Tired of CAS? Try GHPC 

Get GHPC here: store.steampowered.com/app/1705180/Gunner_HEAT_PC/

I love how you can see the sabot shooting off after the shell is fired!

0:44 "Cuz there's no aircraft" Yet, the ability to call in close air support is a feature that's going to be added later on you can tell this by on the map screen there is a button on the upper right side labeled as "C.A.S" along with a button labeled "artillery". Both of which don't do anything currently.

4:27 hits side of tank with tow killing everyone inside blowing the vehicle into space. commander: doubtful

1:50 Also, spall is recorded real time during missions. If you were to fire a round, slow time, and spectate the inside of the enemy vehicle, you'd see the actual shards of spall. Those shards are recorded by the game and placed into the damage viewer after the mission

They are so detailed with the damage they even say what organ of a crew member were hit.

HEAT warheads in this game are absolutely terrifying. It reminds me of a picture of the damage done to a Patton hit by a german panzerfaust (for testing purposes after WW2 obviously), and the entire inside of the turret is devastated, as opposed to what it feels like in War Thinder.

A tip for anyone who doesn't know already when your TC spots a vehicle you can press "Space Bar" to let him designate you on the target so you don't have to slew the turret yourself to try and find it.

My favorite part was when the commander said "gunner, heat, PC" and then gunner heated all of those PCs

The post pen damage of HEAT charges is much more accurate in GHPC - meanwhile WT you can side pen a T-62 with an I-TOW and sometimes it may just turn the crew yellow

For your reading pleasure, a quick review of the vehicles in the game, according to my opinion: M1-IP: Best tank in the game, though kinda buggy currently. All the most advanced gear, working blow-out panels, crazy difficult to kill, the whole shebang. M60A3: Definitely my favorite. Laser rangefinder, thermal gunsight, Fire Control System, everything. Just dont let the Predicted Impact calculations make you miss your shots. M2 Bradley: APDS autocannon rounds are good for light armor, and the TOW missiles are the scariest weapon in the game. No rangefinder, but it has thermals. Very powerful. M113: Cannonfodder. Might kill a BRDM with the .50cal, but you will take approximately 5 HEAT-FS shells to the gun shield, and the face. - BRDM: More cannonfodder. Terrible hand-crank turret, but fun mobility. BMP-1: Definitely not as good as the M2, but very powerful still. HEAT grenades kill anything, and the Malyutka ATGM is... well... special... you will learn what MCLOS means. Highly angled front armor loves to crush enemy HEAT-FS shells, so it's surprisingly survivable. T-55A: Terrible. Absolutely terrible. No thermals of course, just shockingly bad NV like the other Pact vehicles. Stadia rangefinder, and manual range calculation. At least you have a stabilizer and variable zoom. Like the devs said, it's basically just a WWII tank with stabilization. Just don't use it at night, and you should be ok though. T-72: Actually quite nice. Nothing amazing or terrible about it. Delta-D can be convenient. Can be tough to kill, unless you hit the good ol' Pie Shaped Bomb. May actually survive night combat missions, unlike the T-55. You can't compete with thermals, but at least you can actually hit your target if you see it. Extra tank, the M60A1 RISE: Basically the A3 with no fancy gear. The Stereoscopic Rangefinder is really intuitive, and fun to use as it takes a little more effort. This feature alone also makes this tank immensely better than the T-55.

I was subbed to their patreon and i am so impressed at how far their game has come. I still have the very very old test build on my school flashdrive that i would upload to the schools shared drive.

This is the kind of game we need. No horrible grind, no toxic players, and no stupid devs. Just fun.

I love to see a steam workshop and a dedicated modding community on this game so we could see people make tons of scenarios, tanks including prototypes and maybe even complete overhauls like a WW2 or even a WW1 overhaul.

Yes yes i am tired of cas how did you know?

If GHPC ever does WW2 scenarios with AI infantry (more than just the TOW mounts), I would never leave my house.

Been this guys Patreon for a while now. Bought the game the second he said it was on steam. The only developer who’s progress I followed and having an actual game release, thanks for pointing him out early spookston!

Can't afford it rn but honestly I think this will be a good alternative for WT ground if you really want to rip someone's throat out over CAS use

Already bought it and it's been a ton of fun. Can't wait until it feels like more like a full fledged game and not a proof of concept though. As an ex-WT player I totally recommend it.

I love CAS. I love the moments of ecstasy I get before a bomb tears my tank apart and vaporizers my crew

When no close air support is a marketing argument

bought it as soon as it entered early access, exciting to see how it develops while war thunder devolves further into revenge killing cas cancer.

5:13 This game has a lot of "Oh god oh fuck" moments. Especially when you're in thermals on the Abrams or M60A3 and see a BMP-1 firing a Malyutka at you. I've been killed by ATGMs more than anything else in GHPC lmao

Your first video on GHPC is what got me into the game those years ago, have been following it ever since, thanks spooks!

