How to use On-Map Artillery in Graviteam Tactics Mius front & Tank Warfare Tunisia - Tutorial 2022

Learn how to use your Artillery on the battlefields of Graviteam Tactics Mius front and Tank Warfare Tunisia.
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Link to the Steam Store Page for Mius Front:
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Link to the Steam Store Page for Tank Warfare Tunisia:
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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."

[@jeremyharris9648]

You really are great with your tutorials. Never knew that about the smoke rounds. Keep up the great work!

[@gawain6815]

Love your tutorials! Your explanations are so easy to follow. Just what I needed. Keep them coming please.

[@johnstephenson617]

Great tutorial video. Keep them coming. I absolutely love this game and am still learning. I can't stop playing it.

[@jebnagel]

Fantastic job, Tonci87! Have enjoyed your Mius Front and Steel Fury videos immensely. Can't wait for the next lesson, Professor...

[@crusaderrex4435]

This is fantastic. Just picked up the game and this has helped immensely. I hope you continue doing tutorials - this is very well organized and informative

[@Tonci87]

I´ll keep doing them. But first I`ll play another campaign or two. They are worth a watch as well, because I explain stuff as I go.

[@MrGibbonici]

Great tutorial! I'm new to the game and still learning a lot, but this really helped me get the most out of my artillery in my last battle, even though the battlefield really wasn't good for it.

[@Tonci87]

I´m happy that I could help :)

[@Tom_Quixote]

Nice tutorial. I liked that it was calm and to the point, instead of trying to make jokes etc. Actually I thought I wouldn't learn anything new, and then you showed it's possible to drag the direct fire marker to make a line. Played for something like 200 hours and never realised that before. Thanks!

[@null_subject]

Awesome video! As always, you never disappoint.

[@joekrebs964]

Another fantastic educational video! Thanks again!!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@scottgarvey5779]

Great tutorial mate, very thorough as always :)

[@SimulatedWarfare]

Finally someone making a compehensive video about this. Bonus for RO2 soundtrack. I like you

[@MrDrunkblackstar]

Great tutorials! Love Graviteam (and Cold Waters as well). Waiting for more tutorials to come, you are really good at it.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you :)

[@mr_jiblets7731]

Incredibly helpful, thank you!

[@stephenwilson1115]

Excellent tutorial. I have been playing a long time, but I didn't know about the left-click shift fire option!

[@Tonci87]

I too find new things in these games all the time. It is incredible how detailed they are.

[@earache9240]

Great video. You are such an asset to the game, both here and the Steam forum.

[@NeoIvan17]

Thank you for your excellent tutorial on artillery. I'm brand new to this game and your videos have gotten me into giving it a try. I hope you'll consider making more tutorials in the future with this game as it is not beginner friendly and the UI could use more work to make it more intuitive. But at least now, I know what to do with command units and their telephone wires.

[@pdolny]

Great tutorial . Waitnig for more :)

[@Tonci87]

First we will play another campaign or two, and I´ll continue to explain things as they happen. Dedicated tutorials will follow :)

[@Heinz0Fiction]

Gutes Tutorial! Nice Tutorial. The other ones one KZbin might be helpful, too, but are outdated slightly. I recently got into Graviteam Tactics and enjoy it very much. Its a unique approach to the genre. I wish there would be more games like this. The only real competitor that comes to my mind is combat mission (you surely know it), which i played a lot, but its so heavy on micromanagement that it becomes exhausting and the performance is atrocious. However, keep up the good work

[@BigBulacha]

Thank you for the great vid!

[@chaospunks49]

Excellent tutorial

[@plau011]

Great tutorial! A good place to practice using this is the Defense tutorial in Tunisia Tank Warfare. You will get your a** kicked if you don't use your guns and spotters correctly.(Which happened to me a few times). You have it a bit easier as your guys have radios, so no one has to run cable around!

[@phfr8808]

Thank you again, now i know jow to do it. At last !

[@j.schauer3174]

Great Tutorial! We need more!!! It is hard to get into Graviteam Tactics for new players.

[@Tonci87]

Unfortunately that is true. It's just so different compared to other games

[@Dusty7460]

Great tutorial Tonci !!! Happy New Year Eve brother I wish to you and your family all the best and have amaizing memories !!!

