Hearts of Iron IV - Guide to Division Templates for Dummies

Some information and basic/advanced division templates for any level of player.

Division Templates Guide

Introduction

These are some pretty good templates that I use every game. Almost all of them work amazingly for any situation. A few however are very situational and not used very often, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't know them for that situation!

Disclaimer: These Divisions work in any version, so don't worry about game version.

Infantry Divisions

All of these (excluding the Anti Tank Division) are your typical line infantry. They should serve you well whether it be holding your front line or seizing enemy land.

A good starter division to use for lower manpower/industry. Highly recommended you upgrade this to the 40 Width.

A great division to use for the rest of the game. Requires a good amount of manpower/industry to maintain infantry. Will probably be used for most of the game.

A division good for nations that have very low/non-existent manpower/industry. You want to get off of this template and onto the 20 width as soon as possible, but don't go straight for it if you can't afford it.

A division great for keeping near locations where enemy armor is. This division will shred enemy tanks.

Use this division for a country that has very high population like China or British Raj so you can focus on other production with your factories. I'd recommend throwing the Support Art or AT for that extra damage.

Tank Divisions

This is a light tank division that's very quick compared to their medium cousins that can make encircling the enemy a breeze. You can use more Light Tanks if you can't get SPA (Self Propelled Artillery) but for that extra damage I highly recommend it.

This is the tank division I use almost always when it comes to tanks. It's armor and ability to encircle and break/defend lines is incredible. I highly recommend using this template.

This is division is the one I use the least, not because it's bad or anything, but because it's the biggest situational division on this list. This division is good for one thing really and that's breaking through River lines.

Special Forces

A good marine division for securing enemy coasts, recommended you upgrade to the 40 width asap.

A great marine division for securing anything that touches the water. Recommended you only use marines to attack beaches, with a follow up of infantry or tanks to create your new line.

Good division to fight in mountain regions, once again, recommended you upgrade to 40 width.

Great division for pushing and defending any mountain region.

A smaller paratrooper division useful for dropping behind enemy lines with the intent to encircle.

A bigger paratrooper division useful for securing tiles behind enemy lines and actually being able to defend them.

Mobile Divisions

I wouldn't necessarily recommend using motorized only divisions, although they're very fast they're also very costly in fuel. Mechanized only divisions would be a better fit for cooperating with Tank Divisions.

Good for going brr in areas that are flat biomes. Very costly in fuel.

Mechanized is good for later gameplay. They have great defense and can be super useful for containing infantry in encirclement pockets.

Garrison Divisions

The only Garrison units that I use are the Military Police. They'll make sure those pesky rebels and traitors sit tf down and stop messing with your occupation.

Military Police give a percentage bonus to suppressing rebellions. It's popular to either shove a lot of Cavalry or use only three in a template, I myself recommend using 5 because it's too expensive to put a lot of Cavalry in one division and it's better to train less divisions that're more effective.

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