Research Sharing: Australia and the USA

[mdsmall]

The Manual says that the USA shares research with the UK, France, China and India (even though the UK and India are the same major in this game). Australia is not mentioned in this list, though the British Empire shares research with Australia and the USA. Does this mean that Australia and the USA de facto share research via the British Empire, or not?

[BillRunacre]

It's an oversight to not have included Australia in the list*, and it shares with the British Empire. So US advances help British Empire advances which in turn help Australia's advances.

*I think the text in the Manual is not fully updated from WAW.

[mdsmall]

Thanks for this clarification. And I assume the same is true in reverse: Australian tech advances are shared with the British Empire and thus will also benefit the USA. My inference however is that given the "intermediary" role of the British Empire in this chain of research sharing between Australia and the USA, the British also have to be researching the same tech for advances by either Australia or the USA to benefit each other. Thus, for example, if both Australia and the USA have a chit invested in researching Naval Construction but the British do not, then any advances by either Australia or the USA in this tech will not be shared between them. Is that correct?

[darbygray]

What do you mean by research sharing? I thought every country had to conduct their own research to get the bonuses for the units.

[Platoonist]

What do you mean by research sharing? I thought every country had to conduct their own research to get the bonuses for the units.

Certain blocks of nations get small bonuses to their research if the other has completed research the same field. I think it's meant to reflect how during the war associated powers like the US and Britain often collaborated in fields like radar, ASW, aircraft engines, etc. It all works "under the hood" for the most part but within each block the highest level of technology grants a bonus to the others when researching equal to the difference between their levels. Example: US is at Advanced tanks 0, UK is at Advanced tanks 2. US gains +2% progress per chit.

I'm curious if Japan still receives any research sharing from the now off-map Germany as they would have in World at War or if it's just built in.

[darbygray]

What do you mean by research sharing? I thought every country had to conduct their own research to get the bonuses for the units.

Certain blocks of nations get small bonuses to their research if the other has completed research the same field. I think it's meant to reflect how during the war associated powers like the US and Britain often collaborated in fields like radar, ASW, aircraft engines, etc. It all works "under the hood" for the most part but within each block the highest level of technology grants a bonus to the others when researching equal to the difference between their levels. Example: US is at Advanced tanks 0, UK is at Advanced tanks 2. US gains +2% progress per chit.

I'm curious if Japan still receives any research sharing from the now off-map Germany as they would have in World at War or if it's just built in.

Thanks for explaining that.

[BillRunacre]

Thanks for this clarification. And I assume the same is true in reverse: Australian tech advances are shared with the British Empire and thus will also benefit the USA. My inference however is that given the "intermediary" role of the British Empire in this chain of research sharing between Australia and the USA, the British also have to be researching the same tech for advances by either Australia or the USA to benefit each other. Thus, for example, if both Australia and the USA have a chit invested in researching Naval Construction but the British do not, then any advances by either Australia or the USA in this tech will not be shared between them. Is that correct?

Correct, if the British Empire isn't researching something, then its (lack of) research cannot benefit anyone else.

[BillRunacre]

I'm curious if Japan still receives any research sharing from the now off-map Germany as they would have in World at War or if it's just built in.

No, Germany isn't in the game so there is no research sharing with it.