The Tank Battle - Chouigui Pass Campaign Turn 1&2 - Tank Warfare Tunisia 1943

Welcome to the Chouigui Pass Campaign in Tank Warfare Tunisia.
Witness the first clash of American and German Tanks in WW2.
Report on the battle written by Freeland A. Daubin, Titled "The battle of ""Happy Valley"
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Link to the Steam Store Page for Tank Warfare Tunisia:
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Link to the Steam Store Page for Mius Front:
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What the developer has to say about the game:
Tank Warfare: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Continuation of Graviteam Tactics series on the Western Front.
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.
Large-scale operations for the US Army and Wehrmacht with realistic organizational structure. The campaign features more than 50 detailed vehicles produced in Germany, USA and UK. Over 400 sq. km of realistic landscapes were reconstructed from topographical maps and photo and video materials.
- Enhanced UI: functional interface of various panels, radial orders menu and other enhancements.
- Interface appearance and customization: three variants of appearance are included, customizable unit markers (Wehrmacht, NATO, Red Army).
- 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, as well as telemetry 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.
Also, you can view detailed info on each unit in the interactive encyclopedia, and an interactive tutorial will explain most aspects of the game.

[@Tonci87]

By the way, I know that the Self propelled guns were shooting smoke because I had left them on ""Act with caution" :)

[@Dusty7460]

well the smoke screen helped allot. :) +1 tactics discovered

[@Tonci87]

@@Dusty7460 I was surprised by that. I guess, as the enemy tanks came through the smoke screen one by one, my own tanks could always engage then with a much superior number of guns. I´ll certainly have to keep that trick in mind.

[@Dusty7460]

@@Tonci87 to be honest is a very claustrophobic enviroment .I magine being a gunner/commander/driver in a PZ IV and all you can see in front of you is smoke and then you receive lots of shots. Soon panic will start . Great tactic my friend found ny mistake nonetheless

[@TedPolak]

I got Tank Warfare: Tunisia1943 yesterday on Steam at a 90% discount. Whole bundle with other scenarios and maps. I thought that not only price was so (!) right but Tank Warfare seems a good place to start and have an introduction to the Graviteam battlefield system. And so I am going to start this education here on this channel. Thank you for your great videos Tonci87.

[@Tonci87]

Have fun! :)

[@nubtube7313]

I am just getting into GraviTeam and their products, and have to say that I am really impressed with the attention to detail on all levels. The UI has a learning curve that I am still working through, but loving every minute of it. Also, love your videos and the game play/historical elements you provide. Please do more with this title. Hope the Dev continues to flesh out North Africa, adds Europe, and I will definitely be adding Mius Front + DLC's to my library!

[@NeightWolf49]

Great vid Tonci! New subscriber here. Love the historical backing at the beginning, then playing through the battle. Great job

[@Tonci87]

Thank you :)

[@NeightWolf49]

@@Tonci87 of course! Great job

[@uncletimo6059]

Just bought it, $7 for game and ALL DLC was a bit too much of a deal to pass. Tried this; my Stuarts proceeded to dig themselves into the soft ground very, very, very, VERY often :=)

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, thats the narrow tracks doing their thing. It was a weakness of the Stuart in real life as well.

[@themigmadmarine]

Man, this seems to have worked out waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than it had any right to.

[@Tonci87]

You are not wrong

[@mcsmash4905]

well i mean you do get vast amounts of stuarts , however that doesnt always work out like it did in this vid (personal experience)

[@Tonci87]

@@mcsmash4905 I agree, this could have gone very bad just as easily

[@mcsmash4905]

@@Tonci87 yeah last time i played as the americans i figured i would fight the panzers in the orchard with my sheer mass of tanks but i lost that engagement with only like 2 or 3 panzers knocked out , and this was like shooting at 100m or less

[@Tonci87]

@@mcsmash4905 I think that would have been my outcome as well, if the smoke didn´t break up the germans unit cohesion and sightlinies

[@warci]

really engaging commentary and exciting gameplay, thanks!

[@justintime8422]

Oh yeah i was waiting for this

[@thestoicsteve]

A great video that shows the detail that this game has, and how it can lead to a fascinating battle. I have this game but due to its complexity I have moved on. I will re-try some games with it now.

[@Tonci87]

The advice that I can give to new players is: Don´t give up. Yes, the learning curve is brutal, but once you have the basics down, you can really start to enjoy the game and the peerless experiences it gives you. :) I hope that my videos are able to show new players how this game can be played.

