The question is not if you should send tanks alone or in combination with infantry. But if its worth to build the combined forces over the independant ones.

"as the bird flies" ???

TOT?

<t> APC are superior to Trucks in every way, they are tracked that means faster on roads and offroad and they come with a mounted machinegun + armor.<br/>
But aussault formations(inf/tanks) are not really usefull imo, the benefit is that your tanks get the bonus from comanders unlike a independent ...

<t> Micro managing the priests is a mess, i agree.<br/>
It would already help if you could see detailed information about your selected target in the fatagem screen, there is enough space to show you all of this.<br/>
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Right now you need to find the troops on the map, click them, check what ...

They represent the number of formations.
So 10 can be 10x100 Infantry or 10x10 Tanks or 500 Infantry and 50 tanks or any other combination that equals 10.