No, my whole point is about parts vs whole w/o any additional devices. You don't get devices when recombining, you might get space for them (if the ID TOE allows, which is not the case most of the time for Japanese recombined IDs)ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Regiments lack firepower. Making a Division or Brigade adds heavy weapons that give greater punch in offence. In defence, forts and the defensive advantage are enough to make a Regiment much tougher.
It does not explain the disproportionate losses. Incoming defensive firepower is the same, attacking mass of people and devices is the same. Why the drastic discrepancy then?ORIGINAL: Ambassador
A big effect of not recombining the divisions is that enemy firepower may be concentrated on one of the subcomponents and cause a disproportionate amount of disabled then destroyed squads, when a full division has a bigger buffer to absorb disablements. Especially problematic if the player has the habit of doing shock attacks...
There are tests that can be done in this regard, like e.g. attacking something strong with several divisions and brigades several times through reloading the save and randomizing. Usually the most losses the attacker suffers is when a brigade ends up under defensive fire phase focus and is trashed. Not so many losses when the division is focused though.
; Julia Child