[@wirrwarr8834]

Fortunately, I first bought Tank Warfare Tunisia on sale. This is relatively easy compared to Mius Front that kicked me out. I couldn't get on with the infantry. It was so very different from other games and you need a few (rather more) hours to settle in. Meanwhile I wonder if I can ever get back to the old games with _the easy game mechanics_ without this depth. But once you get it, it's the same as always. It is fun. And for some reason, it's really fun for me here. Tonci87's videos provide wonderful ideas that I would never have come across with the way I played. Er habe vielen Dank dafür und durchalten!

[@Tonci87]

@@wirrwarr8834 Dankeschön :)

[@RawPower7]

This reminds me i need a break from the eastern front! Tnx for video.

[@PVT_Barry]

Will do! Thanks.

[@waelellouze]

Great dude, i hope you recover soon

[@Edelwolf783]

what a great battle! was more carnage than a battle.

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, it didn´t go according to plan, but it still worked :)

[@scottgarvey5779]

Wow, good game there's a lot going on here don't know how you managed to stay on top of things. Nice ambush, you had the German forces on the run and destroyed their armour in one foul swoop good job mate

[@Tonci87]

I´m really lucky that they decided to close the range without securing the hill first.

[@mcsmash4905]

the role of recon units feels greater on the strategic map since they basicaly show you where the enemy is (just a question mark rather than what the actual unit is) but thats just me

[@Tonci87]

Yes, I think it would be nice if recon provided even more information beyond just the questionmark.

[@mcsmash4905]

@@Tonci87 im playing sabow right now , the scouts can show you where the unit went on the operational map (a simple arrow) and if they stay in contact with the enemy you can see what kind of unit it is , but then again every unit can do that (never understood how to use scouts properly on operational map) , and in the battles ˝normal˝ infantry can also do the scouting , but then again maybe i just lack imagination

[@Tonci87]

@@mcsmash4905 I think it was different back in Operation Star. You could obtain much more information about an enemy unit, even their approximate numbers. Especially if you managed to capture some of them.

[@PVT_Barry]

Your videos are great! I just got the game, played a turn on Chouigui Pass. I won a battle (looking at the after battle stats), minor losses and some captures, but I can't figure out what to do to replenish the men in the platoons, repair, or otherwise make any preparations in the next "operational phase", or is that the next "turn". I wonder if you could do a video on how this progression within a campaign works? Thanks for your great vids!

[@Tonci87]

Have a look at the Raging Bridgehead and especially Typhoon Rising Campaigns on my channel. Those are long campaigns that make it necessary to care about resupply and reorganization. Chouigui Pass is too short to really get into that stuff ;)

[@THATWW2GUY6434]

So excited!!!

[@martindejonge695]

I think this a good campaign if you are getting into Graviteam in my opinion. Especially playing as the Germans

[@Tonci87]

I can imagine that it is quite easy if you play as the germans and hold your distance. The Stuarts can´t compete at long range

[@onealpha710]

I just found out that Tunisia 1943 although It uses the same engine as Mius Front, TW Tunisia 1943 Is published by Strategy First, and Mius Front is published by Graviteam.

[@Tonci87]

TW Tunisia is essentialy just a stand alone Expansion of Mius Front. They have the same Features and are maintained by the devs in parallel

[@onealpha710]

@@Tonci87 Yes but If you notice, TW Tunisia Is the latest In the series, but Mius Front gets most of the DLC´s like the latest Operation Victory. It´s with the DLC´s that they are different, not the engine It´s self or updates on such engine. In other words, Mius Front gets more love when It comes to DLC´s. which Is a bummer If you don´t own Mius Front.

[@Tonci87]

@@onealpha710 Yes, that is why I say that Mius front is basically the main game, and TW Tunisia is a Stand alone expansion of it. Like a DLC bundle :D

[@airshark2764]

nice smoke screen !

[@Tonci87]

Saved my ass in this campaign

[@stumpusMaximus]

I’ve just bought a pile of their games in the steam lunar sale (year of the tiger)

[@Tonci87]

Have fun!

[@stumpusMaximus]

@@Tonci87 I have mate and I can’t believe that it’s you that I was talking to on steam a few weeks ago regarding MIUS. Which I have bought along with about 6 DLC. Small world!

