Battlefield Logistics - Raging Bridgehead - Turn 2 - Battle 2 (1/2) - Graviteam Tactics Mius Front

Welcome to the Raging Bridgehead Campaign in Graviteam Tactics Mius front.
The First Tank Division resumes the advance on Leningrad
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What the developer has to say about the game:
"Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. It is a sequel to Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star and Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943.
Game is comprised of two modes:
Operational - turn-based mode where you can shift and concentrate forces in the chosen directions, resupply and replace units, repair and refuel vehicles.
Tactical - real-time mode where you are conducting fire combat with the enemy, capturing territory, destroying vehicles and the enemy manpower.
Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht with realistic organizational structure. The campaign features more than 100 detailed vehicles produced in USSR, Germany, US and UK. Over 140 sq. km of realistic landscapes were reconstructed from topographical maps and photo and video materials.
-New enhanced UI: streamlined interface of various panels, radial orders menu and other enhancements.
-Interface appearance and customization: three variants of appearance are included, customizable unit markers (Red Army, Wehrmacht, NATO).
-High replayability and advanced AI, which selects the best strategy based on behavior, not a predetermined script.
-Advanced management of forces in the operational phase: reinforcement strategies and management of reserves.
-Statistics keeping: performance of each unit is recorded (kills, losses, awards, etc.). After each battle, damages and condition of forces and vehicles are shown in the after battle statistics.
-Battlefield simulation: realistic vision devices, smoke screens and flares, creation of trenches, explosion craters. Remnants of previous battles remain on the battlefield until the end of operation.
-Realistic soldier behavior: each soldier has several essential parameters, such as experience level, stamina and morale, which influence their behavior and effectiveness.
-Detailed weapon modeling and realistic ballistics: bullets and projectiles follow ballistic trajectories, taking wind, temperature and other parameters into account.
-Advanced armor penetration: modeling based on ballistic histograms without simplifications of probabilistic methods, generation of secondary fragmentation fields takes into account many parameters, such as the change of the field shape in space, fragments and armor characteristics, armor thickness and damage conditions.
-Complex vehicle damage system: engine, suspension, sights, weapons and targeting mechanisms can be damaged separately, affecting the combat capabilities.
-Destructible environment: almost everything can be blown up and destroyed, from landscape surface and buildings to vehicles and enemy defensive installations.
-Advanced control of the off-map artillery, featuring various fuse settings and shell types.
-Formation and movement modes: lines and columns, movement by road and covertly, infantry following behind tanks, setting a delay, fire sectors, etc.
-Automatic smoke screen laying: units set up smoke screens when enemy is spotted.
-Dynamic change of the time of day, light sources and weather effects, influence the course of battle, visibility and area passability."

[@Tonci87]

I feel like I need to expand on my closing thoughts in this video so that you understand better where they are coming from. Contrary to what some of you think, I´m not German. I have been living in Germany for almost my whole life (that´s where the accent comes from), but I´m Croatian. As a kid I have seen glimpses of what war can do to a beautiful country, and I don´t wish that on anyone in this world. Dear Ukrainians, stay strong, you are defending your homeland after all. But it is important that you do not loose your humanity and your civility. Treat Russians (yes, even the soldiers, when they surrender) with dignity and respect. Be on your best behavior. That sends a powerful message. Dear Russians, think about what you are doing. Seek a way out of this madness. Get rid of your leader and his imperial ambitions. And of course, be human and civil to Ukrainians.

[@spiraling6980]

well said. you're a good man!

[@kverpi1382]

Yea war in yugo can fuck up people.

[@charlesc.9012]

Wars only start when negotiations break down, so it is already the complete breakdown of civility. Like serbia, russia is the unreasonable and extortionate side here. The Ukraine's priority is to minimise its own death rates, so whatever needs to be done must not see hesitation, and if violence is the only language russians understand, it can only be so. Humanity is great and all, but it is for humans, and it cannot be achieved regularly.

[@TheWarSimmer]

Tonci, I watched the closing comments of your video. Very wise, well-thought out words. Andrey and the devs are all in our thoughts and hearts during this time. If it's any solace, I believe that some of the devs have been seen online in the past 24 hrs, including Andrey making a post in the forum. In typical Andrey fashion, nothing was mentioned about recent developments. He logged on only to tell someone that they were wrong about a historical triviality and logged back off. Classic. Take care.

