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You don't necessarily lose a turn if you do the buildup on a turn when your panzers are running out of steam already, ie. they'll benefit from the rest, don't have that many MPs to begin with and need to save fuel anyway.

Panzers with low MPs still get 100% buildup bonus if they just won't move. HQ needs to be within 20 hexes from railhead and needs something like 8 MPs to do the buildup. Moving the HQ doesn't affect the buildup, moving the units participating reduces their individual buildup bonus proportionally.

After the buildup is done, all units & the HQ get their MPs reduced to 0.

1.08.00
92. HQ build up was changed to become part of the normal supply system, instead of being a separate entity. It caused many problems in the past (like units on build up losing morale due to being counted as unsupplied or missing supply details) and was quite overpowered in that the supplies were drawn from any owned city that had them, even if it was 1000 miles away from the unit or in that only the HQ had to be stationary, while the units did not (which led to some gamey tactics of changing HQ attachment for build up). The new build up rules work in the following way: any normal HQ (not air HQ, airbase or construction unit) is able to initiate build up, if it has some movement points left and is within 25 hexes from the rail grid. The cost to be paid in AP depends on the number of men in units doing build up and distance to railhead. There is no immediate cost to be paid in damaged vehicles. If the cost is paid, the HQ (with all support units attached to that HQ) and all non-static combat units (with all support units attached to them) attached directly to that HQ, in range of 5 hexes, and having some movement points left, start building up. The percentage of movement left is recorded as their build up bonus, and then their movement points are reduced to 0. Support units inherit the build up bonus of their parent unit. During supply phase those units are eligible to replenish their stocks over the usual 100% by 25% plus the amount of their build up bonus multiplied by 0.75 (rounding up). The supply procedure remains the same as for all other units and is subject to the same costs, restrictions and penalties with the exception that costs in vehicles and fuel are doubled and the penalties (range to rail, MP to rail, Axis rail modifier, global vehicle shortage and unit vehicle shortage) are halved. It's important to remember that the HQ must be in range to the rail grid (at most 25 hexes and 100 MP away), otherwise the resupply process will fail. For example: when one unit had 20 MP left (out of 50) and the other had 50 MP left (out of 50) at the moment of initiating the build up procedure, the first one will try to restock to 155% of normal levels, while the other to 200%. Current and previous build up bonuses are visible in the supply details window.
1.08.01
3. Added new restrictions to prevent the abuse of the HQ Buildup system: (1) overloaded HQs may not initiate HQBU, (2) HQs may not initiate HQBU on two consecutive turns, (3) units may not take part in HQBU on two consecutive turns, (4) HQs and units that took part in a HQBU during this or previous turn may not be reassigned to a new HQ.
1.08.02
6. Units doing a HQ BuildUp will not be exempt from MP reduction due to failed leader rolls, although the penalty will be halved (the multiplier will be 0.9, instead of 0.8). HQ BuildUp bonus to maximum supply levels reduced from 25+0.75*buildUp score to just buildUp score. Units will not return extra supplies for two turns after performing a HQ BuildUp, instead of just one turn. To participate in a HQ BuildUp, units and HQs must have at least 25% of their MP remaining.
1.08.05
32. HQ build up will not be allowed when more than 20 hexes or 80 MP from railhead.
33. It will be now possible to reassign units that performed a HQ build up on previous turn. They will be blocked from taking part in another HQ build up as before.
52. Units performing a HQ Build Up will not get reduction of failed leader roll penalty to movement points. Supply penalties applied to units performing a HQ Build Up will be proportional and 20% of the penalty will be rescinded only when doing a 100% build up (for example: a 75% multiplier becomes 83% multiplier when doing a 50% build up, previously it would be 88%).