Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

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Division Templates
By NaffyTaffy
This guide is in working stage.

Would appreciate suggestions in the comments.
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Infantry Templates
Infantry Offensive


This division will be your main Attacking infantry division template. It is not cheap so be very CAREFUL!! on how many division you deploy with this template.

Infantry Defensive


This division's main goal is to hold the line. Mostly you wanna utilize it on places where you will not attack from or if you have terrain & ground advantage you should use this to hold the line & attack with your offensive divisions elsewhere.

For example ; Holding line behind a river.
Deploy them to fronts you are getting constantly attacked from... as they will perform best in this situation

Infantry Guards


Use this division for guard duty only. You can remove one battalion of infantry from here if u want to make it even cheaper.

Infantry Space Marine Template (21 W)


I tried to make it as cheap as I can .
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For Flame tank design & AA design for this particular template check the Tank Design section
Special Forces Templates ( Mountaineers, Marines, Paratroopers)
Mountaineer Division Template


Garrison
Garrison ( Without Military Police)


If you are planning to research military police little bit early then you can keep using the default cavalry template ,this will save you some XP for more important division templates.
Otherwise just use this template shown here.

Garrison ( With Military Police)


Very expensive design so only worth it late game.
Tank Designs
Inter-War Flame Tank 1918 ( For Space Marine division template)


Medium AA 1938 ( For Space Marine division template)


I tested on different chasis to see If we could go for little bit earlier... you can go Improv light 36 if you really need it earlier otherwise go for Basic Med 38

Inter war med AA 18
7.37 prod... armor -49.5

Basic light AA 34
5.98 prod...armor -42

Improv light AA 36
6.33 prod....armor- 49.5

Basic Med AA 38
5.91 prod...armor -51.6


Medium Flame Tank 1938

Medium Flame Tank 1940


Light Tank 1936

AirCraft Designs
Small Fighter 1936


Add : Armor Plates when available on the empty slot or Self-Sealing Fuel Tanks if you are rich in Rubbers

Small Fighter 1940


Small CAS 1936


Small CAS 1940


Small Naval Bomber 1936

Small Naval Bomber 1940

Navy
I'll be adding Navy designs here. As Im experimenting with them it'll take time
Submarine Design
There is 4 different Submarine Hulls.

1. Early Submarine Hull
2. 1936 Submarine Hull
3. 1940 Submarine Hull
4. 1944 Submarine Hull

EARLY Minelayer Submarine Design

If you play some majors ex: Italy you will see you have some older Submarines (Early Submarine Hull). It’s better to give some of these older models to minelaying role.

So, refit some of these models to this dedicated minelaying design. But if you have to build Submarines for minelaying then its better you use the latest hull you have available as the production cost difference is not much (just 46 in my testing).

1936 Minelayer Submarine Design


1936 Submarine Design




1940 Submarine Design





1944 Submarine Design

On a final note
It took a lot more time than I initially expected.As this is not complete yet I'll be adding more as time progresses.

Future planned Additions:

CAS Design
Tank Division Template
Naval Bomber Design
Motorized Infantry Division Template

Special thanks to @MachiavellianStrategist for reviewing some of my templates & designs.
( Check him out on yt...he makes good HOI4 content)

Also Thank you for checking out my guide :)
Destroyer Design
EARLY MineLayer+ MineSweeper Destroyer


Same as Submarine... Refit some Early Destroyers if you have with this design...you need only few of these...If you want you can go & add both slots with minelayers... but I added Minesweeper here as I didnt wanna bother building new designs in the middle of war if enemy AI decides to lay mines.

1936 Minelayer+ MineSweeper Destroyer


EARLY Anti-Submarine Destroyer


1936 Anti-Submarine Destroyer


1936 Roach Destroyer

17 Comments
Tank_Killer 17 Jun @ 8:02am 
you need a DLC the no step back one i believe
eater of uranium97 15 Jun @ 5:39pm 
how do you design tanks
NaffyTaffy  [author] 2 Jun @ 2:00pm 
@Niemand they are definitely worth it for the stats you get... & about best build that depends ..you will find lots of different versions of space marine templates... best is what works for you...

..but I feel like the design I added here is a good one considering its dirt cheap & u get a good stat bonus while also not letting this template take away too much production from other important stuff...if you want a more expensive version of the one I provided in the guide u will find it in the previous comments..
NaffyTaffy  [author] 2 Jun @ 1:37pm 
@CharmyTheCharizard Thank you :) :steamhappy: ....let me know if you would be interested in me making a guide on how to design all by yourself ....as I have this guide in mind for the future but not sure if yall want a guide on that
NaffyTaffy  [author] 2 Jun @ 1:28pm 
@all thanks guys... Im glad that this guide was helpful ...

Just a small update : Im currently trying to do the impossible :::UNDERSTANDING HOI4 NAVY :steamhappy: ...so that I can update the guide with other navy designs that havent been added ( capital ,screen ,carriers)....
Niemand 2 Jun @ 10:49am 
Are Space Marines still viable? And how is the best current build for them?
Thanks in advance :)
CharmyTheCharizard 31 May @ 7:32am 
:cupup::cozyhitman2: :cupup::Quack_Quack_Boom:
CharmyTheCharizard 31 May @ 7:31am 
This guide is the cleanest and best redacted I've ever read.
Absolute lifesaver for a 3.5k hour-er who still has no idea how to self-design templates!
Kurier6 31 May @ 7:06am 
i fucking love you so much for this
TSUNAMI 30 May @ 11:08am 
i love it