[@Tonci87]

@@stumpusMaximus Awesome :D

[@adammrad167]

Greetings From Tunisia

[@Tonci87]

Greetings to you :)

[@adammrad167]

@@Tonci87 THX

[@XerxesLangrana]

Your voice has such a calming effect and you explain everything so well. Had a question- Does this game require a very high end computer to run the graphics? I'm toying with the idea of getting it, but I have a i3 with 16GB RAM and 2GB graphics RAM. Is that enough? Thanks.

[@Tonci87]

You should be just above the minimum specs. But the CPU is a bit worrying (this game is CPU heavy). The game offers a lot of options to reduce the number of units that will participate in a battle, which will reduce the load on the CPU. The best advice I can give you is to try it and refund if it doesn´t work, or keep it for when you have a better PC one day :)

[@XerxesLangrana]

@Tonci87 I couldn't resist buying the game. It works quite well on my pc. No lagging. Your videos inspired me to buy it. Thank you so much!

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

Hell yeah

[@liketohike1589]

Ich bin mal gespannt ob ich da jemals durchsteigen werde. Das Spiel ist in seinen Funktionen so verschachtelt. Und ich hatte anfangs sogar mit Steel Division 2 meine liebe Not. Dieses Game wird Monate dauern bis ich alles kapiert habe. Das Problem ohne es zu verstehen kann man es kaum spielen. Ich kapier nicht wieso die Entwickler den Spielern keine detailierteren und aufeinander aufbauende Tutorials mitgeliefert haben. Das einzige was mir erst mal bleibt ist mich in Quickbattles zu probieren. Kampagne .... vergiss es. Aber ich denke schon das es sehr interessant ist.

[@Tonci87]

Ich würde empfehlen mit kleineren Kampangen zu starten und sich so in der Komplexität vorzutasten. Du hast Recht, dass es sehr komplex ist und die Tutorials nicht auf alle Aspekte des Spiels eingehen.

[@wojszach4443]

Yea stuarts were bane of centauro division in theatre of war africa

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

You should recover your sense of smell within 4-6 months :^)

[@Tonci87]

Well, I hope.

[@BunialskiTrip]

@@Tonci87 No. I recovered smell after two or three weeks.

[@Tonci87]

@@BunialskiTrip Well, that would be nice.

[@andreidragovic3974]

I played this campaign myself the other day...as the Germans :)

[@Tonci87]

How was it? I can imagine it being very easy if the american tanks come at you, and you fight them at range.

[@andreidragovic3974]

@@Tonci87 Exactly :)

[@sbura_]

good vid btw the ai was dumb in my opinion, it came in all at once and bunched up in the middle of a tree filed where they had low visibility, then camo under fire and stayed still, no recon before hand, no maneuver

[@Tonci87]

Basically how it happened in real life :D

[@sbura_]

@@Tonci87 really? Why did they do it that way? Seems straightforward to not do it that way

[@Tonci87]

@@sbura_ Well, it was not exactly that way, but the Germans did come without recon and maneuver. Basically there was a lot of confusion in those days and I don´t think the German commander knew what he was heading into. A German armored column came down the road north to south to reinforce retreating axis forces at Medjez-el-Bab. The German tanks started to put some fire into the compound where the US force had their HQ. The US self propelled guns deployed and fired at the approaching German tanks to buy time for the Stuarts to ready and advance into the valley. The German tanks charged down the american Stuarts which were basically helpless against the frontal armor of the Panzer IV and A company lost a bunch of tanks. The Germans failed to spot B company that was sitting behind a low hill to the east. Those tanks now advanced on the Germans and started to shoot the Panzers into their flank and rear. After loosing a few tanks the Germans retreated north. I have linked a report written by one of the participating officers in the video description. It is a good read.

[@johnwicks4936]

Too bad they chose not to expand this game.

[@Tonci87]

Yeah, as I understand it, this game was developed in cooperation with a small publisher. So basically contract work. At least they keep it updated to the current level of the game engine.

[@wiredvibe1678]

Gun? Awful. Mobility? Not good. Armor? Non existent... I'll order 1000 please 🙏

[@brettskinner7402]

I'm glad I watched these videos, none of them are showing a view from inside the tank and optics so I'm assuming it's only a strategy game - kinda lost my interest.

[@Tonci87]

Well you have to differentiate. The Graviteam Tactics games (including Tank Warfare Tunisia) are strategy games with a heavy focus on battlefield simulation. They are quite awesome to watch, I assure you. Do check out the new Campaign that I will start on Sunday. Then there is Steel fury, which is a tank combat simulator, and also featured on my channel. The Graviteam Tactics games and Steel Fury have been developed by the same studio (Graviteam) and share a lot of similarities (they are very different games though).