HOI4 Which tanks do you use? (Hearts of Iron 4 Man the Guns Guide)

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  • Todays hoi4 man the guns guide is going over what task each tank does in hoi4. weather your usa, germany, or soviets in this hearts of iron 4 tutorial i cover how all tanks have the same type of mission and task in this game. they all have tons of different abilities in the game and all you need to know is how and what to pick
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  • @stahlhelm5755
    @stahlhelm5755 Pƙed 4 lety +857

    Tanks? I use cavalry

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +206

      And the winged hussars arrive!

    • @stahlhelm5755
      @stahlhelm5755 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      @Ethan Hunter Band of Brothers i see

    • @stahlhelm5755
      @stahlhelm5755 Pƙed 4 lety +19

      Say hello to ford! and general motors!

    • @urmomgiey1013
      @urmomgiey1013 Pƙed 4 lety +57

      Cavalry!!!! I use aRtiLlErY ONLY

    • @postvideo97
      @postvideo97 Pƙed 4 lety +32

      When will we get horse mounted anti tank guns?

  • @matt_44882
    @matt_44882 Pƙed 4 lety +474

    The bob semple tank is the best and that is the undeniable truth

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +85

      I wish different country tanks would have different stats compared to them all being the same so that would be true LOL

    • @razortheonethelight7303
      @razortheonethelight7303 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      @@dustinl796 kind of like the zero?

    • @blacksmith3441
      @blacksmith3441 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@dustinl796 this would make german tiger OP

    • @salter1630
      @salter1630 Pƙed 4 lety +22

      @@blacksmith3441 but then it would break down far more often, cost almost 500% more to produce, etc.

    • @goldrooster7754
      @goldrooster7754 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      @@dustinl796 I AGREE! that would be so nice, I wish there was more tank's to Research, or maybe just maybe. When you up upgrade tank say the T-34 if you upgrade it's gun to level 4 or 5 it would change to a T-34-85 which had a 85MM gun, and it would be cool if the tank model changes to a T34-85. I would like that.

  • @eskihesap9985
    @eskihesap9985 Pƙed 4 lety +340

    "Chrome is a lot more valuable than tungsten in hoi." *Laughs in Turkish*

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +66

      Laughs in Ottoman Empire is no more

    • @XenoVevo
      @XenoVevo Pƙed 4 lety +15

      @@dustinl796 As a Turk, Im glad that Ottoman Empire is no more.Have a good day.

    • @dandanishere123
      @dandanishere123 Pƙed 4 lety +16

      @@XenoVevo lol why? Ur country went from the most poweful nation to a genocidal cuckold country that was essentially a western satrap

    • @ttfno4923
      @ttfno4923 Pƙed 4 lety +31

      Dan Jaw When the Ottoman Empire was in decline, it kinda sucked. Also, when the republic was founded, it was founded on democratic and secular ideas.

    • @dandanishere123
      @dandanishere123 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@ttfno4923 the republic was utter trash no more than autocratic shithole a declining ottoman empire over that shithole any day

  • @Brahmdagh
    @Brahmdagh Pƙed 4 lety +291

    I use 20 width divisions with 4 heavy/superheavies and rest(6) mountaineers.
    They are such a meme division, break through everything.

    • @Brahmdagh
      @Brahmdagh Pƙed 4 lety +67

      Also, I also put maintenance companies on them always.(fill all five support slots)
      As a result, not only do they breakdown less, they also take SO MUCH equipment from the enemy they TRAMPLE, that my stock FILLS UP with guns from the enemy and the ones sent to the enemy via lend lease.

    • @blacksmith3441
      @blacksmith3441 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      They seem really good then

    • @salter1630
      @salter1630 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Have you considered upgrading them to a 40w and seeing if they just wipe the enemy?

    • @Brahmdagh
      @Brahmdagh Pƙed 4 lety +40

      @@salter1630 I don't make them any bigger cause:
      - The fear of crossing special forces limit in a weird way.
      - Getting low on production.
      - Two 20 width divisions have significantly more total organization than one 40 width one.
      But if you have enough industry etc to fill the hungry bellies of these bois, feel free to try 40 width.

    • @drsm7947
      @drsm7947 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@Brahmdagh also you will lose more equipment on attrition than combat

  • @m.s.cheung8471
    @m.s.cheung8471 Pƙed 4 lety +146

    If your country is poor and has tons of chromium (e.g. Turkey), it might be a good idea to build heavy tank + cavalry divisions
    The speed won't be much slower than using motorized with heavy tanks, and they use less supply than a full tank division

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Thats a good idea

    • @m.s.cheung8471
      @m.s.cheung8471 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Problem is cavalry hardly benefits from any tech

    • @VinceOliver04
      @VinceOliver04 Pƙed 4 lety

      haha i just thought of this the other day for my AH run especially with the rich chromium deposits in yugoslavia

    • @ArariaKAgelessTraveller
      @ArariaKAgelessTraveller Pƙed 2 lety

      Other option is Bike infantry
      But currently only Japanese benefit from this

    • @someinsignificantguy4433
      @someinsignificantguy4433 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@ArariaKAgelessTraveller I think Netherlands too, if you own MtG

  • @remukanava3290
    @remukanava3290 Pƙed 4 lety +296

    Great war tank is teh best

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +46

      Best at getting one shotted from a Panzer 2c 😂

    • @toffeeballs9690
      @toffeeballs9690 Pƙed 4 lety +11

      @@dustinl796 you meant a panzer 1 right?

