brigaded army, you want good generals.