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Hello been playing as Argentina, thoroughly enjoying this nation atm, soon all of South America will be mine ;) Thing is theres some stuff i`m not sure about and can`t find the answer to. Please help if you can.

1. When i combine divisions into cores and give each unit in that core a brigade does it benefit the `whole` core or just the seperate division that has that brigade. i.e. if i put an engineer onto an infantry div does it benefit the `whole` core when crossing rivers/taking fortresses etc or just that single infantry div??

2. Being in South America i`m attacking in a lot of jungle...boggy terrain if ever there was some. So, at an educated guess one would think that infantry are probably better for this terrain, however i did read somewhere that combining inf and mot is ok? Would combining infantry with mot divs or even armoured divs make the core faster or not ?

3. I`m feeling that the better doctrine for my game would be land, but i can`t make any sense of all the different types to research, i guess i`d like to go kinda Bltzkreig. I feel comfortable with good art, fast armour/mot infantry and plenty of CAS wings backing up any attack i make. Can anyone tell me which are the better ones to research for that kind of strategy ?

4. Lastly, i see that HQ`s are a great benefit to an attacking force but man their sooo slow. Is there a way to make them faster or use something similair to give an army a bonus ? Also do they cover just the div`s their combined with or can they benefit other divs/cores in close by provinces ??

Thats it, if anyone can answer any of these questions i`d be grateful, and thank you in advance.
 
1. When i combine divisions into cores and give each unit in that core a brigade does it benefit the `whole` core or just the seperate division that has that brigade. i.e. if i put an engineer onto an infantry div does it benefit the `whole` core when crossing rivers/taking fortresses etc or just that single infantry div??

Only the division.

2. Being in South America i`m attacking in a lot of jungle...boggy terrain if ever there was some. So, at an educated guess one would think that infantry are probably better for this terrain, however i did read somewhere that combining inf and mot is ok? Would combining infantry with mot divs or even armoured divs make the core faster or not ?

It won't make the army faster, and motorised divisions are terrible in the jungle (and the mountains, and the hills, etc.). Don't use them in South America. Motorized gives a combined arms bonus when combined with infantry, but in this terrain it's not worth it.

3. I`m feeling that the better doctrine for my game would be land, but i can`t make any sense of all the different types to research, i guess i`d like to go kinda Bltzkreig. I feel comfortable with good art, fast armour/mot infantry and plenty of CAS wings backing up any attack i make. Can anyone tell me which are the better ones to research for that kind of strategy ?

Well, you can't really 'blitz'-krieg in poor infrastructure and bad terrain. To sum up the doctrines, Spearhead is for the Blitzkrieg tactic, Human Wave is for the manpower-expensive elastic defence focused Soviet tactic, Grand Battle Plan is for a slow, methodical offense with a variety of bonuses available when it branches out (like great night attack) and Superior Firepower is a Mec-focused... thingy that falls short of the others and shouldn't really be used.

4. Lastly, i see that HQ`s are a great benefit to an attacking force but man their sooo slow. Is there a way to make them faster or use something similair to give an army a bonus ? Also do they cover just the div`s their combined with or can they benefit other divs/cores in close by provinces ??

Slow? They're as fast as armored vehicles. They give benefits to any divisions in the province and also in neighboring provinces.
 
For a S. American campaign, you will need some mountain infantry. They will be absolutely essential, especially if you try attacking through central america. Not too many, as they are IC and MP intensive, but you'll need some.

I might also recommend Marines if you can spare the tech slot. They get bonuses for jungle fighting.
 
1. The brigade only effect the division they are attach

2. Mot,mec and arm serve poorly in jungle,mountain and mud. So don't use them in South America. Use marine since they take fewest penalty with jungle and mud the second best is Mountaineer however infantry/mil will be your core. Use mobile force to take the beach

3. Each country have their own techteam and they will be suitable with each kind of land doctrine. Ex:Germany probably follow Blitzkrieg doctrine while Japan follow infiltration and SU with Human wave (SU can change to Blitzkrieg too however)

Often the best is Bliztkrieg since they have extremely high Org and make your HQ speed as fast as tanks. They also discount mobile troops

4. HQ speed depend heavily in land doctrine. Blizkrieg have fastest HQ