    • @blacksmith3441
      @blacksmith3441 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      @@dustinl796 best at getten destroyed by russian bullets shooting men LOL

    • @zacharymohammadi
      @zacharymohammadi Pƙed 4 lety +3

      What about the glorious BOB SEMPLE

    • @heinzguderian9980
      @heinzguderian9980 Pƙed 4 lety +14

      That's why it's named "Great war tank." Because it's so good at warring.

  • @son_of_the_heavymetal1142
    @son_of_the_heavymetal1142 Pƙed 4 lety +93

    in few words:
    Light tank: Fast,you can spam it,good for rushing enemies
    Medium tank: balance stats, good for blitzkrieg startegies
    Heavy tank: armor,good gun, good for attacking
    Super Heavy tank: Heavy but on steroids,fortress buster, better for defences
    Modern Tank: late game space marine unit, medium tank on steroids

    • @thanosphuccedyomama2916
      @thanosphuccedyomama2916 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      Yeah im doing operation barbarossa, and i dont what i should get, medium or light?

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Please, please. Get medium tanks. In my current German playthrough I just finished recording the next three episodes and it has hit the fan so hard!!! The AI has adapted and we are not safe you need to get medium tanks for them if possible

    • @0815firstuser0815
      @0815firstuser0815 Pƙed 3 lety

      I love divisions with light tanks, light SPA and mech/mot. They are very nice to rush or intercept naval landings or unexpected breakthoughs. Or make naval invades close to a port and take the port from landway.

  • @konplayz
    @konplayz Pƙed 4 lety +210

    light: quick
    medium: quickish, thiccish
    heavy: kill all but slow

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +18

      Pretty much

    • @leiaorgana5098
      @leiaorgana5098 Pƙed 4 lety +15

      Super heavy: trample them slowly.

    • @wolfenstien13
      @wolfenstien13 Pƙed 4 lety +24

      Super Heavy: E X T R A T H I C C ! ! !

    • @dmontpelier
      @dmontpelier Pƙed 3 lety +2

      huge heavy tank: the size of a mansion, shoot enemy ships they die, wipe out a entire division with a shell

    • @dmontpelier
      @dmontpelier Pƙed 3 lety

      suddenly the factories accidently add nukes in the shell, kaboom

  • @zacharymohammadi
    @zacharymohammadi Pƙed 4 lety +156

    What tanks? -Chiang Kai-Shek

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +40

      I think those armored looking motorized thingies coming this way - random Chinese General

    • @robertkalinic335
      @robertkalinic335 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      China had tanks you moron.

    • @youhua8740
      @youhua8740 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@robertkalinic335 only panzer 1

    • @robertkalinic335
      @robertkalinic335 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      @@youhua8740 They had mix of tanks from US, UK, Russia, Germany and even from Italy.

    • @sketchyirishman8975
      @sketchyirishman8975 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Dustinl796 Videos in the immortal words of fritz von below, “the fuck is that?”

  • @Reshiram32Zekrom23
    @Reshiram32Zekrom23 Pƙed 4 lety +112

    All I hear is use 40 width super heavy tank divisions

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +7

      Are bad lol

    • @arianas0714
      @arianas0714 Pƙed 4 lety +22

      10000 Allied CAS would like to see those tanks

    • @sydneynedry6920
      @sydneynedry6920 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      how about a 75 width Super Heavy SPG Division?

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Add Super heavy AA.
      Germany planned to install Two fast reload 88-cannons on Maus...

    • @Omnissiah_
      @Omnissiah_ Pƙed 3 lety

      @@jarskil8862 not in maus but in E-100 prototype called alligator if remember correctly

  • @aegeanharrier6648
    @aegeanharrier6648 Pƙed 4 lety +56

    I just realised Luchs is AA here.I never realised since in Men of War,they are great for fighting infantry and flanking AT guns

    • @beritbohn-hempel6518
      @beritbohn-hempel6518 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      @Aegean Harrier Luchs isn't a AA tank in real life ,HOI4 is wrong.

    • @takefive5607
      @takefive5607 Pƙed 4 lety

      Lmao i can imagine a luchs with a giant AA gun strapped to it

    • @xXdnerstxleXx
      @xXdnerstxleXx Pƙed 4 lety

      The Luchs has the same gun as some of the flaks

    • @raylast3873
      @raylast3873 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      berit bohn-hempel
      HOI also uses the SturmgeschĂŒtz as a Tank Destroyer, even though it was actually SP-Art. I guess they‘re partially justified because in practice the StuG really was great at killing tanks, much better than most of the actual Tank Destroyers Germany came up with except the really late ones (Jagdpanther, Jagdtiger). But fundamentally, the StuG was still and artillery piece on a tank chassis. Just goes to show that practice is a lot more complicated than a game.

