Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

Motorized Artillery
218 Comments
boxcarz 17 Jun, 2023 @ 9:37pm 
...But there's already motorized artillery in vanilla hoi4?
KayxSy 26 Jan, 2023 @ 4:11am 
can u pls update the mod?
John the Gamer  [author] 15 Oct, 2021 @ 8:33am 
@KyeongJu-Kim I probably could, but I think I'll wait until the upcoming DLC is released. Otherwise I'd have to do it again afterwards.
KyeongjuKim 15 Oct, 2021 @ 4:47am 
Can you Update this mod?
John the Gamer  [author] 21 Aug, 2021 @ 2:29am 
@XX MaRCo cF You are welcome.
Xx MaRCo cF 29 Jul, 2021 @ 12:19pm 
this mod enhanced my gameplay for many years with that support artillery company lol thanks bro
John the Gamer  [author] 23 Jun, 2020 @ 3:36am 
@KrazyGoose I don't know, but probably not really, no. You could always just pull my mod apart and fuse them together yourself. Like some kind of Frankenstein-mod.
SillyGoose 22 Jun, 2020 @ 6:53pm 
so in short, no rt56 compat?
John the Gamer  [author] 13 Jun, 2020 @ 7:10am 
@Field Marshal Paul Von Lettow | I wouldn't really advice using this mod anymore, since it doesn't actually add much to the game since Paradox added their own motorized support brigades, except for perhaps the extra support companies I added. But I updated it (it still worked perfectly fine though).
Field Marshal Paul Von Lettow 12 Jun, 2020 @ 10:19pm 
Update this please to the newest patch. I will be glad to then try, rate & review this mod. Thank you if you do take the time to update this. I will check back.
John the Gamer  [author] 13 Apr, 2020 @ 11:58pm 
@you39.kikmin I don't really see the point, but I'll see what I can do. Might have to wait for the weekend though.
you39.kikmin 12 Apr, 2020 @ 4:17am 
ver 1.9 up?
John the Gamer  [author] 25 Jul, 2019 @ 5:50am 
@cattwood69 What? There is no such thing.
Frank-2, Martial of Frankoslavia 23 Jun, 2019 @ 9:46pm 
Thank you for your honorable service, although you may not have a PFP or a glorious name you, John the Gamer, are a True Gamer!
asm987 17 Jun, 2019 @ 8:53am 
Pressing the unsubscribe button, I hereby thank you for making this amazing mod that enhanced my gameplay for years. Yet this mod is now not needed anymore, still it will remind me of active mod community that this game fortunately have. I don't think you are outdated though. I think paradox was careless to not include this in first place and just "nicked" your idea afterwards. Noticed by devs? maybe. So long and thanks for all the motorized fishes :2016watermelon:
VascoTank 9 Jun, 2019 @ 3:27pm 
@mimela98 its now in the game, no need for it now. but it was still a good mod.
frostyDog 8 Jun, 2019 @ 9:49am 
this mod work in 1.7?
John the Gamer  [author] 29 Apr, 2019 @ 5:41am 
@DahiriVaart Thanks.
DahiriVaart 29 Apr, 2019 @ 12:31am 
Good Job to you the maker of this mod, Boooo to paradox
003skar98 24 Mar, 2019 @ 4:44am 
congratulations
003skar98 24 Mar, 2019 @ 4:44am 
you know this mod is good when the game developers added it to the base game
John the Gamer  [author] 21 Mar, 2019 @ 11:55am 
@Commandozak You're most welcome.
Commandozak 19 Mar, 2019 @ 7:14am 
Thank you for doing this mod so long, it was an essential as far as i'm concerned before man the guns :)

I'll keep using it for the support artillery company.
golan 8 Mar, 2019 @ 12:59pm 
Thanks for supporting this for so long, Really glad to see this included into vanilla, this mod was really useful to me so far and I'm glad to see these features officially supported, it will make everything easier.
John the Gamer  [author] 5 Mar, 2019 @ 11:46am 
@Steevodeevo Yes, motorized artillery is now (since Man the Guns) included in the base game.
Steevodeevo 4 Mar, 2019 @ 11:21pm 
John, have they now included motorised towing vehicles in the base game?
ilcherubba 4 Mar, 2019 @ 3:51pm 
@john the Gamer you are right sorry:steamsad:
Alaskan Bull Walrus 3 Mar, 2019 @ 6:04pm 
Well, caveat is from what I noticed is there is no towed AA units. You can still fix that!
John the Gamer  [author] 2 Mar, 2019 @ 10:49am 
@ilcherubba You are aware that "please" is a word that exists right? :steamsalty:
ilcherubba 2 Mar, 2019 @ 5:58am 
upgrade the mod
John the Gamer  [author] 2 Mar, 2019 @ 1:52am 
They sure did, those thieving bastards. :)

I don't think this mod needs to be updated anymore, but I might make it MTG compatible if there is enough demand (and if I can find the time).
GeneralMacNut 7 Dec, 2018 @ 9:27pm 
QuaisWaffle 7 Dec, 2018 @ 8:07am 
@General MacNut I appologise then, I never read the desc. send me a link to it, i'm always up for good mods.
GeneralMacNut 6 Dec, 2018 @ 8:14am 
Thank you, though the reason i have to upload because my friend can't use it conventional way for some reason.
John the Gamer  [author] 6 Dec, 2018 @ 8:06am 
It's fine. As I stated in the discription; "Feel free to use this for your own mod(s)."