[@Tonci87]

Yes, that sounds very much like him :D

[@Dusty7460]

Tonci small tip(maybe you forgot) any unit , AT , mg, tanks if you want to maintain stealth and just fire at a single 1,2 targets. don't t press fire at will button just select targeting. ( if they have LOS , proper ammo , they will fire at the target) that 's what I do when i try to keep concelead my paks stugs but also use them effectively (kinda like an ambush in the open , almost in the open) Have a great day bro.

[@mikedempsey1496]

I enjoy all your videos Tonic especially the Graviteam mius front series. Epilogue, Wise words spoken. As a community we all hope and prey for the safety of the Devs and their families and hope this nightmare will come to an end.

[@signoguns8501]

One thing i like about this game is that the gameplay is paced perfectly, I am able to zoom in and sit back and watch the action. I love watching a line of tanks roll across European fields, and watching infantry move whilst under heavy fire, long columns of trucks moving troops down muddy roads, bombs raining down on a little village... Its like a movie. This is such an incredible game, probably my favourite right now.

[@Tonci87]

Yes, I get what you mean. Watching all of this play out before you is just awesome

[@Sapple458]

I really wished they added some replay function so you can go back and capture the things you missed

[@signoguns8501]

@@Sapple458 I know, I thought the same. Hopefully they will add a replay function in their next game or something.

[@MarsDasIstMeinNickna]

A little tipp from my side, you can make your arty more deadly (28:45), when you set the "Immidiate Action" parameter. That will let the shells explode above the ground and will increase the casualties of uncovered and half covered (like dug in or behind obstacles) up to 321%. Yes I actually calculated that. For enemies in full cover (buildings, bunkers) or if you want to hit a Tank directly, use it without the parameter for impact explosion.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you, I switched to doing just that :)

[@thestoicsteve]

Good to see the continuing battles in this series. You are a patient player ie taking your time to prepare and move your troops as you see best. Regarding positioning, cant you place your troops anywhere in your area during deployment and so dont need to move then in trucks in the actual game? I am more aggressive and tend to advance all my forces, with combined arms if I can. Regarding your comments at the end, yes it is a real life war that can remind us that we are re-enacting a life and death situation. With the current real world events I feel uneasy about playing either a computer war game or even table-top miniature battles. I hope the situation is resolved soon.

[@Tonci87]

Yes, I think that I could have moved the troops across the river during the deployment phase, but where is the fun in that? ;)

[@Coinkidoink]

I dont think the videos are inappropriate, i think they are a welcome distraction

[@Dusty7460]

One explanation for paks shooting HE instead of APC i think is because of the range , the angle armour of bt and maybe not being possibile to penetrate so they want waste ammo for nothing, again is a an explanation only not 100 % Graviteam till to this day is ana amazing game and I still learn stuff I never knew that exits.

[@suivezlemir]

thanks for the commentary at the end, well thought, and well said. My 2cents, any awareness you can raise about the game and its developers, may translate in more support and more sales for them. Every little helps. And thanks for continuing the series.

[@discult3353]

Stay safe everyone, including you Tonci. Great video keep 'em coming

[@SAarumDoK]

A great surprise, i am lucky to have found your content. ^^

[@BlaBla-jz2lx]

I will recall your closing thoughts. They are exactly what I was thinking around before two years. But as you see now the live is going on, it can not be stop by the what in the world around us is going on. The justice and unjustice, the truth or untruth, in such moments we just understand that we can not really change the world around us. I am speaking about the ordinaly person from ordinary country. The leaders can, the societies can too as we see two years later, but we... we can not... anymore... or maybe always... :/

[@Tonci87]

A sad truth. Two years and still no end to this madness in sight

[@Ts5EVER]

59:47 there actually are no PPsh in the early campaigns, they are using PPDs instead.

[@Tonci87]

Interesting, I´ll have to pay attention to that.

[@battleshipfreez2344]

40:45 To my experience, cable squad will take 3min to start laying wires after they are instructed by cmd. So maybe try to keep the cable squad close to cmd. They might get instructions to lay wires (i.e. start point and destination) quicker.

[@arkadiy9321]

It makes sense to do it in any case because the wire always originates from the commander. And by keeping them together, you save the trouble of them having to run to the commander first.

[@jamesconnelly1916]

Excellent series!