    • @jerryudonneedtoknow3903
      @jerryudonneedtoknow3903 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      So correction, the Luchs is a light scouting tanks made for reconnaissance and spotting. It use a Flak most likely to easily combat against infanrty and light armor, it could not aim that high in the air.
      For the previous person the commented, the StuG is classified as an Assault Gun, it's not really artillery nor is it anti tank. It is part of the artillery branch in the wehrmacht and the artillery branch had full control over it, it has good HE to devastate infantryand solid AP to wreck armor.
      It's not "Artillery" as it doesn't have a high degree of turret elevation like other self propelled artillery pieces, it was useful in many roles which helped aid it in destroying enemy tanks.

  • @slavicboi425
    @slavicboi425 Pƙed 4 lety +167

    I love how you just ignored my favourite, amphibious. 😱

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +48

      Sowwy. Planning on a seprate video

    • @janbenedikt7249
      @janbenedikt7249 Pƙed 3 lety

      Iam trying to find a video about them but cant find any may i ask how exactly they work? Are they just somehow better for naval invasions and thats all or theres more to know.

    • @googane7755
      @googane7755 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@janbenedikt7249 It's pretty much a meme tank. There is almost no situation where you should use this unless you're playing america and your landing naval invasions non-stop because of it's production cost.

    • @janbenedikt7249
      @janbenedikt7249 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@googane7755 oh ok thank you pretty good to know

  • @quaeknaszettix3338
    @quaeknaszettix3338 Pƙed 4 lety +8

    Regarding the production cost per tank: the heavier the tank, the less tanks are required to fill a regiment, softening the difference in cost. As far as I am concerned, light tank regiments need 100 tanks, medium about 40 (can't confirm that one) and super heavy tanks only 15 (still expensive tho).
    The relative diffenrence between the total cost of a regiment of tanks for all the kinds of tanks is significantly lower than the relative difference of production per tank.

  • @jacquesbonhomme9482
    @jacquesbonhomme9482 Pƙed 4 lety +29

    I find that heavy tanks are only good in MP since AI isn't good with tanks. Light tanks are only useful in motorized divisions due to their speed after medium tanks are researched; they simply are too bad in combat compared to medium tanks.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Good point

    • @fkjl4717
      @fkjl4717 Pƙed 4 lety

      Heavys are useful as walking armor. for exp if you use cavalry with tanks it gives you much armor and hardness.

  • @whaleoil9970
    @whaleoil9970 Pƙed 4 lety +8

    My understanding was that penetration and armor is an average, so 18 width infantry with one support anti tank will have way less pen than three infantry and three mainline anti tank. Agree that light start to suffer but I don't think it's as simple as good anti tank tech making them worthless. I like to faze out my lights by chewing up the surplus and replacing with mediums in template as necassary, allows for good armor and economy, just do it a few divisions at a time for speed

  • @hutek4202
    @hutek4202 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    I use LT destroyers with motorized infantry and anti-tank for emergency tank breaches in the front line and destroying other tanks as well, it works pretty well for me

  • @tarik1923
    @tarik1923 Pƙed 4 lety +50

    Today we played MP.I was playing German Reich and i had 40 cw 8 medium tank 2 ,also 40 cw 6 heavy tank 2 ,in Barbarossa ,we pushed soviet to Stalin line (long river line) I had 13 k fighter 2 with full variant(soviets had 6 k ) allies send tons of planes and guns and tank then soviet pushed back me and also allies did D-Day (i had 120 infantry 20 cw ) then game is over :((. Ä°n 1941 i did sealion i conquer england %80 but they fucked me with usa divisions :()

    • @shadowgunner1526
      @shadowgunner1526 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Yeah USA saved the sealion 5 times in my games....

    • @robertkalinic335
      @robertkalinic335 Pƙed 4 lety

      I would built 2x 20w tank divisions instead of 40w because they fight longer.

    • @tarik1923
      @tarik1923 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@robertkalinic335 i had 33 org ,1200 breakthorugh in template

    • @robertkalinic335
      @robertkalinic335 Pƙed 4 lety

      @the sacred potato Depends on circumstances, i think that 20w will do more work over wider area most of times.

    • @karrackhalcyon8826
      @karrackhalcyon8826 Pƙed 4 lety

      40w because you dont have to fight longer if your enemy lies broken and defeated before you

  • @gamerx112
    @gamerx112 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    been having a blast with motorized-light spa divisions.
    Early on when they arnt expecting it can be used to overrun infantry really fast or encircle entire divisions if you have the motorized divisions for it.

  • @tricksterdac4216
    @tricksterdac4216 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Just subbed thanks I got new tips for my games I always wanted to know like the full roll of the tanks. No one made a video that explains it this well thanks.