This mod took almost no work at all, so as long as you put me in the credits or something it's fine.
JacenHawk 5 Dec, 2018 @ 10:16am 
@Arcquasi Technically it doesnt matter what he combines for his personal use, he only requires permission if he wishes to upload/share it.
QuaisWaffle 5 Dec, 2018 @ 8:19am 
Lol, “oh sure, I’ll just combine this one with another THEN ask for perm” lol. Seriously, good luck tho. I hope the mod is great but maybe ask first tho just for future reference.
GeneralMacNut 4 Dec, 2018 @ 7:03am 
Hi, i have merge this mod with 'Real Combat Width' mod, can i obtain a permission to upload it to workshop, please?
Broseph 20 Nov, 2018 @ 4:29pm 
Does the AI also use these brigades?
Trooper 20 Nov, 2018 @ 9:50am 
@Riekopo

"Truck" on this photo is actually a artillery tractor, according to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_tractor#/media/File:8inchHowitzerTowedByScammellPioneer12Jan1940.jpg
John the Gamer  [author] 12 Nov, 2018 @ 11:23am 
@Lord_Irontower I think so, but any mod that makes changes to the artillery tech tree will make the motorized artillery weaker than standard artillery. Since they won't receive any of the damage increases you get from the artillery techs.
QuaisWaffle 3 Nov, 2018 @ 9:14am 
Does this work with RT56? PLEASE tell me it does??? lol but seriously.
Riekopo 22 Oct, 2018 @ 7:06am 
You say it's not realistic yet there are historical photos on the mod page showing artillery being pulled by trucks. So what exactly are you talking about david?
John the Gamer  [author] 18 Oct, 2018 @ 12:08pm 
@Davidtovarys I know. There are mods that add artillery tractors to the game as buildable equipment. I don't like them. It makes the game too complicated for the AI. At the moment, the chances of the AI building good, well supplied divisions (and keeping manpower in reserve) are already rather slim. Adding in a whole bunch of new stuff to build will just end in a massive mess.
John the Gamer  [author] 9 Sep, 2018 @ 4:14am 
@tads94 That's why I modded my game to give me 10 support slots per division. Plenty of space.

X:\XXX\Steam\steamapps\Hearts of Iron IV/common/defines/00_defines.lua/

MAX_DIVISION_SUPPORT_WIDTH = 2 (instead of 1)
tads94 8 Sep, 2018 @ 8:29am 
@John the Gamer. I thought about support companies representimng this, except by doing that it takes up precious support company slots. Horse artillery (not the plodding horsedrawn artillery) was used by Polish cavalry units early in the war; Hungary, Romania fielded cavalry divisions later
in the war with horse artillery regiments. Even Italy fielded cavalry divisions in Greece and USSR, though I don't know if their artillery units were motorized or not.
John the Gamer  [author] 25 Aug, 2018 @ 2:10am 
@tads94 I feel like that's what support companies are for. Minors don't really have the industrial capacity to field hundreds of cannons anyway.
tads94 22 Aug, 2018 @ 10:05am 
Would be nice if you could add horse artillery (and anti-tank and anti air) to this mod. Many minors used light, quick horsedrawn artillery on the Eastern front that could keep up with the cavalry units. This was possible by reducing the size and ratio of pieces to horses. These horse artillery batallions would require half the amount of artillery pieces, ie Horse artillery batallion requires 18 vs 36 artillery pieces needed for the regular artillery unit, with a reduction of the combat stats by half.
Bald "1-0-1" Eagle 16 Aug, 2018 @ 1:56am 
Paradox should really add Motorized Artillery to the base game. Without this mod, its annoying how you can't add additional firepower to Motorized and Armored Divisions without needlessly slowing them down.

Self-propelled artillery isn't available for everyone and it requires research and additional production capabilities to make. All Motorized Artillery requires is Trucks and Guns, whereas SP Artillery requires tanks which are much more expensive.

It would also make it so that we wouldn't have to worry about compatability issues with mods.
Tomeczek1 21 Jun, 2018 @ 1:15pm 
@John the Gamer Yeah, You' re right. Thanks for your extensive reply.