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In this save you will see that using beta patch 4 I am unable to use heavy cavalry replacements to refill Dragoons.

In the ledger I have 6 heavy cavalry replacements, Karl Von Kette stack is in Glogau. You will see none of his Dragoons get replacements and yet there will will be five heavy cavalry left over after turn.

How do you receive Lt. Cavalry replacements?

Not sure if this is the trouble, but the terminology is a bit confusing.

"heavy cav" replacement chits go to heavy cav units (cuirassiers, carabiniers, liebgarde, etc) AND to dragoons - which for game purposes are considered heavies (and in fact by mid-century basically functioned as such).

"cavalry" replacements go to lt cav units (hussars, lt dragoons, uhlans) - it would save confusion if they were called "lt cav" replacements, in fact.

As of a fairly recent beta change, cossacks draw raider replacements, not [lt] cav.

An additional point (slightly off-topic) is that some of the cav units in the game are miscategorized: the gensdarmes and chevaux-leger of the French maison du Roi (shown in the game with red coats and tricorns) were elite heavy cav, not lights as they are in the game.

Hi Squarian,


Thanks, I should have been more specific,the six replacements are heavy cavalry and not regular. Now looking under the unit display, it says they are titled medium cavalry. So if that is true then that explains why the Lt. cavalry and dragoon are not both refilling.


So it appears you need regular cavalry to refill dragoons.

hattrick wrote:Hi Squarian,


Thanks, I should have been more specific,the six replacements are heavy cavalry and not regular. Now looking under the unit display, it says they are titled medium cavalry. So if that is true then that explains why the Lt. cavalry and dragoon are not both refilling.


So it appears you need regular cavalry to refill dragoons.

Yes, sorry - my first post above was in error. I went back and checked, and just as you say, dragoons take "cavalry" replacements.