Italy - HOI4 - Italian Armour

01 Aug 1941 and the Battle of the Alps continues. I also receive a reminder that I am producing equipment for which I have no template.
My armoured divisions are more like motorized divisions with tracked AT support. With 5 XP available I duplicate the template then take one of the Light Tank-Destroyer battalions....
…and replace it with a Medium Tank battalion.
Voilà! I also rename it Divisione Corazzata and change the symbol so I can recognize the difference.
I intend upgrading a division only when there are enough tanks available.
I select a division...
 ….and change its organization template.
30 Marders are returned to my reserve equipment park.
Clicking on OK seals the deal then I order it to the port of Pola. I like to keep them separate. I'll be doing this often but I won't necessarily show it here.
02 Aug 1941: So the Soviets want to puppet Japan. What is Joe Stalin waiting for?
Long overdue. World Tension has been over 10% for almost 5 years...
Meanwhile at home I plan the construction of 14 new Dockyards. I need to expand my navy.
04 Aug 1941: Armour is being used by both sides....
10 Aug 1941 and former Siam capitulates. A Japanese ally bites the dust.
Yunnan appears to habe been the major allied combatant.
The situation in the Far East is confusing, putting it mildly. India (and the British Empire) are at war with Germany and Japan. It is a defensive war, i.e. the enemy started the war.
The conflict is in a status quo at the moment.
The Japanese are fighting an offensive war against the UK and every nation that Germany attacked.
They are also fighting a defensive war against the Axis (because of Qing China joining the Axis). A fluster-cluck at the best.
Japan's current focus is Warrior Spirit which enables Kamikaze attacks.
Back home and the Alpine War is still ongoing.
 27 Aug 1941: No change.
28 Aug 1941 and I have finished researching Engineer Company II.
I research Support Weapons III next.
An overview as of 28 Aug 1941.
I upgrade another armoured division.
I set up a production line for Battlecruisers.
Then I reserve the first five of the new dockyards being constructed.
01 Sep 1941 and I convert half of Army Czech to assault divisions.
Time for a break. See you soon.

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