Was thinking about getting this for a while, love the demo, and just bought it after you showed this off

My dream game: Scale like Arma (or maybe a bit bigger) + Gunplay from Ground Branch + Armor from GHPC + Air from DCS... One can only dream though :(

Spookston face when the game updates one day and he notices a hind flying over the horizon

Tbh this made me realize that I play War Thunder for the aircraft, I only started doing tanks to play with friends and then got stuck grinding out of completionism. Hopefully some competition will get War Thunder to play to its unique strengths again, while the tankers out there get more good stuff like this!

"tired of CAS?" lol they added planes (:

Glad to have been a $25 a month patron for about a year. Well worth it to get the game once it was open access on Steam. The other theaters/eras(?) is ideal. A great foundation to build upon for a mix of casual and sim. Iran-Iraq, ODS, etc..

I can't wait for them to add Tow inplacemet voice lines. Lol

At least it bridges the gap between the likes of Warthunder and Steel Beasts.

I got GHPC a while ago and I really like it, would recommend!

Z19 and KA50 camping my spawn from 6 kms away is totally what Gaijoob wants.

My favourite shot from this has been one on a T-72 as it’s turret is leaving the earthly realm. Looked like the tank was doing a TF2 engineer NOPE

Just bought it, hopefully the team doesn't give up on development and continue refining it for a while. Thanks for telling people about this game, Spookston

I believe the longest ever tank "kill" was the Chally 1 firing APFSDS (probably L23 or L26) at a T-55A. Range was approx 5,500m

I really hope they find voice actors for the NVA faction soon, and for the other ones they may add. Also, it would be helpful generally to have greater control over friendly vehicles ("hold fire", "status report", better tabbing/scrolling through friendly vehicles), and have more observation/reconnaissance options across the board: I can not come up with the prescribed "better tactics" if my only option to scout ahead is half of my already out gunned forces, of which I can not even command to retreat.

I've had this game on my wishlist for a while, this just makes me want it more

I am curious about armor degradation. It sounds like an interesting concept. Think you can make a video on it?

ive seen so many videos on ghpc now that its out. i am very tempted to buy it

GHPC is like war thunder Ground High BR simulation mode with AI and without planes. Man this is good 😃

i like how in GHPC, some tanks can be killed but look completely fine which is cool

Thanks for the signal boost and kind words Spookston!

"We took a decent number of them" THAT WAS MORE THAN A WHOLE PLATOON OF TANKS😭😭😭

This game is just another level, it is not as complicated has steel beasts, it has more content already than steel armor and it is a lot more realistic than Arma, squad or war thunder but still casual enough for most people to play, and the atencion on detail is great. I think this is the new Steel Fury, for now with just cold War scenarios but maybe in the future we could have ww2 and modern vehicles too and that would be so cool to play! The game as some problems for now with the AI being a little bit to soft and crazy some times and the campaigns are not great for now but the gameplay is fun af. I think if they can do all the things they aim in the road map this game would be just insane and maybe adding some things after that like ww2 and modern conflicts and maybe a map and scenario editor (making the game feel like Arma or men of war) and even mod support this game would be way better than any war thunder bs

I'm really impressed with the game, the simulations and missions and just how it feels so far are very good, it became one of my top games very quickly.

One thing that I would have liked to see in war thunder earlier is the destruction of tanks, they did update this not long ago but they could have done it years ago and it could still be better, if it looked like the Rob Z mod in men of war it would be very satisfying were ammo and fuel fire looks different

Very grateful u gave this game coverage. I would not have played it at all, as it is today is my first day playing and I'm already impressed at its realism. Also quick question, are they limiting themselves to just American/GDR vehicles? I'd love to see other NATO countries tanks added.

"you know if you hate CAS, play this game cuz there's no aircraft" oh spookston how I wish that was still true

GHPC is a lot of Fresh Air in the Tank Sim Genre. im happy that they managed to launch into EA by now. Also the commitment to details is nice, they did confirmed to add the Boiling Vessel in British tanks in the future.

Most excited for the updates to add russian voicelines and infantry. The m113's are cool but useless without anything else around and playing redfor kinda sucks without a commander helping you find targets.

When mp is added this would be perfect!

I love the realism in this. I’ve been waiting for factual gun sights from war thunder

Ill be excited to see how this game goes, ive got it on my wishlist, but ill be excited to check it out. I know im watching this video a year late, but it seems much more laid back than other options.