[@bencurran3204]

tbh watching the motorised move along the road and have naturao things blocking them is just perfect for me

[@spiraling6980]

I love this game! I wonder what future plans Graviteam has for this type of game. Id like to see a more modern game with better graphics and systems. for now I enjoy very much what this game offers!

[@yumpinyiminy963]

There are many helpful tips in this video. The artillery spotting issue. How to use transports for a fast response from reserves. All well and good but for the life of me, I can't figure what mouse/keys you are using to move your troops back into cover after the deployment places them in unsuspected places. Not to mention they can tend to face in a different direction than pointed to during deployment. Once in Initial Orders, I can't figure out how to point them in a particular direction after selecting a unit and doing a move/defend command like you do. Timestamp 6:40. Any help would be appreciated. Just another one of many many things left out of the manual. 🤦‍♂😣

[@Tonci87]

Do you mean holding and dragging the right mouse button?

[@yumpinyiminy963]

I found it an obscure paragraph in the manual. Page 36 of the latest manual. "Game allows orders to be chained using either [RMB + Shift] (w/o specific orientation) or [Space] (ability to specify orientation). It is possible to give sequenced orders to your troops right after the deployment phase w/o command-level costs and let units do their best to fulfill them in combat. " It was using the spacebar to orient the direction of your troops after the last command. I don't know if it was done differently when you posted this replay. Anyway, thanks for getting back.@@Tonci87

[@wirrwarr8834]

I asked myself the same question, is he uploading an episode or is that incorrect?! I am a conscientious objector. The most powerful weapon I have ever held, besides my bread knife, was a Flitzebogen. But I play this game. Strategy, tactics and technique. Things I'm excited about and we wouldn't be where we are today in so many areas, apart from the craft of war. Who of you who plays this game hasn't at some point reflected on what a load of shit it must have been to see the soldiers huddled together, holding their heads and helmets, watching in the crossfire. No, everyone here really knows better. In any case, these scenarios have always made me think and have always been a warning to me.

[@Tonci87]

That is a very good mindset to have. Enjoy the game, but also understand it as a warning. Thank you.

[@jeremyharris9648]

You should check out Steel Armor Blaze of War, it’s another title by graviteam. Just bought it the other day and the immersion you get being a tank commander is just awesome! The amount of detail graviteam puts into there titles is just amazing I was blown away by the tank details

[@Tonci87]

I have the game. It will come to the channel at some point in the future :)

[@ggtt2547]

Thank for your comments at the end. Hoping for the best for the developers and the whole Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!

[@martincotterill823]

Can't you call in CAS or is it not available in this game?

[@Tonci87]

It is available where it was present historically.

[@renerinner1573]

How does it work to give the squad a command (for example pull back from a position and defend another) and set the way they should look? I cannot figure that out. My guys are always looking in the wrong direction and I have to correct that with another order…Thx!

[@Tonci87]

Press Space, select your Order, hold the right mousebutton and drag. I hope that helps

[@renerinner1573]

@@Tonci87 thank you so much. I‘ll try that!

[@user-id1mt7ug2e]

Greetings from Ukraine! Thank you for your support, I met 24 of February, hearing the sound of the Kaliber rocket flying by. Maybe you can make a series of new Iran-Irak war or Leopard Leap campaign?

[@Tonci87]

Greeting back to you, I hope you, your family and your friends are OK. I think I want to follow the war chronologically in this game, but if I come to an Operation near Charkow, and the war is still going on, I might instead choose to do a modern campaign first. It would not sit easy with me to play on the battlefields of the past, where once again people are dying.

[@Tom_Quixote]

The crater graphics in this game seem odd to me (13:50) because you get those completely black spots on the landscape like if somebody spilled ink...

[@Tonci87]

Those craters might be a part of the map. I´m not 100% sure though

[@Tom_Quixote]

@@Tonci87 Yes, they are, but the same goes for the ones we make ourselves :) Some of them look normal, some of them are coloured pitch black.

[@philphilip5466]

Good comments in the last section. I wonder what happened to the thread over on steam where you put in a link to this video - the 'Godspeed' thread? There was another thread there wishing the devs well that also vanished. There's a lot of censorship going on, I fear, even on steam. It's important to speak the truth. As you say, there aren't any Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia. Even that basic fact is important.

