What if the German army was full motorized?

[@Anders_Lund]

This gives a new meaning to "trucking to Moscow"

[@henrywilson2136]

I was going to mention that

[@Johann.863]

when was this even said

[@henrywilson2136]

@@Johann.863 I think it was from when ISP did it, before Man the Guns came out.

[@MechWarrior894]

ISP had a shirt with the phrase

[@CM-iz5ny]

​@@henrywilson2136 who?

[@markusz4447]

09:25 imagine being a Norvegian on watch duty when half a million german opel trucks show up on your coast lol

[@velocity7113]

takes “ok i pull up” too seriously.

[@Immortal..]

14:56 "A month in and they've lost 1.2 million men; and I think with that we've also wiped away their numerical advantage" -OKW, July 1941 / Bitt3rSteel, December 2022

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

I would like to point out the axis did infact have the numerical advantage in July 1941

[@tokul76]

April 1941 in his timeline. Attacking during rasputitsa with trucks

[@nnanna0013]

@@tokul76 Goated comment

[@Buzzy_Bland]

@@matthiuskoenig3378I think the joke is that the got the advantage back after that.

[@iokai4118]

Challenge recommendation: Defeat the axis as Soviet Union using only NKVD units

[@mangamingofficial739]

That will be a pain ngl

[@ogerpinata1703]

You are cruel.

[@abdulsamadchanna1243]

as someone who can only watch HOI4 what is the difference between normal and NKVD units?

[@dasdas7752]

@@abdulsamadchanna1243 NKVD units are very weak. They have barely any manpower involved in them

[@thealmightycommanderemu7616]

If I remember correctly, a focus actually allows them to be edited

[@electrogaming6090]

waiting for artillery only as poland Edit: holy shit thx yall for the likes

[@low-resobey1126]

Waiting for 1 speed Tibet it can only end when either axis of allies win

[@DeanDoesMapping]

Artillery only? Reminds me of fascist Britain

[@Never_Lad]

​@@low-resobey1126 satan do be taking notes from you XD

[@confusedmango6557]

I’m waiting to die

[@a_random_W]

@@low-resobey1126 you monster

[@DeanDoesMapping]

Hey Bitter, I think it would be cool to start a series where you could play as relevant countries and make them as strong as they can possibly be. Similar to your Mega Germany video. Nice video as always and have a merry Christmas and happy new year

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Not a bad idea

[@tagus100]

@@Bitt3rSteel I agree the Ultimate Germany, USA, China videos are your best. Perhaps you could do alternate paths like Ultimate Imperial Germany, Communist USA etc. Or Ultimate Spain, Mexico. List is endless.

[@timtams_6]

@@Bitt3rSteel you could also put a spin on it where you tag switch to an enemy country after making the mega country and see if you can survive

[@Konichu35]

Good idea

[@wevenstephen4109]

@@Bitt3rSteel maybe you could update the anarchist spain guide because your old one is kinda outdated now. thx

[@placeusernamehere6150]

How many days it took for each nation to fall: Poland 27 days. Netherlands: 2 days. Belgium: 3 days. France: 6 days Denmark: 1-16 days? Norway: 2 and a half months UK: about 1 Year (from the time bitter declared on the UK) Soviet Union: 8-10 months. If anyone catches a mistake in this please tell me in replies!

[@rubenperez181]

How hitler thought WWII would turn out:

[@placeusernamehere6150]

Facts

[@MyVanir]

@@rubenperez181 If only the idiot focused on trucks over tanks.

[@adenm8963]

@@rubenperez181 maybe if he used motorised lol

[@bytemosery4946]

​@@adenm8963 yeah he should've appointed bitt3r as Chief of the army

[@triver9910]

Me, not having hoi4, deluding myself thinking the game is that easy:

[@Tom-oj7si]

It is if you pay for dlc Paradox after 2016 really is worse than EA

[@Hilter420]

@@Tom-oj7si They were that way before 2016 if you look at CK2 and EU4

[@content1006]

@@Tom-oj7si Paradox Interactive on their way to charge you €20 for a minor update to their game:

[@njmfff]

@@content1006 That's why I wait for some "complete" edition and buy it on sales, because I know Paradox will have like 200 dlcs by the end of games shelf life. I think CK2 or EU4 has like 100+ different DLCs, packs and skin\music update packs and that's no exaggeration.

