Attaching Support Units to Divisions

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MickM2
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Attaching Support Units to Divisions

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Is there a way to attach SUs to divisions whereby you can pick the individual battalion? I'm trying to attach high morale SUs but unable to as if there is more than one battalion of the type I want the computer attaches randomly so I could end up with a low morale SU, defeating the purpose of what I was trying to do.
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Russian no German yes

Russian Corp can attach them
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Pelton is not exactly complete.

Your question, as I understand it, is whether or not you can hand-pick an SU to assign to a division/corps (German/Soviet respectively).

Not a specific SU unit by morale, to a Division/Corps, No.
Your observation is correct that when multiples of an SU type are available, selection is random.
If you wanted a specific SU in a specific Headquarters, you could do that (by re-assigning the SU to another HQ).

On the other hand, you don't say why you are wanting to assign high morale SUs; there is little difference in a combat outcome related to the morale of support units. The primary combatant CVs (largely influenced by morale) and leadership rolls are far more important. I don't concern myself with SU morale; just that they are present and their TOE value.
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Helio

Thanks for that, Pelton's response did leave me scratching my head (Pelton - Likely my misunderstanding of your explanation). My intention is to crack some heavily entrenched soviet formations and rather than rely on a dice role for SU inclusion I want to ensure maximum numbers of SUs are included in the attack. And, I want them to be the best support units available, so their morale and their TOE percentage will need to be considered. If I see that a mountain artillery SU is the best unit available I can click 'Assign' and I can be almost absolutely certain that specific unit will be on the pick list as mountain artillery units are rare. But if I want to attach the best Pioneer unit I can't because there are probably 5 or 6 other Pioneer battalions in the chain of command and the computer will randomly choose one of them which could be the one with low morale, not much experience and hardly any TOE. Hope that makes sense.
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Helio

Thanks for that, Pelton's response did leave me scratching my head (Pelton - Likely my misunderstanding of your explanation). My intention is to crack some heavily entrenched soviet formations and rather than rely on a dice role for SU inclusion I want to ensure maximum numbers of SUs are included in the attack. And, I want them to be the best support units available, so their morale and their TOE percentage will need to be considered. If I see that a mountain artillery SU is the best unit available I can click 'Assign' and I can be almost absolutely certain that specific unit will be on the pick list as mountain artillery units are rare. But if I want to attach the best Pioneer unit I can't because there are probably 5 or 6 other Pioneer battalions in the chain of command and the computer will randomly choose one of them which could be the one with low morale, not much experience and hardly any TOE. Hope that makes sense.
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I assign then to the divisions.

What I do is assign them to OKH then the next turn you can put them in any division you want.

morale is huge and misunderstood by most.

read 9.1

So it effects training which means how good units fire and hit targets.

So high morale artillery ect ect are much more effective in combat,
so as I do put all your high morale SU's in the highest morale divisions under the highest morale leaders.

The results are big smashing throw fort walls.

Gun SU's need to be under high morale and high initative leaders
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Remember that you cannot attach artillery SUs to individual units.
Where "cracking a prepared position" is concerned, Leningrad and Sevastapol are great teachers.
1 Engineer, 1 Stug, attached to an 80+ morale division; that will be a Grossdeutschland-style performer. Really quality. Again, I do not concern myself with the morale of the SUs themselves. If it's really a tough nut, add another pioneer or Stug. And in the corps HQ, have 3 artillery, 1 pioneer, and 1 heavy artillery. In the Army HQ, have a 2-4 more artillery, including 1 or 2 heavy.

High rating commanders and high morale divisions will be a better focus of your mental energy. I'll trade 1 Morale 8 commander for minus-20 on all the morale 80 SUs in the game.
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