Later on you will have to give your divisions adequate AT and AA capabilities to give them protection from allied and soviet bombers and armour.

Artillery At a minimum field artillery should be kept up-to-date.

Advanced players may consider medium armour, armored cars, and sp-art especially for later parts of the game and wars in India, Siberia and eventually for invading the US. But if you want tanks, a force of light armour regiments can really shine if you manage to blitz your way through the Chinese infantry lines, thus they will repay you ten-fold.

Armor: Due to Japan's shortage on resources and general supply problems, armor is of very limited utility.

In 1936, infantry specializations are important to work towards.

Infantry technology: The backbone of Japan's military, steady research here will be important throughout the game.

Japan can start the game with around 15 to 18 leadership allocated to research, depending on the player's other priorities.Īrmy technologies help ensure Japan maintains a quality advantage over its adversaries. Japan starts with plenty of Leadership to get all the equipment and doctrines future wars demand, but still research should be primarily focused on current year technologies to avoid heavy penalties.

7.4.2 Original names for Japanese military forces.

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