[@Tonci87]

Interesting, I only now saw that the thread was deleted. I wonder why. Maybe the devs just don´t want to get politically involved. We don´t know if they have business ties to Russia (I believe they do) and if they have Russian team members. Maybe anything that has to do with Ukraine-Russia politics is therefore of the table and that is why they delete all threads about it. if that is the case, then we have to respect that. Anyway, they saw our best wishes, and I´m sure they appreciate them. That was our intention, so it doesn´t matter that the thread is gone now.

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

The artillery update was more bad tglhan good.

[@Tonci87]

There are some things taht take time to get used to, but overall I think it was a good thing and made FO operation more realistic. The Devs are also not yet finished, more changes are supposed to come. Those will most likely be delayed though due to the situation in their Hometown.

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

@@Tonci87 surely, however I don't think there's really any part of the update that is "realistic", besides the fact that FOs have to spot fall of shot. Watching my artillery literally fall in a straight line is the most unrealistic and annoying thing in game. Not being able to change dispersion or the zone within which artillery falls is absurd. So many times already ive seen whole squads move unscathed in between artillery "zones", because the guns literally put a shell directly on each little dot. Frustrating and ridiculous to witness in game. Forget about creating a beaten zone, your guns can literally only shoot directly in a straight line, it makes targeting roads impossible in some cases. Which is absurd as well considering that those long flat roads were, historically, used to zero in guns. I'd say taking away our ability to determine where the shells land was ahistorical and ridiculous. If this is their understanding of the use and function of artillery in ww2 I completey reject it. Nothing about this new system feels good or historical.

[@Tonci87]

@@user-tx3xy7lw6w There was actually a very lengthy discussion on the Steam Forums regarding those points. The conclusion was, that it actually is historical, even if it looks and feels very unintuitive. A Battery of guns was usually set up in a line and they were all given the same fire coordinates. So naturally their shells would, more or less, impact in a line.If you wanted to saturate an area, you would use more than one battery, or have the battery shift their fire during the fire mission. All of that is possible now. What is still missing is a way to have a fire mission suppress an area with a low rate of shots per minute to deny enemy movement in it. I hope that they will implement this at some point.

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

@@Tonci87 It still wouldn't look like it is in game. Never in my life have a I seen battle damage that looks like what is created in this game. Not even GPS guided artillery looks like this. One time I had 4 155mm howitzers put 120 shots literally in the same 6 craters in a straight line.

[@Tonci87]

@@user-tx3xy7lw6w It depends... How far away were those howitzers? This game seems to put the Artillery, even the big guns, very close to the battlefield. If the guns are shooting from 2-3 km away, then the dispersion will indeed be very small.

[@lorgius]

I think it's nothing wrong or inappropriate and to be honest I had some relief taking my thoughts for a moment from heartbreaking reality I follow last few days, hourly. In fact, it would be good to speed up uploading next episode, so we can see at least whole battle, in case someone hit the red button next days. That's a joke, because everything else is too serious. Day by day, I'm with all my hearth and toughs with my brave neighbours across the eastern border, that are fighting for they country, home and freedom in the bravest, toughest, respectful and impressive way. "And the brief epitaph in danger's day, When those who win at length divide the prey,⁠ And cry, Remembrance saddening o'er each brow, How had the brave who fell exulted now!" In XIX century, poet from my country (country which was wiped from maps back then for over century), in exile, made much more beautiful translation of this original Byron novel/poem, that was more in spirit of bitter victory of the brave who won. Because most of people wouldn't be able to understand it, I'm quoting original, for all brave Ukrainians who fight for their home against tyranny and delusions of old, evil and delusional individual, surrounded by nodding puppets and people of bad will.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you for your comment. I sadly won´t be able to release another episode before next Saturday, since I still have to edit and upload it. Especially the uploading takes a lot of time.

[@Wolf-Rayet_Arthur]

Regarding the last two minutes of your video: I favour a hiatus of this series if the comments become political. Otherwise continue as though your videos are a distraction from the current world events.

[@Muckylittleme]

Finds exploit, uses exploit. Pretty disappointing for a tactics and gameplay video

[@Tonci87]

What exploit are you referring to?

[@qaz120120]

Nice videos but please leave political propaganda out.

[@Tonci87]

Condemning war is not propaganda

[@qaz120120]

@@Tonci87 I forgot what it was exactly but you were probably supporting the west in ukraine which is highly offensive as thousands are now dying because of it.