  • @lukeb1663
    @lukeb1663 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    When you said that one can expect to make 6-8 heavy tank divisions I just remember the game where I focused hard on heavy tanks and I managed to get 72 forty width divisions that were a mix of heavy SPGs, heavy tanks (later converted to superheavies), and mechanized needless to say I had very few casualties. It was glorious

  • @stijnservaes
    @stijnservaes Pƙed 4 lety +7

    That anti tank trick is such a massive revelation for me. I had no idea

  • @maddog5458
    @maddog5458 Pƙed 4 lety

    These videos are really helpful. Keep up the good work Dustin.

  • @kiowhatta1
    @kiowhatta1 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Hey Dustin, you've mentioned that you would like some new ideas for videos. Well, I think I have a good one.
    Seeing as it's near impossible for your average gameplayer to micromanage every single nook and cranny of this vast and intricate game, perhaps you could do a video on what the most important aspects of the game one needs to focus on, and what things can afford to be postponed, or even outright ignored.
    I've noticed different channels have different philosophies as to what is important and what is not, such as ignoring your navy when playing as Germany, or the 7-2 ratio of infantry to artillery when creating an infantry division and so on.
    Maybe you could do a series of videos on each major aspect of the game and rank what you think is crucial and what isn't.
    I realise that unless I dedicate some serious hours to this game it's never going to be a fun experience for me and thats what gaming is supposed to be about essentially isn't it?
    This game has me so stressed when playing it I actually have to re-enter reality each time I spend 6 hours building up my nation only to stomped on by the allies in a few minutes.
    Any and all helpful advice appreciated.
    'Correction does much, but encouragement does more'. Goethe.

  • @blueldrrich84
    @blueldrrich84 Pƙed 3 lety

    Huh, that's really interesting. Thanks man! I was thinking the opposite of the variants that destroyers were for infantry and artillery was for tanks xD my reasoning was like "tanks cant match other tanks" youd need an "elephant gun" (artillery). This was super helpful though!! Hopefully with some division fiddling I can prevent stupid naval invasion stalemate...ugh. this one invasion (I was brit raj) lasted for an entire year despite me bringing 5 stacks and having air super with like 1000 fighters and 1000 tacs. ::eyeroll::

  • @fasoliromanesti7195
    @fasoliromanesti7195 Pƙed 4 lety +6

    Field Marshal engineer, fortress buster* + general engineer fortress buster +maus superheavy tank=75% bonus attack on forts, meaning that every fort has to be at least lvl 6 to def lmfao

  • @LegionOfEclaires
    @LegionOfEclaires Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Depends on the nation. But I always build light tanks and if my industry can handle it, some mediums/heavies. I usually don't bother with TDs, SPGs or SPAA since they added the motorized variants and though they are technically worse than the tank ones, they don't require additional research and they're still pretty decent.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Most of the time its preferance and whats easy honestly

    • @thebravegallade731
      @thebravegallade731 Pƙed 4 lety

      Eh tank varients don't require much time to research, and SPGs are better than regular tanks when it comes to attaching to infantry (or in general!) Russia has KVs? Eat my STUG and FLAKs (SPAAs actually have decent penetration)

  • @Ibbzen
    @Ibbzen Pƙed 4 lety +2

    I will confess that I have never used SPAA or any other AA in my divisions! Just the normal LT+SPArt+TD with MOT/Mech and then use the same template for Mediums...Heavy tanks come to late in-game for me, I usually have most of the world before I can produce them in any numbers. I sometimes have just LT+SPArt+TD with no MOT and with upgraded engines only for fast encirclement's.
    I think I have never done a 40 width....not sure.

  • @danc9014
    @danc9014 Pƙed 4 lety

    I like to place heavy tanks with my infantry to grind down enemy tanks and overcome forts. Where there aren't enemy tanks engaged with my infantry line I use CAS/Air superiority and rush my light tank with motorized high soft attack for quick encirclements and overruns. Disengage when tanks show up and replace with infantry embedded with heavy tanks or tank destroyers (whichever is available). I dont use a lot of heavy tanks due to the cost but the overall is offset by the light tanks. Especially as Germany who can crank out iron like crazy. That also allows you to spend more on air superiority which imo is more important.

  • @SL-yn2gw
    @SL-yn2gw Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Thank you for these instruction sir, I’m an old hoi3 player and hoi4 is so much more complicated

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Glad to help 😁

    • @boteiro1436
      @boteiro1436 Pƙed 3 lety

      hoi3 feels mega complex.. but to be fair i've never played it

  • @matthewmelange
    @matthewmelange Pƙed 3 lety

    Wow this is one of the few useful HOI4 guides

  • @Cdre_Satori
    @Cdre_Satori Pƙed 4 lety +1

    And still no mention of those lovely schwimmpanzers to the left :D or difference between SPG and rocket motorized which both are pretty much anti-infantry and if you already use tanks you can just bail out on SPGs

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Basically rocket motorized have a lot less soft attack but higher breakthrough to defend your org

  • @perfectlybalancedasallthin9319

    Excellent video. Though, I would add that light tanks are more than enough for single-player from my experience. A 5 light/2 SPG/2 Mot template is enough to deal with the AI regardless if they can pierce it as these things are so cheap that you can spam a crap-ton before the war starts.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Yeah I'm doing a Germany playthrough right now and honestly it's not going so well trying to do light tank Germany LOL. If you choose to check out my videos

  • @robertkalinic335
    @robertkalinic335 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    I normally always go for heavy tanks even if i play for a smaller nation and use them for everything except for exploitation where i instead send motorized divisions.

