All of your battle group is available each battle. The mission briefings tell you what percentage of your force is available for initial deployment and what percentage enters later as Reserves.
Some missions state that you must deploy a fixed percentage of your battle group, such as 50%. Other missions give you a range of percentages that must be deployed such as 25–75%. If you deploy 50% of your battle group, then 50% are available as Reserves. If you deploy 25% then 75% are available as Reserves.
To work out how many units to deploy, take your total number of units and subtract your off-table artillery units. Then multiply the remainder by the percentage amount (rounding up).
For example, a battle group deploys 50% of its units. It has 18 units including two off-table artillery batteries. After deducting its two batteries it has 16 units. It must deploy eight units and keep eight units in Reserve.
If the same battle group was allowed to deploy 25–75% of its units, it could deploy from four to 12 units. If it deploys six units, then ten units are available as Reserves.
You are free to choose which units to deploy and which units to keep in Reserve. Generally, it’s best to deploy infantry and anti-tank guns, and use vehicles as Reserves. When using armoured forces you may want to deploy your reconnaissance and lighter vehicles, and keep your heavier vehicles in Reserve.
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