[@MapleMan1984]

@@content1006 +€15 if you want some shitty models from 1998 that should've been base content.

[@FloridaMan30569]

“I’m fast as fucc, boi.” -Erwin Rommel, 1940

[@Andromeda_Ada]

I used to only use Motorised Infantry instead of normal Infantry when I started. It worked really well, and I'm not suprised that it worked well for you too. Still very entertaining to watch tho

[@admontblanc]

If not for the logistics nightmare, because of all the separate tech and production it needs, motorized rocket arty is probably the most efficient way to blast through a country.

[@raizors1331]

@@admontblanc Feel like rocket trucks are quite viable as Asian nations with abundance of rubber and little steels...

[@republic0_032]

@@admontblanc it'd be really cool if you could convert motorized equipment to motorized rocket artillery. I always have a lot of motorized but producing rocket arty takes too long.

[@alatamore]

The best way to start is to do Rhineland. Use the PP for whichever advisor you want (Borman is the usual choice for more PP), but the gem is the 5 army XP. Create a new division with a single infantry. Convert the army except the 4 you want to send to Spain, to free up guns. Then spam a bunch of these, and deploy ASAP, allowing you to send 4 volunteers. Then change all of them to motorized (your biggest starting unit). Then you can do Anchlus on third focus, and if you did it right then Sudetan after that. Make the Slovak puppet, as it will give you compliance in Bohemia/Moravia. This plus standard economy build up will make your economy super strong.

[@MrOceMcCool]

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@exverge1522]

Love your videos maybe a template guide? For single multi infantry tanks and design?

[@furioussherman7265]

10:24 You could've done Operation Tannenbaum. I wonder how those trucks would've fared in the Swiss Alps.

[@artoriasvoncarstein820]

I think that's how Rommel felt while he was invading France behind their lines and without supply from the rest of the German army.

[@CrusstySculpture]

I showed a friend of mine the power of a motorised army last night. He was blown away at how effective it is to literally run circles around your enemy.

[@subboid]

My current meta is having a line of infantry divisions on the front line pushing slowly, and tons of motorised pushing very aggressively looking for a gap anywhere. Once there’s a gap you can encircle them all over the place and destroy them. Works against anyone really. I make the motorised 40-42W with their own flame tanks and motorised artillery (or rocket infantry if I get that far). I make sure to keep the speed at 12+

[@viclorenzo5016]

Early prediction: Bitt3rSteel wins the challenge. Result: Victory

[@Wingy9]

This man never runs out of ideas keep it up man 👍

[@Bitt3rSteel]

I try

[@Gabeslicor]

I tested this during one of my German Empire games against The Soviets, it was expencive but with all my air there were SO MANY OVERRUNS. I took around 7-15k causualties, it was the most satifying thing ever.

[@synthelione3714]

Y'all havent seen how it's like to invade the us with trucks. The sheer amount of flat ground on the eastern seaboard makes for an amazing playground.

[@quaker2636]

This would be much more of a challenge if you also didn't use artillery or anything that requires more than trucks and infantry equipment. The way you did it, it's basically just supercharged normal infantry.

[@apalsnerg]

These trucky boys penetrated into the Netherlands faster than my mediums usually do. Good Lord. I knew I was clever for keeping some in my tank armies.

[@jackdeering9301]

0:02 BMW/Porcshe owners seething with that one

[@thesaurus9226]

Took you a while to realise you were gonna need a lot of trucks for the truck-only run.