  • @rafamielniczuk5017
    @rafamielniczuk5017 Pƙed 4 lety

    I love watching this guide series

  • @SpicyFiur
    @SpicyFiur Pƙed 4 lety +4

    Duno why but I like to put Infanty in my Tank Division (Heavy Tank + SPG) and a Cav division following the tank to push through the gap the tank made. I don't Play meta.

  • @nateries3471
    @nateries3471 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    In multiplayer I usually do heavy tank 15 5s as Spain
    During the civil war get a general with improve expert Ang a feild marshal with adaptable
    Then when the war starts send them as volunteers to Germany as watch as the soveits get yeeted off the Stalin Line

  • @jarink1
    @jarink1 Pƙed 4 lety

    The piercing gun value of any non-light tank is 1 more than that tanks' armor. That's why I always choose a tank design that gives armor bonuses. Even a 5% increase means your Medium II is basically immune to the enemy's Medium II. (assuming no other bonuses)

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      yea but still, tanks go bang :)

  • @hunterbg7531
    @hunterbg7531 Pƙed 4 lety +21

    When i play as the USSR i focus on KV1 and T34s and i slap them in one division with ton of Katysha and some motorized and boi the german have no chance againts this lol

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +6

      Sounds pretty russian 😉

    • @hunterbg7531
      @hunterbg7531 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@dustinl796 ye even tought im not russian im bulgarian
      lul

    • @blinblin8042
      @blinblin8042 Pƙed 4 lety

      URAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @christian9125abd
      @christian9125abd Pƙed 3 lety

      @@hunterbg7531 why mediums? soviet has nearly no tungsten and the speed of mediums is useless in that template it only makes the divisions softer and a heavy tank germany will be able to break your divisions

  • @martijnwehrens4695
    @martijnwehrens4695 Pƙed 4 lety

    In MP Russia should go heavy tanks. You have plenty of steel and chromium. If you just build civs till danzig or war you have the production to keep your production off heavy tanks going. You can’t compete against the axis in the air so you don’t need to build airplanes you can easily build more than 8x40w heavies giving you a huge edge over Germany. Upgrading their guns means you won’t need SPAT. Freeing up space for SPAA alongside your SPA.

  • @rajmodi7437
    @rajmodi7437 Pƙed 4 lety

    Your naval guide is Epic.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Thx

    • @rajmodi7437
      @rajmodi7437 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@dustinl796 honour is mine.bigest fan of your from Union of Indian Republic

  • @urmomgiey1013
    @urmomgiey1013 Pƙed 4 lety

    Thank you my dude. You have helped me from the status of noob to the status of noob with benefits.

  • @TheMelnTeam
    @TheMelnTeam Pƙed 4 lety

    A tank getting pierced does not mean big damage unless division HP is low. If you have breakthrough > combined enemy attacks you're still not going to get shredded.
    Also with armor upgrades it is very challenging to beak the armor of 15/5 heavy tank divisions. Basically impossible for line anti-tank and medium TD, only heavy TD are adequate vs such a setup. Downside is that 15/5 heavy tank divisions are extremely expensive, not very fast, and since CAS completely ignores armor they still have that vulnerability.

  • @MrFrazer5800
    @MrFrazer5800 Pƙed 4 lety

    solid upload. can you tell us which tanks and anti tank weapons the ai prefers? is there something like sovjets allways building medium tanks for example?

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Ai sometimes perfers lvl 1 or 2 at and med 1

  • @fkjl4717
    @fkjl4717 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Dustin you are wrong that Lights always will be in shreds. We just need to combine them with Mechanized, and we will get armor and piericng like if it was MEDs division.
    And production cost of that division will be lower.
    Only one con- you gonna need much rubber.

  • @legendphil6232
    @legendphil6232 Pƙed 2 lety

    Amazing!

  • @RyanTheHero3
    @RyanTheHero3 Pƙed 3 lety

    I do 12 heavy tank battalions + 8 motorised/mechanised (if I can) + support companies. You’ll only get a few but a few is all you need. They. Crush. Everything. With just 2 I managed to break 20 British divisions. Heavy tanks are costly but because they’re so armoured you won’t lost many compared to light tanks - which you will lose loads of.

  • @CMAzeriah
    @CMAzeriah Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Light tanks are cheap and fast, medium is jack of all trades, heavy can "tank" a hit can keep going.

  • @uandu5409
    @uandu5409 Pƙed 2 lety

    Thx❀

  • @theoneandonly236
    @theoneandonly236 Pƙed 4 lety

    Tank you very much!