[@Tonci87]

Thank you very much, I wish you and yours a happy new year as well :)

[@pipsqueaks_home]

Good tutorial. Thank you.

[@martinwiinholt3192]

Good work!

[@Tonci87]

Thanks

[@alexgever557]

Просто класс! Спасибо, не как не мог понять, только вы помогли

[@Tonci87]

не за что

[@Rasmorak]

I don't know how current this is, but this definitely helped me make more sense of on-map artillery, and use it more effectively. Will we be getting more tutorials soon? I always get overwhelmed in the deployment phase.

[@Tonci87]

I´ll return to Mius front once I´m finished with the Arma 3 campaigns, then I might make more tutorials :)

[@PSYCHOpaty4]

What will happen if artillery commander dies in the fight? Will he be replaced by one of his companions? Also, it's a very nice tutorial. The best on KZbin so far

[@Dusty7460]

if Commander dies. no more in game arty !!

[@Tonci87]

Unfortunatelly not, if this highly trained person dies, you loose their abilities. These are very high value units, try to keep them out of trouble :)

[@andrewkassian3651]

Excellent tutorial. Im finally starting to play/understand this game thanks to your videos. How did you create the green square to zoom camera in?

[@Tonci87]

Press TAB. You can change the level of zoom with your mousewheel while you hold TAB

[@kenc9236]

Awesome channel.+ sub.

[@Tonci87]

Thank you, and welcome :)

[@luftmobiel]

This is great! i see this is 2 years ago but are you planning on doing some more tutorials of graviteam?

[@Tonci87]

I might. AS soon as I have finished the Arma 3 campaigns we are taking on a new Graviteam Tactics campaign

[@mrsegundas3988]

@@Tonci87 That is excellent news. This tutorial was superb.

[@smellbow]

Thanks for this, just got the game and im overwhelmed lol. The UI, although im sure its gets easier, is not easy to make sense of at times!

[@Tonci87]

Don´t worry, it will get easier!

[@warci]

fantastic tutorial, didn't know the chain of command also worked for arty spotting! One question though: I seem to remember reading there was a max distance for telephone wires. Is that correct?

[@Tonci87]

Yes, I think it is 1km as the bird flies. I could be wrong about the exact distance

[@hocestbellumchannel]

At last an easy to understand tutorial. Is there any chance you'll make more tutorials on Graviteam campaigns for eg? They are very confusing and information is limited

[@Tonci87]

Yes there is always a chance. Graviteam Tactics is a favorite game of mine and will return to the channel.

[@DerMad_82]

I want to understand this nice game, ty very much!

[@Tonci87]

You are welcome :)

[@jameslanz2117]

Great tutorial thank you. Just a tip. It is my opinion that tutorials should not have any music. We are desperately trying to hear the information in your voice and sometimes we struggle with accents so any music in the background can be a little frustrating. Keep up the great work and thank you very much.

[@jameslanz2117]

OK after watching more of the tutorial I see the music stops. Wonderful keep up the great work.

[@pdolny]

Could you give some tutorial how to resuply the units wit the ammo and how to use repair teams?

[@Tonci87]

Noted for a future Tutorial :)

[@fancynaeser9154]

Your Tutorial was awesome! Good Work! I just bought Graviteam Tactics on sale. But i couldnt find any good tutorials for beginners. Do you know some good beginner friendly tutorials?

[@Tonci87]

Watch my Croatian Legion Campaign. I explain quite a lot during that.

[@fancynaeser9154]

@@Tonci87 ok thanks i will do that

[@clivedean2845]

I was unsure toward the end, did you give the regimental commander an acquire target order or does he just spot the target and order the fire in purely on his own initiative? Never knew about that use of higher commanders. Brilliant, thanks!

[@Tonci87]

He spotted it and relayed the information to the guns

[@yumpinyiminy963]

I appreciate the time you took doing the training videos. I am just starting out and doing the training missions. I could really use some advice on 2 issues. I struggle with moving the camera/view around. Several of you guys make it look so easy. I find much of it counter intuitive vs software that I am used to using. Maybe if my MMB worked for camera rotation instead of just the "C" key, it wouldn't be as bad. Can you tell me what combination of mouse and keys work for you? 2nd, I haven't loaded any MODS yet. Is installing them self explanatory? If not. how? Any issues I should be aware of using them? Thanks 😊🤷‍♂

[@Tonci87]

Wait, you should be able to rotate the camera with the mouse...

