IvanShuski -> RE: Question about Buildup of Soviet Airborne Brigades (10/16/2015 8:11:30 AM)
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Checked the TOE of the Guards Airborne Division vs a regular Guards Rifle Division. As expected, the airborne gets lighter material: No heavy artillery, less guns, less sappers, no SPG very later on... but has more SMGs and machine guns. For a result of a slighter lower base CV for the Airborne. No suprises. My doubt now is if the airborne gets a +5 speciality bonus over the rifle. Does the speciality bonus stack with Guards status? So that settles the Airborne vs Rifle issue. They are much alike except the Rifle can buildup into Corps and the Airborne can't. Regarding the Airborne Division vs Airborne Brigade issue, letting the Guards Airborne Divisions be broken down into brigades in order to parachute them seems redundant. If you want to use them in that role, just leave them as brigades to begin with. I suppose allowing players to build up the Airborne Brigades into Guards Airborne Divisions, then break down at leisure, would just be allowing the soviet player a cheap way to get free Guards status to the airborne brigades. Overall, I don't think it's worth to buildup the airborne brigades into Guards Airborne Divisions, as they lose airborne capability and are inferior to Guards Rifle Divisions as they can't built up into Corps. If they could break down that would allow an exploit (building them up just to give the brigades free guards status). If they could build up into coprs (I think they historically were used much like normal rifle divisions, so they should) then they could or could not be worth it depending on player taste (better shock and, if the spec bonus stacks, morale, at the cost of artillery firepower).
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