Battel Group Size

[TWJunky]

Hi Guys!
I am curious about battle group size. I think i know how to tell the size a a group by the lines above its natio counter. Here is the problem: when i merge 2ss Pnazer groups with each 3 lines above them shouldn´t i get a bigger group that is able to host 7 support units? curenttly the two groups just join forces and i still can just host a maximum of 4 support units. What am I understanding wrong here?

[Cathartes]

Which two BG did you merge exactly, do you remember?

[TWJunky]

why does this matter? now i am even more confused. I havae tryed merging a bg with 3 support units with one that has . I have tried merging bg with each 4 support untis. but nothings seems to cange thsi still men dup haveing the same amount of support units as before. what am i doing wrong??? or am i totally missunderstanding the concept of merging BGs. are they even supposed to get bigger and host more units?

[SteveMcClaire]

The size of the resulting BG may increase depending on what you merge into it. The only thing that counts for determining the size / slots is the appropriate type of sub-units. So if you merge an armored BG into an infantry BG, the armored companies become 'support' and do not count towards increasing the number of slots in the BG. You also may not see a slot increase if you merge a small BG into a large one.

Steve

[TWJunky]

Thank you for the input steve. do i understand it correctly: that only the same type of BG´s should be merged to get additional slots? Because I have tried that as well and merged a 2 battalion infantry bg with another 2 battalion infantry bg, which should make a 3+ goup and therefore have 7 support slots. Sadly this didnt happen. the whole issue seems rather in-transparent and isn’t explained anywhere. is it possible to make some sort of guide on how to do this correctly.

[TWJunky]

is there a list of german battle groups that increase in size when i merge them? i am fiddeling arround in the editor but i cant seem to find the right combinations...