I always assumed they did the company formations purely for style, and not function. I've never paid attention to them, and have not had any issues. That said, it is possible there is some kind of modifier in play.
Wow. Surprised to see only one fan of Paradox Plaza games!
Hearts of Iron 2 is the best strategy game of all time. I've always thought that a combination of Hearts of Iron with Close Combat (in the same way as the Total War series), would be an insanely amazing game!
I've been a fan of this game for a long time, and recently picked it up again for the first time in five years. It seems to work okay in XP, BUT, I'm getting a crash to desktop in the very first battle of the campaign!!
"Informs DirectDraw that the previous Bit which is transfering information to or from this Surface is incomplete"
In August of 2004, Zappi, Homba, Bambam887, RedScorpion and MOOXE all pitched
in to create this Close Combat site. I would to thank all the people who have visited
and found this site to thier liking. I hope you had time to check out some
of the great Close Combat mods and our forums. I'd also like to thank
all the members of our volunteer staff that have helped over
the years, and all our users that contributed to this site!