Crossing rivers

[markslawson]

fighting across major rivers seems almost as hard as fighting in mountains... are there any specialised templates, using marines or amphibious and the like that can be used for such tasks. I usually prefer my infantry divisions to be all-purpose but maybe I'll make an exception for rivers...

 

[Cavalry]

Marine, marine mec, marine tank. Engineer. But I actually not bother with these amphibious mec/tank.
The infantry + 1 tank with armor bonus is great to attack everywhere, even mountain. They have little terrain penalty but the armor bonus break Org 50% faster.

But the interesting is the tactics. When you advance against AI you don't stop at river bank but one province away. Then on the new attack you break that province and try to rapid advance to capture a bridgehead in the other side of the river.

 

[axyarthur]

Also, engineering companies, if I remember correctly, when upgraded (41 - 42 tech?）give +25% river crossing bonus, as well as +25% river movement bonus.

 

[Alexander 'The Grape']

If you're not building specifically Marines, Amtracks or Amphibious tanks, the best options are to add Flame Tank support companies and use a general with the "Improvisation Expert" trait for the "Makeshift Bridges" army ability.

 

[TruckerBarry65493]

^ Can usually grind this in spain/china

 

[TheMeInTeam]

marine + makeshift bridge + engineers is something like 10% penalty on big rivers, and bonus on small ones already, and you can stack more than this.

mountaineer with adaptable is pretty respectable in mountains too. more than enough to clear ai off them using sf-right.

 

[marcelo r. r.]

Crossing river debuff is so high at point to worth a specialized division?

Only time i really needed Marines is when theres a chokepoint crossing, like Curacao to Venezuela.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

Crossing river debuff is so high at point to worth a specialized division?

Only time i really needed Marines is when theres a chokepoint crossing, like Curacao to Venezuela.

also nullifies amphibious penalty. but the most amusing part is that you can get a crossing bonus if you stack it enough!