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More Realistic Manpower Requirements

I have always disliked that manpower usage in hoi4 is so small compared to real life, even just in the combat units, so with this mod I slightly (or in some cases drastically) increased the manpower usage of most units to a historical number as well as some of the equipment they use.

The best example is the artillery brigade, raised from a measly 500 men to a historical 2100, accounting for 700 men per battalion in 3 battalions. Most support companies (historically support battalions) were also changed, with engineers now being 800 men and recon being 600, among others.

The cost of motorized and mechanized equipment was reduced by 35% and 25% respectively to account for the extra equipment requirements of some battalions, like motorized infantry which now requires 100 trucks, or mechanized being 60 mech and 40 trucks.

Strength damage from combat was raised by 50% for deadlier battles closer to real life.

Manpower used by airwings was massively increased as well, this may seem excessive, but it serves to more closely represent the massive personnel size of airforces during the war not just as pilots, but also all the logistics, base services, security and many other roles that were required and used a lot of manpower.



I heavily reccomend using this with Arcane's Better Mechanics Combat, Better Mechanics Production, Better Mechanics Divisional AI and almost all other Better Mechanics mods that affect the ai or combat for a better experience with the AI using challenging divisions and casualties being more on par with what was experienced in WW2. I also heavily reccomend Expert AI, but there can be some compatibility issues with Better Mechanics, the three I mentioned above are compatible though.