  • @TKnightcrawler
    @TKnightcrawler Pƙed 4 lety

    I am pretty bad at the game, but I noticed Super-Heavy Tanks also take upgrades really well for their role. If you take their upgrades evenly, their speed stays at 4 kph (the same as infantry) and their reliability stays the same. This means you don't really have to sacrifice on anything as you upgrade them. A 5-5-5-5 upgrade doesn't slouch on any important factors.
    Maybe this is also the case with other tanks? I dunno, like I said, I am bad.

  • @rizkiramadhan9266
    @rizkiramadhan9266 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    There's some situationals in your video. You said "if the enemy doesn't have AT". Now, what are the chances of that? Is it the same for all AI or does different AI have different likeliness?

    • @theo_lp
      @theo_lp Pƙed 2 lety

      He meant multiplayer

  • @wolfenstien13
    @wolfenstien13 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    If you have good intelligence, view what composition the enemy is using in their template. Match their average AT value with a higher average Armor value.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      It does work for quite a while but around 1942 a bug happens we're half a templates can still be seen in the other half cannot and then shortly after all the templates become hidden

  • @icantsnipe4421
    @icantsnipe4421 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Who needs Tanks when you can send people until the tanks run out of ammo
    -Papa Stalin

    • @90skidcultist
      @90skidcultist Pƙed 3 lety +2

      -Also Papa Stalin
      Except our tanks are arguably better, and we have the world’s second largest economy. Let’s beat the Germans with their own doctrine and arguably the best artillery and CAS in the whole war!
      *Soviet encirclement begins*

  • @Munky332
    @Munky332 Pƙed 4 lety

    You should also have mentioned that even basic support AA, and/or converted light SPAA, has a tendency to give basic bitch templates enough piercing to wreck light tanks, and sometimes even mediums, and converting old shitty lights, mediums, and heavies to specialty tanks (SPG/AA/AT) can be done fairly quickly/cheaply if you need something specific. I like to convert old lights to SPAA and scatter them in my line for a quick cheap piercing bonus as they get replaced with new models, plus then it helps with air superiority debuffs in case I forget about air. God, I wish I could just set air wings to automatically redeploy to cover zones similar to how the navy works. Actually, that makes me wonder, I've never tried it, but what if you assigned airwings to garrison troops? Will they deploy to cover vulnerable airspace?
    I had no idea bout the heavy tanks with fort busting. Good to know. Is that bonus scaled based on number of brigades in the division or percentage, or is it raw?

  • @RocketHarry865
    @RocketHarry865 Pƙed 4 lety

    I wonder if there should be more tank tiers
    1939 Lights
    1945 Lights:
    1936 Mediums:
    1939 Heavy:
    1945 Heavy:
    Also there should be Airborne tanks which are light tank equivalents that can be transported and airdropped like Paratroopers
    US: M22 Locust, UK: Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch, Soviet Union: T-60, Japan: Japan: Special Number 3 Light Tank Ku-Ro

  • @gamerx112
    @gamerx112 Pƙed 3 lety

    if I'm building medium tanks, should I make the investment to get tank destroyer variants for my anti-tank infantry?
    or are they considered too expensive to make reliably for those divisions?

  • @Kaadilac
    @Kaadilac Pƙed 3 lety

    Watching this like the Meta isn't going to drastically change in a few months.

  • @treecultleader970
    @treecultleader970 Pƙed 4 lety +10

    Just use bob semples ez claps boiz

  • @LegoSwordViedos
    @LegoSwordViedos Pƙed 4 lety

    how the hell do you use anfib tanks? I've been using them with a 50 50 mix with amtracs and mostly using them to fight in swamps marshes, and river crossing but do know if I'm using them right. they have such weak armor so even if the other team has weak anti tank guns they can't get the armor bonus, so is it even worth it to try and up the armor through varients or is their main benifit just from the bonuses in wet area's. Other thing I used them to replace all my marines is that... smart? or no? Do I still need marines if I have a 20 width 50% tank 50% amtrac division? Should I add more tanks? Anyway would love to see a video on it.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Imagine them with marines.

    • @LegoSwordViedos
      @LegoSwordViedos Pƙed 2 lety

      @@dustinl796 does that not make them slower with less armor?

  • @mejpen5154
    @mejpen5154 Pƙed 4 lety

    I liked this, I have respect for you for teaching alot of things, But i do want to add one thing: It matters so much if it's singleplayer or multiplayer.
    I play lots of MP, there light tanks are shit no matter what. And medium 2s are the main.
    although ive been trying some sp lately and light tanks are the best there beacuse of AI templates

  • @TheBrianp1
    @TheBrianp1 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    You brought tanks. We brought a Chuck Norris.

  • @gustafmannerheim4260
    @gustafmannerheim4260 Pƙed 3 lety

    Tank Destroyers are underrated. They can also pierce forts, destroy infantry etc.

    • @f1kam612
      @f1kam612 Pƙed rokem

      Are they good for Naval Invasions?

  • @dzhkrs_9888
    @dzhkrs_9888 Pƙed 4 lety

    You got the tank dlc, nice

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Unfortunately no, hopefully man the engines will be released soon so I can add 15 machine guns to the tank instead of a cannon LOL

  • @Zorro9129
    @Zorro9129 Pƙed 4 lety

    Are super-heavy TDs any good?