[@hendrikmons4231]

2 videos in less then a week? Bittersteel has a holiday from work?:D

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Gotta get those 2022 numbers up!

[@StockGoat]

When he said "If we are Quick about this, we can definitely win" I thought "Yeah that Is exactly what Adolf said rl"

[@Xeemix]

I had been talking about this recently! Armored Cars are actually really useful for a shocktroop template because they can bring firepower and armor to motorized whilst being able to keep up speed wise. Also! To anyone thinking about doing this never forget to research mechanized! It adds hardness to motorized troops!

[@anachronisticon]

Why armored cars and not light tanks?

[@Xeemix]

@@anachronisticon From my experimentation I could not build up light tanks to be fast enough.

[@Saloman4ik]

@@anachronisticon in NSB dlc all tanks chassis have around 5 km only, when in vanilla game light tank 2 have 12 km\hour. Completely different system

[@shyneguy]

Speed was definitely the ally. You were so fast you were overrunning basically the entire soviet army even thought they outnumbered you in the beginning

[@eliassandoval9601]

That's called blitzkrit my friend

[@theberetdepression8217]

bro took blitzkrieg to a whole nother level

[@DirkusTurkess]

Gotta go Fast! - Sonic the Fuhrer

[@cheezozdemitey]

It’s not a challenge, it’s a strategy

[@pktrainerpk5supersus459]

so in the end of the day italy gained italy in terms of soil and are like today was a good day to be friends with germany

[@Bosnian_artilleryman]

I gotta try this. Maybe I'll even use mechanized.

[@mylifewasalwaysalie]

the fact that if warsaw fell in 4 days, bittersteel is either a mad genius, or its just the ai being shit.

[@norcatch]

The funny thing about Germany before the war was it didn't have that much of an actual mass manufacturing car industry. British, French and of course Americans were far ahead. And that.. had an impact in the long run. Germany used more horses during WW2 than during WW1.

[@lasombra120680]

Mechanized and Motorized Germany is a fun game, tough to manage but effective in combat.

[@andrasbeke3012]

Idk about the CAS. The point of trucks only is to win with trucks. Personally, I'd only allow air superioity fighters and anything from the motorized tree. AC and mech are allowed too, along with any arty and support I want. Might try that challenge later too.

[@IamDrDapper]

GG! Also tank only germany when?

[@bobp3572]

Hi Bitt3r, I do something similar. I make a 10 width modern light tank division. and scatter a few of those into my army. With German perks, I can get the speed up to 20. (5 times faster than the infantry units) Other units punch the holes in the line and these units just race through and take everything behind the lines. The light tank focus is a lot cheaper on my industry too.

[@MastaChief10]

Bittersteel drinking game - drink everytime he mentions dispersed industry, finish building started ships and how much he loves tanks

[@zavie3513]

I tried playing with Germany using mainly tanks, and it was indeed quite enjoyable. Seems like trucks are better now, though, so I am excited :D

[@Omneit]

This is pretty much how i play and i always wondered why people have trouble, now i understand

[@rogueleader2230]

Hey can I recommend old world blues enclave, playing as them is basically one big disaster save

[@TrenersLP]

6:16 "I should have focused more on truck production" in the truck only run YEAH MAYBE

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Live and learn

[@raippakeisari2342]

I like motorized way more than tanks. They're cheaper and faster than tanks but can still pretty much do the same job. The only real advantage tanks have is breakthrough. Motorized + artillery + support AT + CAS will still easily make units that are good enough to break the AI's lines. Then just fill the gaps with regular infantry to hold the line.

[@continuous7939]

Great video keep up the good work

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Thanks, will do!

[@cactisiusninja]

I tried clicking the replies, now I have 7 duplicated replies..

[@bergmann2128]

Sir how did you watch the whole 20 minute vid 6 minutes after upload?

[@Guntank]

Rommel: "Deja vu! I have beaten this stage before!"

