Greetings everyone! Release 15 brings historical battalion types! The addition of historical battalions adds a new level of immersion to game play, as the battalions available to the different tech trees can be radically different, and the varying widths spices up division design considerably.

So far there are 39 new battalion types in for 4 tech trees (USA, UK, German, Soviet), more will be added for each of these trees, and for the other major tech trees as well. Battalions are unlocked by researching tank techs.

Enjoy the new battalions! Now go crazy with your division designer :D

United Kingdom

• Type 44 Heavy Tank Battalion (69): 52 Heavy Tanks, 11 Light Tanks, 6 Heavy AGs, width 3
  
• Type 41 Heavy Tank Battalion (58): 52 Heavy Tanks, 6 Heavy AGs, width 3
  
• Type 38 Heavy Tank Battalion (57): 51 Heavy Tanks, 6 Light Tanks, width 2.5
  
• Type 43 Cruiser Battalion (72): 55 Medium Tanks, 11 Light Tanks, 6 Medium AGs, width 2.5
  
• Type 43 Cruiser Battalion (61): 55 Medium Tanks, 6 Medium AGs, width 2.5
  
• Type 42 Cruiser Battalion (52): 52 Medium Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 40 Cruiser Battalion (54): 46 Medium Tanks, 8 Medium AGs, width 2
  
• Type 40 Mixed Cruiser Battalion (54): 15 Medium Tanks, 26 Light Tanks, 8 Medium AGs, width 2
  
• Type 43 Medium TD Battalion (24): 24 Medium TDs, width 1
  
• Type 42 Light Cruiser Battalion (61): 55 Light Tanks, 6 Medium AGs, width 2
  
• Type 40 Light Cruiser Battalion (62): 62 Light Tanks, width 2

United States

• Type 44 Mixed Heavy/Medium Battalion (55): 40 Medium Tanks, 15 Heavy Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 44 Medium Tank Battalion (74): 54 Medium Tanks, 17 Light Tanks, 3 Medium AGs, width 2.5
  
• Type 44 Medium Tank Battalion (58): 58 Medium Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 43 Medium Tank Battalion (70): 53 Medium Tanks, 17 Light Tanks, width 2.5
  
• Type 40 Medium Tank Battalion (53): 53 Medium Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 40 Light Tank Battalion (58): 53 Medium Tanks, width 2

Germany

• Type 44 Panzer Battalion (96): 96 Medium Tanks, width 4
  
• Type 44 Panzer Battalion (79): 79 Medium Tanks, width 3
  
• Type 41 Panzer Battalion (92): 67 Medium Tanks, 25 Light tanks, width 3.5
  
• Type 41 Panzer Battalion (70): 50 Medium Tanks, 25 Light tanks, width 2.5
  
• Type 39 Panzer Battalion (78): 67 Light Tanks, 25 Medium Tanks, width 2.5
  
• Type 43 Schwere Panzer Battalion (45): 45 Heavy Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 42 Schwere Panzer Battalion (36): 20 Heavy Tanks, 16 Medium Tanks, width 1.5
  
• Type 44 Sturmartillerie Battalion (45): 33 Medium TDs, 12 Medium AGs, width 2
  
• Type 43 Sturmartillerie Battalion (31): 22 Medium TDs, 9 Medium AGs, width 1.5
  
• Type 44 Sturmgeschutz Battalion (45): 45 Medium TDs, width 2
  
• Type 43 Sturmgeschutz Battalion (31): 31 Medium TDs, width 1.5
  
• Type 42 Sturmgeschutz Battalion (28): 28 Medium TDs, width 1
  
• Type 43 Mixed Panzer Battalion (58): 36 Medium Tanks, 22 Medium TDs, width 2

Soviet Union

• Type 41 Heavy Tank Battalion (51): 51 Heavy Tanks, width 2.5
  
• Type 41 Heavy Tank Battalion (31): 31 Heavy Tanks, width 1.5
  
• Type 44 Medium Tank Battalion (63): 63 Medium Tanks, width 2.5
  
• Type 43 Medium Tank Battalion (41): 41 Medium Tanks, width 1.5
  
• Type 42 Medium Tank Battalion (27): 27 Medium Tanks, width 1
  
• Type 41 Medium Tank Battalion (51): 51 Medium Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 42 Mixed Tank Battalion (34): 21 Medium Tanks, 13 Light Tanks, width 1
  
• Type 42 Mixed Light Tank Battalion (31): 21 Light Tanks, 10 Medium Tanks, width 1
  
• Type 41 Light Tank Battalion (57): 57 Light Tanks, width 2
  
• Type 43 Medium TD Battalion (20): Medium TDs, width 1
  
• Type 42 Light TD Battalion (20): 20 Light TDs, width 1

• AI industrial and template design logic for all minor nations.
  
• Improved British AI tank research progression.
  
• Reduced manpower requirements for all TD and AG Battalions.
  
• Reduced Heavy AG Battalion width from 2 to 1.5
  
• Reduced Medium AG Battalion width from 2 to 1.5
  
• Reduced Light AG Battalion width from 2 to 1
  
• Reduced Heavy TD Battalion width from 2 to 1.5
  
• Reduced Medium TD Battalion width from 2 to 1.5
  
• Reduced Light TD Battalion width from 2 to 1

That's it for today. This release was a systems update focused on adding a new system and layer of game play. Release 16 will focus on content, specifically amphibious tanks, realistic fuel consumption levels per vehicle type, and of course, more battalion options.