Order of Battle

An Order of Battle (often abbreviated as ORBAT, OOB, O/B, or OB) is a method of organization used to organize, generate, and apply military capabilities. It lists the structure of a given military unit.

Making an Effective ORBAT
An ORBAT itself is simply a tool to organize, generate, and apply military power. Beyond this scope, it has no use other than looking appeasing to the on-looker. Thus, a player must understand the relationship between military capabilities and what objectives those capabilities can achieve. There are several features to making an effective ORBAT:


 * Composition: organization of the headquarters and subordinate units
 * Disposition: geographic location of the headquarters and subordinate units
 * Strength
 * Training (and military ratings)
 * Equipment
 * Personnel
 * Logistics

When done successfully, an ORBAT maximizes the effectiveness of the previous points so that the apex of military capabilities may be reached.