Man the Guns

Man the Guns

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Type

Expansion

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Release date / Patch

2019-02-28 / 1.6

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Store: Expansion

Paradox / Steam

Hearts of Iron IV: Man the Guns expansion feature spotlight by HoI4's game director Dan "Podcat" Lind.

Man the Guns is the 2nd major expansion for Hearts of Iron IV. It was announced on 2018-05-19 and was released on 2019-02-28. The expansion coincides with patch 1.6 aka "Ironclad".

Expansion features

• Major Alternate Paths: Revive the Old Confederacy as the  United States and provoke a new civil war, or hasten decolonization of the British Empire.
• Ship Design: Research new components and refit older vessels to take advantage of new knowledge. Outfit your submarines with snorkels for improved stealth.
• Admiral Traits and Skills: Tailor and level up your Admirals with new traits and skills.
• Governments in Exile: Welcome a government in exile to your democracy, boosting their legitimacy in return for more manpower and elite troops fighting to free their homeland.
• Other National Focuses: New national focuses for The  Netherlands,  United Kingdom,  Mexico and  United States.
• Naval Mines: Protect your coasts from invasion or assault with anti-ship mines, or sweep a clear path through enemy mines before the fleet makes the big push.
• Shipping route controls: plot new routes for your shipping and navies by toggling individual sea regions to limit or ban shipping there entirely.
• Naval Treaties: Struggle to keep the peace by following internationally agreed upon rules, or creatively defy the world consensus by exceeding your limits.
• Amphibious Landing Vehicles: Add power to your beach landing by researching and producing specialized combat vehicles for your marines.
• New Music: Original music composed specifically for the Man the Guns expansion.

Free features

• Fuel - a new resource that mechanical units consume.
• Different types of naval terrain, that can modify naval combat in different regions.
• A completely redone naval combat system.
• Gameplay rules - a large amount of options to further customize gameplay experience and make organizing multiplayer sessions easier.
• Updated map-modes - new map-modes and a new configurable quick access system (a lot like in EU4).
• 70 new releasable tags added to the game to enable decolonization as well as a variety of map changes - more states in places like west Africa, and more accurate states like East Bengal/Bangladesh, and more.

Developer diaries

Main article: Developer diaries

All developer diaries about the Man the Guns expansion, patch 1.6 (aka Ironclad), patch 1.7 (aka Hydra) and patch 1.8 (aka Fork).

Patch 1.8 (Fork)

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
44	1.8 Patch (wut?!) & Focus Tree Navigation	The launcher patch and some balance changes	2019-11-13
43	New Launcher for Hearts of Iron IV	The new unified Paradox launcher to arrive on HoI4	2019-11-12

Patch 1.7 (Hydra)

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
42	Tech bugaloo II - Dragonslaying!	1.7.1 patch plans and overview of Out of Sync errors	2019-06-12
41	3 Year Anniversary!	1.7 'Hydra' release, 3 year anniversary, response to some Twitter questions	2019-06-05
40	1.7 Update and Radio & Armor Packs	Overview of the 1.7 update and 2 new art and music DLCs to celebrate the 3 year anniversary release	2019-05-29
39	1.7 Update II - Technical boogaloo!	Further news on 64 bit, naval combat balance, optimization	2019-05-22
38	News from the Eastern Front	Patch 1.7 'Hydra' bringing 64 bit, AI frontline & player frontline UI changes	2019-05-15

Patch 1.6 post release

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
37	1.6.2 and Roadmap	1.6.2 release, future roadmap and announcement of 1.7 "Hydra" and 1.8 "Husky".	2019-04-03
36	1.6.2 Update	1.6.2 Highlights and patchlog	2019-03-27
35	1.6.2 Open Beta Patch	1.6.2 open beta patch content and AI naval screen statistics	2019-03-20
34	1.6.1 Patch and Statistics	Full 1.6.1 "Ironclad" patch log, info about the 1.6.2 beta and player statistics.	2019-03-13
33	MTG Post Release	Small telemetry information and what's planned for the patch.	2019-03-06

Patch 1.6 (Ironclad)

No.	Title and Link	Description	Date
32	1.6 Patchlog	Full 1.6 "Ironclad" patch log and Reddit AMA highlights.	2019-02-27
31	Man the Guns MEGA RECAP	Recap of everything that has been announced.	2019-02-20
30	AI Plans	More AI strategy plans, and the integration of AI strategy into the Custom Game Rules menu.	2019-02-13
29	Achievements	New goals to strive for, with the addition of 21 new achievements related to MTG.	2019-02-06
28	The Imperial Japanese Navy	An AAR of Archangel85's experience with the Imperial Japanese Navy in a MP session.	2019-01-30
27	Art and Music	New music, 3D models and 2D art to ramp up MTG's awesomeness.	2019-01-23
26	Tech Changes	Changes to the tech research system and the addition of new naval techs.	2019-01-16
25	Fuel Review and Motorized Artillery	Changes to the fuel implementation and the addition of motorized artillery units	2019-01-09
24	Subs and Convoy Raiding	Improvements to submarine convoy raiding	2018-12-12
23	New Naval Combat	Rework of naval combat to be more informative and less decisive	2018-12-06
22	Bag of Tricks #3	Dutch & British focus changes, ideology drift tweaks, map changes in Africa and the Balkans region.	2018-11-28
20	Naval Treaties and Ship Refits	Naval treaties effects on ship designing and refitting of obsolete ships	2018-11-14
19	Ship Designer	Overview on modifications on the ship designer system.	2018-11-07
18	Bag of Tricks 2	Expeditionary Force Requests, Supervised States & On-map decisions.	2018-10-31
17	Mexico focus tree	Announcement of and information about the new Mexican focus tree.	2018-10-24
16	Naval changes #1	Overview of the different changes to naval warfare.	2018-10-17
15	Naval Terrain	Overview of new terrain types for seas.	2018-10-10
14	Amphibious Vehicles and Research	New Amphibious Tractors and Amphibious Tank.	2018-10-03
13	Je Maintiendrai	Announcement of and information about the new Dutch focus tree.	2018-09-26
12	Exiled Government	Extend possibilities for exiled governments and more information about the British focus tree overhaul.	2018-09-19
21	Naval Rework #1	New mission types and changes to the naval interface	2018-11-21
11	Naval Production, Repair and Damage	Extensive changes to the naval theater with reworks of ship production, repair and damage.	2018-09-12
10	Modding and Traits	Added trait system for admirals as well as more features for modders.	2018-09-05
9	USA focus tree rework	Reworked USA focus tree, allowing for alternate-history paths.	2018-08-29
8	Mines and Minesweeping	Naval Mines added to the game along with minesweeping.	2018-08-22
7	Naval Access	Improvements to the naval theater of HOI4 including marking dangerous seazones and asking for naval access to ports.	2018-08-15
6	MTG - Bag of Tricks	Smaller improvements to the game such as assuming leadership of a faction, manual focus cancellation, and naval and air exercises.	2018-08-08
5	Custom Gameplay Rules	New Custom Gameplay Rules allowing the player to steer the game in the direction they want.	2018-08-01
4	A Post-Colonial World:Map Changes and New Tags	Sweeping changes to the map along with the addition of more releasable tags.	2018-07-11
3	God Save The King: British Focus Tree Rework	Reworked British focus tree, allowing for alternate-history paths.	2018-07-04
2	Fuel	Information on fuel and new hotfix.	2018-06-27
1	Man the Guns and PdxCon	General goals for the future expansion and patch	2018-05-23