[@yumpinyiminy963]

For some reason my old Logitech mouse with middle scroll wheel and button. The Graviteam software didn't see when I pressed the wheel in. Just got a new Logi MX Anywhere 2S. It has programmable buttons. You can set them globally or per application. Now the user needs finger memory training. ☺@@Tonci87

[@jameslanz2117]

Would love a bunch of tutorials

[@Tonci87]

I didn´t get around to making more yet, but during my Campaign playthroughs I try to explain as much as possible

[@tarnlicht3657]

Good video explains a lot, question, does it works the same for mortar?

[@Tonci87]

Sure

[@sl4v666]

Great tutorial. I would personally mention that for establishing cable connection you need to have activated maneuver control on telephone unit. And there is one more use for smoke shells that just covering your movement and that is setting things afire. I use it on tanks, buildings, forests, infantry in general... Its just super effective. ( Sorry for bad english, im not native speaker )

[@Tonci87]

Your english is quite good. And yes, those are nice additions that I could have mentioned :)

[@ronanmcdonald6386]

@@Tonci87 Is this AI maneuver control?

[@Tonci87]

@@ronanmcdonald6386 AI maneuver control is the symbol with the arrow curving inside of a head.

[@Zahar00]

👌

[@themigmadmarine]

Regarding the trick of moving the battery commander up then back to the original position, if a new wire link is established to the commander's new position, and you move the commander back to their old position will the new link remove the telephone from the old position?

[@Tonci87]

Very good question, I did not test that. Although I imagine it would still work, since the wire has not been removed.

[@denisturgeon1941]

Question : on the main menu - options - game settings - Difficulty : use of artillery : there is 3 possibilities among the choice ('normal', 'maximum' and 'only pre planned' ). What do we have to take and can you explain the difference between these choices ?? Thanks !! You're video are awesome!!

[@Tonci87]

The Option controls how much Artillery will be available during the battles for use by the player and AI. Pre planned means that you won´t be able to call in more Artillery after the battle starts. I advise to use maximum.

[@Tom_Quixote]

@@Tonci87 I personally prefer "normal", since I find the artillery takes over the battle if on maximum.

[@Tonci87]

@@Tom_Quixote I think I get what you mean. In my current campaign I have won some battles by smothering the enemy in Artillery shells

[@yumpinyiminy963]

Sorry - I'm a newbie so I have many questions. I try to find it out on my own but somethings are not in the manual. When in the Operation mode and you select a BG, you can then goto the Unit List. What effect does the strategy selection make. Ex. None, anti-personal, mobile, supply, etc... Which should you select and for what effect? Thanks.

[@Tonci87]

That is the reinforcement strategy for that unit. They will receive additional units according to the selection from the Regimental reserve. If you select mobility they might for example receive a few trucks. Anti personal will usually add MGs or Mortars, etc.

[@Tom_Quixote]

Can you tell us anything about what determines call-in times for off-map artillery? I noticed that the farther from the spotter, the longer call time, even though the weather is clear and there's perfect LOS. But there are other factors at work too. Sometimes I get crazy high call times, more than 12 minutes for a 10cm battery. Other times, I can call in 15cm in 5-6 minutes.

[@Tonci87]

I´m not 100% sure either, but it seems to depend on a combination of the type of gun (big guns need longer) and on how well the spotter can see the area.

[@paulshrimplin4032]

Hello, l am new to this, how do you get the green square that gives you the zoom ? looking forwards to more tutorials

[@Tonci87]

Press TAB. You can change the level of zoom with your mousewheel while you hold TAB

[@LUCAS27_OFICIAL]

which game of the graviteam series do you think is better, mius front or tank warfare tunisia? I was in doubt because tunisia has a relatively larger map (from what I read in the game description)

[@Tonci87]

They are both running on the same engine and have basically the same features. Tank warfare Tunisia focuses on the North African Theater, while Mius front mostly covers the eastern front up to 1943 (a few DLCs cover some more modern conflicts). It is up to you to decide which theater you prefer, I will say this though: Mius front continues to receive new DLCs with amazing campaigns, while Tank warfare doesn´t. Mius front has a very nice selection of DLCs available, so that you will definitely find a Campaign that suits your preferences, be that a small skirmish, or a massive grinding battle on a huge map. Tank warfare and its DLCs can be bought for very little money on a sale, it´s more than worth it.

