Army
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 Army of Ohio, commanded by McClellan | |
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Armies constitute the core of getting your troops organized into efficient fighting forces.
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Definition
An army can refer to two things in AACW:
- An army stack, which contains the army commander, the army HQ and what is usually seen as the army's reserves. In this context, the army stack is like any other stack, except for the additional benefits outlined below.
- The collection of forces made up by the army stack itself as well as all its subordinate corps stacks.
Creating an army stack
In order for a stack to become an army stack, three things are required:
- A 3- or 4-star general
- An army HQ unit
- The stack cannot already be an army or corps stack (First one's kinda obvious, though)
When these are present in a non-army stack, the "Form army"-button will be enabled. Clicking that button will convert the stack into an army stack.
Subordinate corps
The main point in creating an army is to be able to create subordinate corps. No army - no corps - no benefits as detailed below.
The number of corps that can belong to any given army depends on the army commander's strategic rating, but this number is usually so large that it rarely represents much of a restriction.
Benefits of armies
- Armies allow you to collect larger numbers of units within stacks, since army and corps stacks in effect double the command points generated by the leaders in those stacks. Combine this with the CP cost savings you get by putting brigades into divisions, and you have yourself a "double whammy".
- Army and corps stacks belonging to the same army are also capable of providing mutual support, even when located in adjacent regions through their ability of marching to the sound of the guns.
- Depending on the stats of the army commander, corps commanders can receive a boost to their stats (though potentially also reductions, for particularly poor army commanders).
- Stacks (both army and corps stacks) that belong to the same army can do what is called a synchronous move, i.e. that they move together to a given destination, arriving at the same time. This can be an advantage e.g. to avoid a part of a larger force having to fight a battle on its own while waiting for the other parts to "catch up".
Army command radius
Depending on the army commander's strategic rating, the army stack will generate a command radius covering an area of given size. This represents the extent to where an army commander can influence his subordinate corps commander's stats. It also represents the area that a stack must be within before it can become a corps under a given army.
