Soviet Division template

[skeletronas]

Hello,

I am here to ask you for help: I need a reliable division template for Soviets (or any high manpower nation). The problem currently for me is: I don't know how to reliably use and build tanks. 1 it takes too long, they're pretty useless (imo). It's better for me to just spam out 30 infantry, rather than 1 Heavy/Medium tank division.

Now, the question is: what's a reliable infantry template (solid defence and offence at least), reliable tank template (and how and when to build them, how many factories to use, in general for every nation like Germany or USSR), and maybe other useful templates I don't know about.

To be fair, I have never even won WW as Germany in HOI4, nor a Soviets, nor as Allies (even with mods!). I am really bad at template or assigning factories in general, so any help I would appreciate.

Thanks. :)

[76561198051514398]

Build 10 armies of 20 width infantry divisions with the engineer company support. These 10 armies can cover and defend all of your borders.

2 for Finland.

6 for the front against the Axis.

2 for the two open fronts against the ♥♥♥♥.

For my tank template, I usually make a light one and a heavy one.

The light one is a 20 width of motorised and light tanks with an engineer company, an army of these can outmatch any enemy army up until 1941 or so. Just make sure to keep upgrading your light tanks.

The heavy one is another 20 width of mechanized and heavy tanks, I never use medium tanks because the heavies can plow through any templates the AI make, plus they massacre forts and thus are good for offensives.

So basically, you'll have a bunch of decent infantry armies holding the front and you can micromanage your light and heavy tank armies along the frontline to launch offensives.

[grompch]

50 Width(Mass Assault Doctrine) With Artillery Engineer And Recon as Your Meat Sponges, and For Your Assault, And then a 9 Inf 4 Artillery 1 AT and 1 AA is my favorite MeatWall Playstyle

[76561198051514398]

You'll want a good amount of Fighters and CAS to back you up too, CAS are a great way to exhaust your enemies equipment.

[grompch]

Lol My favorite thing to do as britain is only build Planes till 1939 and then start mass producing 20 Width Inf as then invading schleseig holstein and prussia and just skull ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the germans

[FDX]

Mp answer?

1. Mass assault is the worst doctrine
2. Do 40 widths
3. Tanks are worth, not as much in sp as mp
4. Mechanized not cost efficient
5. Don't put at in your infantry, lol
6. Mediums are the meta

[skeletronas]

Originally posted by BloddyK:

Mp answer?

1. Mass assault is the worst doctrine
2. Do 40 widths
3. Tanks are worth, not as much in sp as mp
4. Mechanized not cost efficient
5. Don't put at in your infantry, lol
6. Mediums are the meta

SP

[Leon Declis]

Single player?

Build 20 width infantry with Engineers, if you want a little push back, stick some support artillery in with them. If you REALLY want them to hold, build 40 width with only infantry. Nothing will budge them.

You should just have the following production:

Infantry
Support Equipment
Artillery (If you want to)
Fighters
Close Air Support

Build as many of these, with as many buffs as possible.

The trick is to wait until the other army has bled themselves dead, out of men, equipment, organization, and then march to their capital.

If you don't want a few million dead Soviets (and why not, comrade? Matyr for the state!), then build some Heavy Tanks with Mechanized Infantry, get it to 20 width, and then march the armies to the capital.

[MamaJem]

Templates full of infantry and a recon and engineer company. 20width tanks light. Mass assault. Scrapping the nation conscription law. War economy. 50 million casualties easy.

[FDX]

Answer still stands and it's even better in sp. Again, don't do mass assault, do 40 widths