[@LUCAS27_OFICIAL]

@@Tonci87 thanks

[@jameslanz2117]

It is time for another tutorial please. How about the maneuver and ai control buttons?

[@Tonci87]

I´ll return to Graviteam Tactics after I have finished my current Arma 3 Campaign series, Then I´ll do more Tutorials as well :)

[@sirhurl]

I hope we get a tutorial about HQ and Support Units and how exactly resupply works on the campaign map. Just do we need a repair unit close to our damaged units? Or must we put a damaged tank into reserve for repair? I know the Force List and all the stuff about moving Units into squad to replace other units or giving them support units. But Resupply ist still a big question mark for me. And: Can i do anything with repair truck on the battle map? As far as i know only the crew of tanks can try to repair minor damage. :-)

[@Tonci87]

There will be such a tutorials at some point. You only need to have the repair unit close to the damaged unit. The damaged tank will be transferred to the repair unit and they will take care of it. You can use repair trucks on the battlefield to move soldiers or guns. They can´t perform repairs during the battle.

[@sirhurl]

@@Tonci87 Aha.. thx for the quick answer. :-)

[@markcorrigan3930]

Good job. Could you do one for Steel Armor blaze of war?

[@Tonci87]

That might come at some point, although I expect it to be a few months.

[@markcorrigan3930]

@@Tonci87 Still no Steel Armor Blaze of War video

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, I didn´t get to it yet. The Arma 3 and Silent hunter campaigns are taking up all my time@@markcorrigan3930

[@Tom_Quixote]

One small thing missing from this tutorial is how to use the German spotters that come with a halftrack. It's difficult sneaking a halftrack into position without getting spotted, and if you dismount it, the dismounts are not able to call in artillery. Only the actual vehicle can do that. So I'm a bit unsure how to use it really.

[@Tonci87]

Oh thats a good point, I didn't test that. Are the dismounts really unable to call in the artillery? I was under the impression that the halftrack is just their transport. I will have to take a good look at that when I play a campaign with such a spotter.

[@Tom_Quixote]

@@Tonci87 Yes, in my experience only the actual vehicle can call in artillery. It depends on the LOS of the halftrack. I was hoping maybe I was doing something wrong and you could help me find out what.. but I think it's just made that way. Maybe a kind of bug?

[@Tonci87]

@@Tom_Quixote Maybe. I´ll check it as soon as I come across it

[@arkadiy9321]

That’s a pretty’s cool observation! That particular part of the artillery mechanics didn’t get any TLC yet - we no longer have fireballs, but we still have telepathic connection between FO’s and batteries. If anything, this mounted FO works “more realistic” than other FO’s, since the half-truck has a radio :) but I don’t think this was done on purpose (checking LoS from the vehicle as opposed to the FO squad).

[@earshoes3282]

C'mon man! Please make more tutorials... PLEASE!!!

[@user-ui6bs7ff4h]

I play around 10 years in this wonderful realistic wargame

[@Tonci87]

And I bet you still find new and interesting things :)

[@user-ui6bs7ff4h]

@@Tonci87 After last update i found that offmap artillery begin to work unclear to me. Will you make review about those changes?

[@Tonci87]

@@user-ui6bs7ff4h Absolutely, but not right now. The Devs are still changing stuff. If you switch to the Beta branch, you will discover that they added new Artillery markers and the possibility to fire a moving barrage. I have to wait until they finalize these changes before I make a tutorial about them.

[@CaRpeDieam96]

Can orders come across from an infantry unit? so can a unit like an infantry unit and mortar company be linked by an officer and use the infantry los to call in arty?

[@Tonci87]

No, that doesn´t work. I guess the regular Infantry does not have the knowledge to act as fire observer.

[@Tom_Quixote]

@@Tonci87 An infantry platoon commander can do it though. But it's difficult to do in practice, as you have to run a wirelink to where the platoon has moved, and the link gets broken very fast once shells start to land.

[@crazy-mt5np]

@@Tonci87 There's a guy who got an example of getting automatic observed fire from some rifle squad all the way up and down the chain into the company mortar battery. It's only really doable on defense where you can have the platoon lt set-up in a static, decently covered position within voice range of his squads. drive.google.com/file/d/13GdHd1CEvLcyfmWHx_Z2dtjeW7fPDI3o/view is the screenshot of it in action.

