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Unit size just a label? - 9/10/2021 4:24:26 AM

biddrafter2

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Apologies if this is in the manual and I've missed it, but is the unit size label in the attached image just a label? Does anything actionable follow on from it being Army Group versus Corps, for example?

Asking because I made a test scenario with units with same equipment and different unit size labels and the strengths and supply usage were the same. Thanks!

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RE: Unit size just a label? - 9/10/2021 4:30:55 AM

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Just a label. Through history regiments have meant different things and were of different sizes. In game you can call a unit anything you want. Won't have any effect on strength. So I could make a unit with a division symbol XX and put in one squad. Or I could use a brigade symbol X and it will still have the same strength of one squad either way.

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RE: Unit size just a label? - 9/10/2021 5:00:39 AM

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Thanks for confirming my suspicions Lobster!

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RE: Unit size just a label? - 9/10/2021 8:24:44 AM

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The only exception is the section icon. This will prevent the unit from dividing.

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RE: Unit size just a label? - 9/10/2021 3:29:38 PM

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I appreciate it Golden! I never realized how little I knew about TOAW until I started trying to build a scenario and interacting with the force editor.

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RE: Unit size just a label? - 9/11/2021 3:28:05 AM

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Also note that when using the �Section� label the graphics for the label can easily be modified so the Section appears on screen as a company, battalion or whatever you desire as the lowest divisible unit. This is a very common mod.

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