What are the best or the most common division templates? (2020)

[ecpgieicg]

I've heard that TD and heavy TD are the best for those division templates.

Self propelled Artillery, Self propelled Anti-Air and Tank destroyer have the advantage to be a lot cheaper than the normal tank

Example:

	Production Cost	Tanks per batallion	Overall IC cost
Medium Tank 3	14	50	700
Medium SPArty3	14	36	504
Medium SPAA3	14	12	168
Medium TD3	14	24	336

Disadvatages of SPArty, SPAA and TD:

They have no Org, no breakthrough and SPArty and SPAA have reduced Armor.

In an infantry divisions org is not a problem. But you desperately want the Armor. Therefore you choose the Tank Destroyer for a cheaper Version with the same Armor as the Tank.
And of course the piercing. SPArty has Piercing near 0 and a TD has A LOT.


TL;DR:
TD is cheaper has more armor and A LOT more piercing than SPArty.

I understand the general ideas for either choice. However, the viability of one's own divisions depends on the attack as well.

Comparing between 1 arty + 1 heavy TD and 1 heavy SPG + 2 AT gun, though costing more (but only ~500 IC more), the latter combo has 30.4 more soft and 18.5 more hard attack for the 1943 variants. I haven't played vanilla HOI4 for a long long time. But in MP, if both sides are fully manned by humans, most divisions should be able to pierce most divisions. IIRC, it does not take more than 1 AT gun battalion/company to have the sufficient piercing against 13-4-1 regardless of what armor variant that 1 is.

So why the slight addition to armor and 500 less IC is worth 30.4 soft attack and 18.5 attack was the real reason behind my question.

 

[ecpgieicg]

Way too cryptic for me...

When people write 10-0 or 11-4-1, the 1st number represent the number of infantry battalions. The 2nd represent artillery. The 3rd represent an armor variant and without specification that armor variant is not an SPG.

When he wrote AA, LOG etc, he means support companies.

 

[Kryndude]

Way too cryptic for me...

this link will be helpful.

ENG = engineer support company
AA = anti-air
LOG = logistics
ART = artillery
RECON = reconnaissance
SIG = signal
SF = superior firepower
MW = mobile warfare

 

[MR2]

When people write 10-0 or 11-4-1, the 1st number represent the number of infantry battalions. The 2nd represent artillery. The 3rd represent an armor variant and without specification that armor variant is not an SPG.

When he wrote AA, LOG etc, he means support companies.

Thanks, I knew that stuff - it's the highlighted stuff I was lost on.

 

[ecpgieicg]

Thanks, I knew that stuff - it's the highlighted stuff I was lost on.

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