  • @raiyyan8514
    @raiyyan8514 Pƙed 2 lety

    I don't have those 3 boxes on the side after every tank (in tank research)....please can u tell me why ?

  • @bige2576
    @bige2576 Pƙed 3 lety

    Meme aside. Mediums are best imho. Nice balance between ic cost and firepower.

  • @snofellow7277
    @snofellow7277 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Make a vid on the best general tank templates

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      If you look at my playlist I have several template guides for each country and in them are several tank templates but mostly for Germany

  • @alextonev3017
    @alextonev3017 Pƙed 2 lety

    So basically research medium destroyers ahead of time, and you pierce everything, have decent speed, and decent soft attack...

  • @Task32
    @Task32 Pƙed 3 lety

    I know this video is pretty old, but what level of said tank do I really need? Can I get away with medium/heavy ones until the penalty goes away? I would assume so, but none of the guides and stuff ever use medium/heavy ones and just skip and go on to the next one even really early on.

  • @darko8894
    @darko8894 Pƙed 3 lety

    I use medium tank 2, tank destroyer and ,sp artillery with motorized only need 6/8 divisions just push into anywhere like nothing, only problem is they just push into russia fast overstretching the frontline.

  • @ivvan497
    @ivvan497 Pƙed 4 lety

    What do you think about HT divisions?

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      You should only ever try to get a couple out but mostly you should work on light and medium tank divisions

  • @user-om2qy3lu5n
    @user-om2qy3lu5n Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Im always switching my armor template to medium tank, and then im left with 3k light tanks with nothing to do. How to do the transition? Make another template with light tanks? Or mix?

    • @timhand3380
      @timhand3380 Pƙed 4 lety

      Neither, form a variant template and keep the speed demon light tanks as the 2nd thrust after a victory break through with your mediums. The 12+ speed can push deep and if cut off probably only by strat-redeployed units which they can beat.
      You never have too many tanks, you lack motorized infantry to fill out new divisions. Try not to swap as you lose your XP and dull the point.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      If i were you with all those extra tanks make a duplicate template and replace the light with meds and keep the light tanks in reserve

  • @vasilileung2204
    @vasilileung2204 Pƙed 2 lety

    Has anyone ever wondered and wish they somehow manage to feature in something like Schwerer Gustav?

  • @edwardsazonov1034
    @edwardsazonov1034 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Let’s build super-heavy tanks and make SPAAs from them

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Remember kids, a guastav a day keeps the stalin away 😂

  • @omarenriqueguzmanlopez3522
    @omarenriqueguzmanlopez3522 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Can you make a guide on efficient production?

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      I might in the future

    • @omarenriqueguzmanlopez3522
      @omarenriqueguzmanlopez3522 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@dustinl796 oh please I love this game but I can't make as many divisions as you on tge there must be something I'm doing wrong

  • @DerFreiegedanke
    @DerFreiegedanke Pƙed 4 lety

    You can shift-click in research to compare the sheets.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      I have done that several times and other videos but this one was done without a script and I wasn't necessarily comparing the tanks I was just saying what the best option is to use them in

  • @muhanadalansari9714
    @muhanadalansari9714 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    What do you recommend for minor nations? I've seen ppl just go infantry+arty and they just dominate Russia as Turkey đŸ€. It dosent go well with me though lol

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Minor nations lights or heavys

  • @teagoodstuff734
    @teagoodstuff734 Pƙed 2 lety

    1:59 why they will be overruned only if you have cas? Actually when overrun is caused and by what can somebody explain it to me?

  • @davidolde4173
    @davidolde4173 Pƙed 4 lety

    What do you guys think of not using tank destroyers but just motorized anti-tank? They have less piercing but it simplyfies the production and costs less factories

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      They do have less piercing but the main thing you need to worry about is instead of speed in a multiplayer game how effective it is

  • @theconquerorabode4290
    @theconquerorabode4290 Pƙed 3 lety

    When i research on one of the three icons the tank picture still the same can anyone till me how to fix if

  • @phantom5847
    @phantom5847 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Uhh does anyone know how to get those Tank destroyers and self-propelled gun designs because mine is just the tank

    • @preussen577
      @preussen577 Pƙed 2 lety

      did you find out? I'm struggling to figure out how to get SPG

  • @andreisebastian9992
    @andreisebastian9992 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Don't know about other but I ca-n say that The cheky-est division Ăźs The 6 inf 2 art and 1 tank destroyer becaus i didnt test Ăźs Ăźn multi but against The AI Ăźs just wreking they'r armies practicly Ăźs The poors man space marine.

  • @standasvestka
    @standasvestka Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Can you make a video about motorised vs mechanised?

    • @ivvan497
      @ivvan497 Pƙed 4 lety

      mech adds more hardness to the division and more defense but its slower untill you get mech 3.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Basically motorized is faster than the mechanized but mechanized gives a bonus to hardness

    • @standasvestka
      @standasvestka Pƙed 4 lety

      Dustinl796 Videos What is hardness? Which one should you use as a major?

