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Oil Maintenance – All units require oil to keep them in. If no oil
is available for an oil unit, the units do not get the base recovery
for effectiveness but do get the supply level and headquarters
effectiveness recovery. For land, air, and naval units in port, 1 oil
stockpile of maintenance is used for every 10 units/naval groups
on the map. For naval units not in port the naval group’s oil use
factor is used keep them at sea. Keeping naval units at sea is very
expensive. Units on a map supply level 9 do not use oil as they
get supplies directly from the train. Oil maintenance reflects trucks
driving supplies to the units from the rail.
Oil Use In Combat – Oil dependent units also

ORIGINAL: willgamer

I count 12 Italian naval forces. That would cost 2 oil by what you quoted.

Again, how do we get to 6.

Also, in the bold sentence above, what do land and air units in a port have to do with anything?

ORIGINAL: Alvaro Sousa
The manual is wrong and I forgot to update it. It should be 3 units per oil. This why Italy is using 6.

I'll correct the 1.00.06 document and upload it in pdf format today.

ORIGINAL: willgamer

Did I miscount Italian naval forces, if it's 12, then 1/3 of 12 is 4... I still can't get to 6.

@ncc1701e- That discussion mainly tells me that the Oil Maintenance section of the manual is a mess.

It can be interpreted in multiple conflicting ways. [&:]

It needs better punctuation, needs to be unpacked with more expansive explanations of the different cases, and needs examples (like showing how it accounts for the initial scenario conditions.