The detail of the small sabot pieces twirling through the air after the shot is kind of impressive for an indie game

the no aircraft part needs a "yet", they are planned but i agree it's a great game already

Honestly, i feel like this game is rather remeniscent of a game called T-34 vs Tiger with less simulation stuff included, not that its bad. My only gripe with that game was that it was relly small. Also id like to add that if the enemy target is beyond the max distance of the effective range finder, an easy way to calculate the distance is by using the optics milliradian feature(the size of the target fills the crosshairs a defined amount and that is to be devided by how much of the optic is filled by said object mrad/x, which works in WT as well), though im not gonna disclose what the demensions are since im not allowed to do that comically

2:06 significant emotional event

I would like to see Vietnam as a theater m48s vs Infantry

The game is incredible, I have it, would be nice if it had a multi crew mode, it might come in the future after all. I hope someone makes an Israeli mod to the game

Don’t worry good sir if they ever allow modding when it’s released I’m sure someone will create it for you that is if they allow mods for the game ether way it looks really cool

3:12 I’m surprised you didn’t mention the APFSDS discard showing up on thermals.

Bro i love your halo odst outro it brings back so many good memories...

This reminds me in all the best ways of M1 Tank Platoon as I used to play it on the ol' Amiga computer back in '89.

I love the aiming system because it makes tanks way easier to lead on (Not to mention the more realistic and better ballistic computers)

0:56 "If you want a more casual experience try GHPC it's a lot more fun" MY MAN I ALMOST PASSED OUT YESTERDAY OUT OF STRESS AS MY COMMANDER WAS TALLING ME TO SHOOT A SPECIFIC T72 OUT OF 8 TARGETS

Ah yes, modern armored fist 3. I loved that game growing up, glad to see something similar available

I hops ghpc brings some more people into the Steel Beasts sphere. I love seeing both get more coverage

I'll pick it up when it releases fully. There is so many games that don't get out of early access these days.

Now if only we could convince gaijin that the majority of ground players want a ground only mode...

I see this video as a way for changing war thunder, Gaijin will only learn when they lose many of theirs players

TOW hits, entire paragraph of text Commander: "Doubtful"

Actually GHPC is a modern version of my favorite tank game ever made called M1 Tank Platoon II made by Microprose!

i hope ghpc gives us the "tank enduring confrontation" we always wanted.

Can you do a review or your opinion on the YMT-05 hildolfr form gundam?

GHPC to me is what Cold waters is for World of warship players. It looks like an awesome game

My problem with GHPC right now is the lack of content which is pretty big, it looks more like an alpha then an early access, I don't think 30 USD is worth it for now unless you want to support the game for some time like me, you can play all missions and both campaigns in 1 day, the campaign is literally the same 5 missions and like 15% of the time they don't work. The game has a bright future, but if you are just a casual for now I don't recommend spending 30USD on what's basically an alpha with little content and horrible AI

It’s basically the best part of warthunder,top tier and no cas

Finally something that would rival Warthunder! Hopefully Gaijoob would listen to us and make only tanks mode

5:41 very certain people in a certain country don't have to imagine at all, they have to do it.

the best thing that i think they could do would be to at least help in any little way they could to allow moding into the game so anyone who wants to could per say get a mod that allows them to play in something like the Maus and that way the devs themselves wont have to make every tank the comunity wants and they can work on the game itself making it so much better for everyone

As a geospatial guy as soon as I've seen the Fulda gap I was hooked

Thnx for the vid. Watched it. Enjoyed it. Bought! :)

i'm not tired of cas but I love playing the demo of this game

No Russian bias.

OMG!!!!! Its SIMNET (DARPA training tool) from the 1980s in the Army. But with UCOFT level gunnery.

I’d love to buy it but I can barely afford it, it also doesn’t help that my computer is a complete potato

You said they don't plan on adding prototype vehicles But do they plan on adding modding support so that players can do it themselves?

Spook sounds like the evening crescendo was a good wine.

I've had an itch for a game like this, I can't wait to try it out some time

I would love to see GHPC to do WWI and II stuff. That would be cool

The mission where you need yo take out M1IPs with a T72 is like fighting terminators.

i hope they will give Warthunder a big concern, and maybe makes them rethink a lot of things!

I'd love to see some other vehicles in this as well, such as the Strv 103 of course, but also the Centurions, definitely the Conqueror and some more Ifvs, CV90 in particular.

When you learn how to kill m1 from the front you get a nice feeling

I think the biggest problems for WT especially at high tiers are repair costs and stock viechles, ghpc at present has too few viechles and I personally enjoy multi player battles more than single player, hope in the future some games with similar characteristics can really replace WT where I shouldn't be worrying about game economy

Its a great lil game, just hate how people kind of ruin it by comparing it to war thunder. Its not war thunder and it never will be. Gaijin could and should ape a few things GHPC does, but the thing is, for every 1-2 things GHPC does better than war thunder, war thunder probably does 8-12 things better than GHPC

It'd be really nice to have some competition for War Thunder. Gaijin need a kick up the arse with their game, and some genuine competition may just be the creative inspiration they need.

"cause theres no aircraft" the devs must have seen this an added CAS and helicopters simply out of spite