    • @ivvan497
      @ivvan497 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@standasvestka it tells you in the game. If hardness is 60% it means division will take only 40% of soft attacks. You increase hardness by putting more armored vehicles in templates.

  • @azerbaijandemocraticrepubl9624

    Light SPA and Light tank low production cost much more efficency

  • @razortheonethelight7303
    @razortheonethelight7303 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    KV-2 should be more stronk to be more historical.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      I agree with all that and hopefully they will change it soon in a DLC

    • @razortheonethelight7303
      @razortheonethelight7303 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@dustinl796 ye in something like "rev up the armor" or something like that. Also did you hear that back in WW2 there was a time where a single KV-2 held off a entire panzer group by its self?

  • @blacksmith3441
    @blacksmith3441 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Dustil do you think paradox will ad focus trees for *very* important countreis like bulgaria turkey venazuala(i killed english i know)and EVEN ukrain and finland and sweden and norway.......you get you could suggest somthing to the you know

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      I know when a recent Dev diary came out they said they were going to try to add Focus trees for several countries and on the list I know Sweden, Norway, and Finland were all on the list and they said they were going to try to add new ones for places like Italy, France, and the Soviets

    • @blacksmith3441
      @blacksmith3441 Pƙed 4 lety

      @Joshua Logan shit i take it back youre right lol😅😅😂

    • @danielhalachev4714
      @danielhalachev4714 Pƙed 4 lety

      @Joshua Logan Bulgaria was key to securing Greece and Turkey.

  • @Felsmukk
    @Felsmukk Pƙed 4 lety

    Do you want to use SPAA, or support AA? They seem to be cheaper, but no armor bonus.

  • @toast7664
    @toast7664 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    I prefer to use civilian factories

  • @dorkking100
    @dorkking100 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Forgot the great war tank my guy

  • @thebitch7457
    @thebitch7457 Pƙed 4 lety

    do you recommend spamming anti tank light tanks as britain against germany in 1940 ? thank you :)

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety +1

      It's multiplayer I would say yes but in single player it's not really that important since even the Germany I hardly ever does tanks

    • @thebitch7457
      @thebitch7457 Pƙed 4 lety

      ah i see. thank you

  • @unmexicano5051
    @unmexicano5051 Pƙed 4 lety

    Division templates for amphibious tanks and amtracks

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Basically you should only use them in templates by adding one tank since they technically count as special forces

  • @Otori6386
    @Otori6386 Pƙed 4 lety

    You didn't mention that the heavier tanks need less tanks per battalion than their smaller variants, bringing down the overall cost of them.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      I'm going to have to check but to be honest I never knew that

  • @user-do1kg1py1d
    @user-do1kg1py1d Pƙed 2 lety

    i found and still, light tanks usefull to exploit the gaps and pushes on the ai. but i am not a pro by any meens.
    medium/mordern tanks ar still my main offensive trusts supported by motirezed or mechanized divisions (with i give tank destroyer battalion each) wich i love the stugs still in the game. dont know it still hold but i love them.
    and still i keep stugs in production till 1940 - 44 and they never fail me in pushes or counter attacks. (i do upgrade them).
    those amphibious tanks that is where i am bit confused i can see why you want them in theory but in practise? they cost insanly in recourses and production. anyone have ideas on this tank in perticulair and in divisions templates?

  • @RamanShrikant
    @RamanShrikant Pƙed 4 lety

    just make a template filled with aa's it works really well i mean as italy

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Seems as though that's what the a I did LOL

  • @jjang4814
    @jjang4814 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Do they all use same amount of fuel and supply?

  • @boedhisenior5361
    @boedhisenior5361 Pƙed 4 lety

    I feel like a dumb ass I have played hoi4 for about 100 hours or so. And I had no idea that if you hit the side tab of the tanks you can research variants

  • @davidpesha3841
    @davidpesha3841 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    amphibious tanks:Am I a joke to you?

  • @dcthoma3119
    @dcthoma3119 Pƙed 4 lety

    Hey i was wondering if my desktop with 4 gb ram, i3 3225 processor, and intel hd 4000 will run HOI4. I dont think it will but i want to see.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Not entirely sure about system specs however I know Hearts of Iron 4 is very cpu-intensive so with an i 3 I don't know how well it would work

    • @dcthoma3119
      @dcthoma3119 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@dustinl796 Thanks for replying, i figure i will get it anyway because it is on sale and whenever i upgrade i will already have it .

  • @therealjeffbot3238
    @therealjeffbot3238 Pƙed 4 lety

    Hay would puting special forces in tank divishons be a good idea.

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Thats what amphibious tanks are for

  • @thotarojoestar3045
    @thotarojoestar3045 Pƙed 4 lety

    But nobody builds forts in online meta, the only use of heavies might be to break through the Stalin line

    • @dustinl796
      @dustinl796  Pƙed 4 lety

      Well maginot line, stalin line and maybe if german goes endsieg