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[Seahorsecel]

What do you use for your divisions? I'm new to the game so I have not understood all the mechanics yet

Currently, I use 6 infantry + a mix of mechanised artillery and light tanks for my divisions

3 light tanks + 6 medium for tank divisons

Playing as Germany fighting France and it seems that their troops are unkillable. Why? I even used some heavy tank divisions but they didn't budge.

I could ask hoi4 reddit but I don't want to surround myself with soys & normscum

@CruxGammata

 

[CruxGammata]

I use 6 infantry + a mix of mechanised artillery and light tanks for my divisions

Never mix your divisions (infantryman+ motorised) because you will limit your max speed.
The best infantry div template for german pve is 7/2 20 width (7 infantry 2 artillery) + arty support and the very important engineer company for entrenchment and crossing rivers etc...

3 light tanks + 6 medium for tank divisons

This template suffer from poor organisation and will never break through the soviets.
You should always add motorized corps to your tank divisions.
6 medium tanks + 4 motorized (not mechanized) + engineer company and arty support for a little bit of soft attack is the best way to melt the USSR.

Playing as Germany fighting France and it seems that their troops are unkillable. Why?

Where are you attacking them from?
And do you have air superiority?

 

[weaselbomber]

i havent played hoi4 in years but there's a steam guide for each optimal unit formation for each terrain
i used to just use motorized and micro my way into running into all other victory points

 

[Zetta]

Idk I just use 20 width infantry divisions with an artillery battalion + anti air/artillery/engineer/reconnaissance support company (if possible)
and 40 width medium tank divisions with motorized for organization + the above support companies (if possible) if I'm playing a major power

 

[CruxGammata]

i havent played hoi4 in years but there's a steam guide for each optimal unit formation for each terrain

Those are too complicated, sub-optimal and impossible to mass produce and maintain.
after 1.4k hours these are the only things I put my factories to produce
-small arms
-support eq
-arty
-medium tanks
-motorized (the basic opel blitz)
-fighter aircraft
-cas when I feel like it, but it's not worth it really
-convoys

 

[Seahorsecel]

Where are you attacking them from?

The border I think?

And do you have air superiority?

Yes

-medium tanks

What's so bad about the other tank types?

-fighter aircraft

Same question

 

[Seahorsecel]

Are the marines any good?

 

[Seahorsecel]

Never mix your divisions (infantryman+ motorised) because you will limit your max speed.
The best infantry div template for german pve is 7/2 20 width (7 infantry 2 artillery) + arty support and the very important engineer company for entrenchment and crossing rivers etc...

Which type of arty should I choose? I see that there are many types...

 

[Seahorsecel]

Motorized artillery or standard artillery?

 

[CruxGammata]

Motorized artillery or standard artillery?

Standard

 

[Seahorsecel]

Standard

Right. By motorized do you mean motorized infantry?

 

[CruxGammata]

Are the marines any good?

Benefits japan more

 

[Seahorsecel]

Benefits japan more

For support should I just all tabs available or?

 

[CruxGammata]

Right. By motorized do you mean motorized infantry?

this one

 

[CruxGammata]

For support should I just all tabs available or?

Nah, that will consume too much support eq

 

[CruxGammata]

The border I think?

srs my honest reaction

 

[Seahorsecel]

Nah, that will consume too much support eq

Ok, for infantry artillery do I use anti-tank, AA, or just regular?

 

[CruxGammata]

anti-tank

useless for pve because AI does not start mass producing tanks until the late stages in the game, with enough experience you should start ending the war in 1941 or early 1942 at most.

AA

put more factory for fighter planes instead

or just regular?

engineer company + the arty support are what I use

 

[CruxGammata]

What's so bad about the other tank types?

Medium tanks are the most cost efficient.
You need chromium for heavy tanks which is hard to afford as germany

 

[CruxGammata]

The border I think?

You should go around the maginot line (german-frencgh borders), do this by invading the the BENELUX countries one by one:
1-Invade and secure the Netherlands.
2-Storm Belgium, by doing so, Belgium will join the allies and France will send their divisions to Beligium but you should beat them there with the template I suggested and air superiority.
3-Never attack Luxembourg before France is defeated.