[@Birdsharna]

Hi I'm from Norway and your pronounciation of Kristiansand was great! You more or less nailed it

[@TrondelagianPatriotsriseup]

Halla

[@Yodonashi]

Mechanized is even more fun and probably the only real way the armored car challenge will work

[@3idraven714]

Yep, if they made a engine that burned water. They had no fuel.

[@vasilyevdmitry3242]

Why build sintetic fuel factory. When you can take Netherlands instead.

[@tannerreese5790]

Challenge: Special Forces only offense. Other units can be used for defense and to build special forces limit but to take territory only marines, mountaineers, and paratroopers will do.

[@benbaselet2026]

Haven't seen that one. Sounds like it would just be a slow slog microing a long series of small attacks tho.

[@scubandym1941]

New meta. The next DLC will be fun fun on the autobahn with the truck and armored car designer

[@OuchTh4tHurt]

Horse Lord Poland is always fun with the mad Cossack king

[@danielk5780]

Playing autoscooter and defeating the French within a week. This gives a whole new meaning to "Blitzkrieg".

[@stumpf_man8791]

You should try out a speed meta at the UK, they start with an army maneuver genius and with mobile warfare they get +25% speed right off the bat. If you play in Road to 56 it can get even more broken

[@conorbuckley5763]

Only allowed to have a army size of 300,000 men

[@SpazzMaticu3]

ARTILLERY ONLY?

[@wolfygamer9921]

"realm of god of light" country gives me game of throne reference xd

[@legionofrome2967]

Love these videos! Keep being incredible and Merry Christmas in 4ish days!

[@FederationUnabhaengigerSysteme]

Bevore i looked: No Oil

[@MorshuArtsInc]

Germany casually drive-bying huge parts of Eurasia

[@Jeyeyeyey]

for added realism their reliability should've been in the negatives lmao

[@tonylittle9096]

Iv been playing with 20 wide mechanized infantry. It's fun

[@theyeetgamer2769]

I tried this challenge.. It's so satisfying being so fast and encircling so much soviet units!

[@sticksteve13]

I'd like to see an Air Influencer challenge, where you play as any secondary nation for Allies/Axis and influence the war favorably by only sending air power. Like Canada refusing to put boots on the ground in Europe so you can only send any Air you can. Same with an Axis secondary power, maybe Hungary? Its putting a lot of faith in AI ground forces, but it will show the power of controlling the skies.

[@Flems1337]

Now go the real Trucks ONLY by not allowing the manpower skips on your focusses and no airplanes. Maybe a focus on motorized AA can save you? Would love to see you try!

[@TheRatattat]

I'm still waiting for Armoured Car only. There's no (good) Armoured car videos on youtube.

[@claywhite1606]

Did a playthrough where I had 200+ ships. Was a good time.

[@rmsthunder7872]

Challenge: Micro only, you can not use any of the battle plan arrows. Only plain old clicking.

[@JanisFever]

Why not just watch paint dry instead that sounds brutal

[@Marcel051188]

As a challenge, I would suggest Germany motorised but as a democracy or monarchy. Also a good challenge would be Austria-Hungary but start as Czechoslovakia and motorised.

[@MechWarrior894]

Man, you and Isorrow did what I continue to fail at.

[@logankenda5383]

Blitzkreig update looks insane!!

[@denisd9736]

this video reminds me of the video when you played with just heavy tanks

[@GHJHFCTZUIZINC]

That's exactly what I tried to do in the last few games because I am such a Germany main :)

[@rainbowappleslice]

An idea could be doing a cavalry only game.

[@doge8359]

Give a whole new meaning to blitzekrieg

[@alank4558]

Lmaoo that random naval invasion by Italy 16:45

[@JT-4real]

Play Australia, leave the allies and then world conquest starting your own faction. Good luck!

[@RiwenX]

As a Mercedes owner, I love the intro

[@Boohem]

Challenge idea : use only 1 infantry templates "GLEN"

[@samicemkandaz6858]

Hey bitter love your videos. Can you try Turkey with full motorized?

