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Transferring elements

Elements are the regiments, air wings and ships that make up an unit. You can transfer these elements between units by drag & drop.

To do this, click and hold the left mouse button while the mouse pointer is over one of the counters that represent the elements on the unit cards. Then, drag the mouse pointer over another unit card and release the left mouse button. If the transfer is possible, the element will be moved to the target unit.

To move all elements of the same type at once, hold down [CTRL] while releasing the left mouse button. To move all elements, hold down [SHIFT].

If you drop the element over an area that is not occupied by an unit card, a new independent brigade, air group or fleet is created in the same province as the source unit. In case of air groups or fleets, they are also assigned to the same home base as the source unit. If you remove the last element from an unit, it will be automatically disbanded.

You can drag any element from/to the main view, the side view and even the selection list. It also doesn't matter at which zoom level the views are.

While you drag an element around, one of three symbols it displayed at the mouse pointer:

Transfer not possible
Transfer possible
Transfer possible, will create a new independent brigade

At the same time, the notification area will inform you if the transfer is possible and if it is not, will provide a clue as to why.

With the 'same province' requirement enforced, it is best to use the GEO mode for reorganizing your unit elements.
If you prefer to do it in OOB mode, you can use the Select all units in the same province command from the unit view context menu to make the task easier.
Detail level 4 is recommended for element reorganization, but you can also use any of the others.

The transferring of elements is governed by these rules:

You cannot transfer HQ regiments.
The source and target unit may not be identical.
The target unit must have a free slot to take in another element.
The element and the target unit must be from the same domain.
You cannot transfer regiments between units if one or both of them are afflicted by an attack delay. Units with an attack delay display the hourglass symbol on their unit cards (see *).
You cannot transfer regiments between units if one or both of them are embarked. Units that are embarked show one of the embarkment indicators or on their unit cards.
The source and target units must be located in the same province (see *).
You cannot transfer elements from/to foreign expeditionary units.
You cannot remove air or sea transports from an air group or fleet while they carry units.

* Normally, you cannot transfer regiments that are in an attack delay state or elements that are located in different provinces. This mirrors the limitations applied to element transfers in-game. However, you can explicitly allow transfers under these circumstances in ART by enabling them in the Settings. If you do this, it is possible to reorganize elements in a way that breaks game rules (effectively teleporting units accross the map).