[@K_R87]

You’ve learned the secret German accent intro like the slingshot guy. Everyone knows when a German guys says “hello there” everyone is like a deer is se headlights.

[@Tonci87]

The slingshot guy is amazing

[@K_R87]

@@Tonci87 hey man all jokes aside this tutorial was very helpful thank you so much!

[@Tonci87]

@@K_R87 Thank you, I´m happy you enjoyed it :)

[@karlhungus545]

So 'Fire Control' and 'Fire at Will' only needs to be enabled for the actual guns, not for any of the commanders. correct? Also, the 'higher-ranking officer' then really just acts like an additional spotter, there's no other benefit to them?

[@Tonci87]

Well there are a few other benefits to the commanders. Better morale in their vicinity, faster replenishment of command points

[@karlhungus545]

@@Tonci87 Does that increase though with higher rank, or do they all have the same effect.

[@Tonci87]

@@karlhungus545 That's a good question. I don't know

[@fredschiller2146]

Now that Graviteam has changed the format of artillery are you going to dl an up dated tutorial? Thank yu in advanbce

[@Tonci87]

They only changed the Off Map Artillery for now. Everything shown in this video, still works.

[@nova_the_maid]

How does your UI look like that? Most of the buttons you have on the bottom are on the left part for me...

[@Tonci87]

Not sure how to answer this one. I did not change any of the games default settings when it comes to the UI

[@arkadiy9321]

Are you by any chance playing an older version of the game? There was a UI update which moved some buttons from the left-hand pane to the bottom. Another possibility is loading an older save (a tactical battle save) - these usually aren’t backward-compatible, so you get weird effects.

[@user-oz5wt5jk9y]

Is there any way to resupply ammo during the mission?

[@Tonci87]

No, ammunition is resupplied on the campaign map.

[@ltheisen3327]

I cant find the telephone squad in skirmish mode

[@Tonci87]

It might depend on your force selection

[@soap_off]

What mean the colour of the hierarchy arrow ? How fast are orders received ?

[@Tonci87]

Great Question, I have no idea.

[@soap_off]

@@Tonci87 for me it looks like communication quality like red are bad or non existant and green are good

[@Tonci87]

@@soap_off That is certainly possible. Maybe this has an effect on the amount of command points you need to invest into an order

[@soap_off]

@@Tonci87 maybe, i should take a look on steam forums

[@vimana6226]

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front how to change officer ?

[@Tonci87]

Please explain what you mean

This video perfectly shows both how good and realistic this game is and how stupid and unintuitive the UI is: Switching from HE to smoke rounds through "Act with caution" button doesn't make any sense. 1) Firing smoke shells doesn't mean that the artillery unit is acting with caution, so it's misleading. 2) It's completely different from what this button does with other units, so it's inconsistent. 3) The button tooltip doesn't say anything at all about smoke rounds, so you can't figure out this function even when you carefully read all the tooltips. 4) It's inconsistent (again), because when using off-map artillery, you switch the ammo type with normal buttons for HE, incendiary and smoke rounds.

[@Tonci87]

I agree. I think this was a little better in Operation Star. I seem to remember that OS had a dedicated button for smoke. I´m not sure why they did it like this.

[@Tom_Quixote]

There are many many such inconsistancies in the game unfortunately. For example, the same icons are often used for different things. On the campaign map, the icon of some troops with radio means "combat engineers", but on the actual battlefield, suddenly this same icon means "artillery spotter".

[@forgiven88]

and reason to scout with firing platoon over the commander?

[@Tonci87]

I´m not sure I get the meaning of your message. Could you please tell me to wich part of the video you are refering?

[@forgiven88]

@@Tonci87 say at 18:35. there is the commander of the platoon used to scout. but also a "firing platoon" three man squad who can also scout. whats the difference? thank you for the great tutorials and reply

[@Tonci87]

@@forgiven88 You have to consider how information (fire orders) is transmitted through the chain of command. The platoon commander (who is assumed to be a trained fire observer) will see the target, and order his subordinates to engage it. Those in turn will give the information to the guns and order them to engage. If you send out one of the subordinates to scout, he won´t be able to give fire orders to his commanding officer.

[@forgiven88]

@@Tonci87 got it ! Thank you