[@xXxAngryBird101xXx]

I’d love to see Super Heavy Tank only!

[@vs17777]

Try guns only as the soviets

[@laurelaure3282]

This is the content I so really need to watch more, hoi4, I miss hoi4 content so much

[@djolemihojlic8946]

This is the ultimate blitzkrieg

[@Bitt3rSteel]

speeeeeeeeeeeeeed~!

[@Musik2Huhn]

Blitzkrieg without Tanks??!!

[@djolemihojlic8946]

@@Musik2Huhn add light tanks

[@Queue3612]

"Italy got a little something for their troubles" They got the oil

[@cherrymarshmallow]

I'm definitely using more trucks in my next play through!

[@alirezabhmanabadi4235]

Light tank division only is also another strong one.

[@Never_Lad]

Waiting for artillery only with Yugoslavia but you release all countrys in Yugoslavia

[@panzerwafflez7228]

Just curious Bittersteel, what difference is there between Motorized Arty vs Rocket motorized arty? I've used ur 9/3 "shock troop" template before but sometimes switch it out with rocket trucks? Is there any tradeoff between the two?

[@Bitt3rSteel]

Mostly that the rocket techs take longer to get their full benefit, and for most of that time...regular arty is just better, untill the final rocket techs

[@walnzell9328]

HoI IV, to me, is like when you can understand a language, but can't speak it. So forgive me if I get anything wrong here. So the idea with basic infantry is that they walk everywhere, right? Except you also have the option to put them on trains to move somewhere faster at the cost of... organization, was it? Frankly, I think they'd be fighting better if they didn't just march, say, across all of Siberia. But that's just me. So then motorized is just infantry, but they get to ride in trucks instead of walking. That's neat. But I seem to recall just about every division in World War II was motorized. Even the 101st Airborne when they weren't dropping. There's a few exceptions. Marines on the small islands of the Pacific ended up having to walk a lot. But they still got truck transports eventually. Like when a battle was over and supplies could come in. But then, would that just be strategic redeploy? I mean, wouldn't motorized divisions then all technically be strategically redeploying? It's not like they're driving their trucks into the enemy during combat. They get out first. Yet that doesn't affect their organization. Cavalry is just motorized except their transports have flesh and guts and not motors. At this point in history, cavalry used horses for transport, and that was it. But they don't get organization debuffs either. Mechanized makes sense. The transportation has weapons. The Big Red One even went into north Africa with these trucks that had cannons on the front. The infantry inside gets out, but the vehicle can still operate in combat. They can even act as cover for the infantry. So no confusion there. So... I just don't see why motorized divisions even exist.

[@MemeMan69]

2 Combat Width Infantry only. Like spamming out 1000 Divisions as glass cannons

[@khazinthedark6180]

For the cars you could make them in the tank designer so you can get wheeled spgs and spaag.

[@iseeyou5061]

I'm traumitized on sending volunteer army because i always got encircled and wiped out

[@Augustus_Imperator]

Before I watch 1 singIe second of this video, yes it can, definiteIy, they're cheap, fast, and wiII steam roII anything and everything in their path with sheer numbers after watching, yeah, that's definiteIy W meta 🤣

[@roboparks]

I've have sorta done this before With Japan against the USSR and China all my Asian army was Trucks and Light tanks and Trucked to Moscow from the Pacific . But that was before the Supply Plane Nerf

[@Augustus_Imperator]

@@roboparks I do it with germany usually, sometimes I try and convert it to mech, but that a LOT more production, it needs much more time and industry

[@qwontitygoddamn9379]

We need super heavy tank only tannu tuva

[@freduardo2000]

This worked really well , I thought I never build any other than motorized. Germany against Russia ( without invading England ) no problem. But after that last patch I tried it again but now it didn't work . Did something change or is Russia much more better now?

[@gopherasoda2492]

6:00 Huh, thats funny... since historically Germany only had some 48 division when they invaded Poland