History VideoGame / GraviteamTactics

** ''Zhalanashkol'' - Covers a battle between Chinese and Soviet forces near Lake Zhalanashkol during the Sino-Soviet border conflict in August 1969.

** ''P..D'' - WWII operation focused on armored warfare.

''Graviteam Tactics'' is a series of wargames developed by Graviteam. The series was formerly known as ''Achtung Panzer'' before [[ExecutiveMeddling a series of copyright issues with Paradox Interactive]] forced the developers to change the series' name to its current form.

The game has two primary modes of play: the turn-based campaign map and the real-time tactical battle. Each campaign (called an operation by the game) is set within a small section of a larger historical military operation, played out on a grid-based topographical map. The size of the operation depends on the designer; the largest ones involve 1-3 regiments/brigades on each side. Each engagement on the operation map is played out as a real-time battle, on a section of the operation map represented by a 4x4 grid.

The game has two primary modes of play: the turn-based campaign map and the real-time tactical battle. Each campaign (called an operation by the game) is set within a small section of a larger historical military operation, played out on a grid-based topographical map. Each engagement on the operation map is played out as a real-time battle, on a section of the operation map represented by a 4x4 grid.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: FAPLA in ''Operation Hooper'' and the Mujahidin in ''Shield of the Prophet'' use [=ZiS-3=] 76mm field guns, which is a World War II-era artillery piece; nevertheless, the [=ZiS-3=] remains effective against light armor. Justified as the Soviet Union did export surplus World War II weapons to friendly states during the Cold War.

** ''Zhalanashkol'' - Covers a battle between Chinese and Soviet forces near Lake Zhalanashkol during the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict.

* ''Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star'' (2011) - Covers the same battles as ''Kharkov 1943''; the difference is that this game is self-published by Graviteam, and they have been continually adding improvements and additions in the patches. This game in set in the areas of Taranovka and Rakitnoe.

* UniversalAmmunition: Ammo replenishment platoons will resupply nearby units regardless of weapon type and caliber. Justified as an AcceptableBreaksFromReality, as it would be extremely tedious to juggle around specific ammunition types for your tanks, artillery and infantry.

* CriticalExistenceFailure: Averted. Infantry can be put out of action fairly easily. Tanks and other armored vehicles can be knocked out in ways other than outright destroying them, which can force the crew to bail out; they will also attempt to retreat from the battlefield of their main armament is disabled.

* CriticalExistenceFailure: Averted. Infantry can be put out of action fairly easily. Tanks and other armored vehicles can be knocked out in ways other than outright destroying them, which can force the crew to bail out.

* ColdWar: ''Operation Hooper'' takes place during the Angolan Civil War in 1988; ''Shield of the Prophet'' depicts a war between Iran and the Soviet Union over western Afghanistan in 1979; ''Zhalanashkol'' is set during the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict on the Kazakh SSR-Xinjiang border.

* ''Graviteam Tactics: Mius Front'' - Summer 1943 on the Mius River front.

** In ''Mius Front'', troops will suffer a fatigue penalty in battle if they choose to dig trenches in deployment mode.

* TerrainSculpting: Tanks can be used to ruin foxholes and trench lines with their tracks; artillery shells can create obstacles for vehicles, as well as cover for infantry.

* SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan: Inverted. In ''Shield of the Prophet'', Soviet forces intervene in Afghanistan at the request of the Afghan communist government against a rebellion supported by the Iranian Army.

* TheSeventies: ''Shield of the Prophet'' is set in mid-1979.

** If air spotters do not call in air support during the "initial orders" phase of the battle, an aircraft call can take up to 20 minutes to process to simulate the pilots' briefing of the mission, the preparation of aircraft, and the flight towards the battlefield.

* SecondaryFire: Tanks use their coaxial and hull machine guns (some like the KV-1 get rear-mounted machine guns). Certain German tanks are able to fire [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahverteidigungswaffe anti-personnel grenades]].

* TimedMission: Played straight for the operations. The turn limit pressures the player to capture or hold onto key points on the operation map. One can't idle much on the offensive as he might waste turns and let the defending enemy dig in deeper.

* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake / WhyWontYouDie: It can happen when an enemy tank receives multiple penetrating hits, and continues to fight as normal. Penetration does not guarantee destruction, unlike other wargames which model any penetration as a kill.

* TheSeventies: ''Shield of the Prophet'' is set in mid-1979.

** ''Zhalanashkol'' - Covers a battle between the Chinese and Soviet forces near Lake Zhalanashkol during the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict.

** ''Zhalanashkol'' - Covers a battle between the Soviet Army and the People's Liberation Army near Lake Zhalanashkol during the 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict.

** ''Zhalanashkol'' - Set in the western portion of the Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 near Lake Zhalanashkol.

Given the creators' location in Kharkov and their eye towards recreating terrain as accurately as possible, the series has focused on the Eastern Front of World War II, though that appears to be changing with the release of new [=DLCs=] based on battles in Angola and Afghanistan.