Combat Width in Hearts of Iron 4 is NOT difficult - But MANY videos out there overcomplicate things, and they MAKE IT DIFFICULT...
So let's start simple, we'll go through what makes combat width, why it matters, what's better, why, and why it then varies under various situations. DLC is off (although it doesn't matter, same rules apply regardless!)
BEFORE the end of this video, you WILL get it. As this video gets towards the end, I will repeat everything in a different way at least once, so everyone can understand it.
Contents:
00:00 Combat Width in HOI4 made Easy!
00:39 How We Will Demonstrate Combat Width
3:14 We Are Now at War with Poland
4:03 What is a Tile?
4:43 Let's Focus on 1 Tile in Combat
5:02 Understanding Attacking vs Reserve Divisions
5:12 What is a Reserve Division?
5:35 Attacking Division Combat Width of 10
6:00 How many Combat Width fit on a Tile?
7:01 Where to get Division Combat Width Info?
7:44 How Modifying Divisions Impacts C. Width
8:48 The Lazy Mans Way of Figuring CombatWidth
9:07 It says 105 Combat Width! Wasn't it Just 70?
9:30 It's a Pincer Movement Simulated in War
10:08 Easy so far - Now for the 1 Tricky Bit...
11:17 Hang on.. You Can EXCEED the Limit?
11:59 The Perfect Division for All Situations
13:24 Understanding Combat Width Penalty
14:34 Moving Divisions to Show C.W. changes
15:33 Why are the Reserves Not Fighting Yet?
15:44 To Cover This Let's Go All Official
18:48 A Reserve Has Chance to Join Battle Hourly
19:48 Imagine a Big Invisible Dice Rolling
21:52 A Reinforcing Division aka More Combat Width
22:56 Now a Motorised Div Makes 44 v 18 CW!
24:08 98 Combat With And... Breakthrough!
24:17 Is Everyone on the Same Page?
26:16 Design Divisions 4 Combat Widths Sake!
26:54 Why Not use Narrow Combat Width?
27:39 Stats from Double Combat Width 2 to 4
28:39 a STRONG 30 CW Infantry Battalion
30:23 So I Need MORE COMBAT WIDTH?
32:56 Really? 280 Combat Width!!
