Unit Progression Overview
This overview gives an idea of how the combat statistics (and importantly, supply costs) of different land units available to civilised nations develop as you research.
The development of military technology in Victoria is a haphazard business with 25 different technologies and dozens of separate inventions. To simplify this I have desctribed the tech level available at certain reference dates.
I set these dates as being roughly when a nation that has strong research and a strong military focus will have researched all techs available to them. So the '1890' reference dates includes all techs abd inventions available in 1890, and the most recent of them become available to research in 1880 and a player with a reasonably strong bias towards military research would research all the techs by the late 1880s and all inventions would fire by 1890. With single-minded research one could research them all by 1885, and with gamey tech-trading one could reach it by 1882.
Infantry
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 4 1 0 4 36 1845 6 1 0 5 52 1855 6 1 2 5 78 1870 9 1 9 5 110 1890 10 1 14 5 144 1910 16 1 16 5 174
Dragoon
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 3 2 0 5 60 1845 4 3 0 6 96 1855 4 3 0 6 140 1870 6 3 2 6 196 1890 6 3 3 6 248 1910 9 3 4 6 304
Cavalry
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 1 4 0 8 90 1845 2 5 0 8 138 1855 2 5 0 8 204 1870 3 5 0 8 282 1890 3 5 0 8 354 1910 5 5 0 8 432
Infantry with Artillery Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 6 2 0 3 139.2 1845 13 4 0 4 292 1855 13 4 2 4 333.6 1870 21 7 9 4 516 1890 27 9 14 4 700.8 1910 38 14 16 4 880.8
Infantry with Regulars Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 5 2 0 4 52.8 1845 8 2 0 5 78 1855 8 2 2 5 109.2 1870 12 2 9 5 153.6 1890 14 2 16 5 212.4 1910 23 2 18 5 266.4
Infantry with Guards Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 5 2 0 4 68.4 1845 9 2 0 5 102 1855 9 2 2 5 133.2 1870 14 2 11 5 200.4 1890 16 2 18 5 284.4 1910 29 2 20 5 378
Infantry with Engineers Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1845 6 1 1 5 72 1855 6 1 5 5 111.6 1870 9 1 14 5 166.8 1890 10 1 24 5 241.2 1910 16 1 27 5 285.6
Cavalry with Hussars Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 1 4 0 9 126 1845 3 5 0 9 213.6 1855 3 5 0 9 292.8 1870 5 5 0 9 416.4 1890 6 5 0 9 502.8 1910 8 5 0 9 626.4
Cavalry with Cuirassier Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 1 6 0 8 150 1845 2 7 0 8 207.6 1855 2 7 0 8 286.8 1870 3 7 0 8 380.4 1890 3 7 0 8 466.8 1910 5 7 0 8 560.4
Dragoon with Artillery Brigade
Fire Shock Defence Speed Supply 1836 5 3 0 4 168 1845 11 6 0 5 355.2 1855 11 6 0 5 408 1870 18 9 2 5 619.2 1890 23 11 3 5 825.6 1910 31 16 4 5 976