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IntRoduCtIon How to uSe tHIS GuIde Table of ConTenTs 2 BASIC tRAInInG weAponS 01: IntroductIon ................3 04: VehIcles ................. 69 06: multIplayer ........ 193 VeHICLeS The BaTTlefield leGacy ........................................... 4 liGhT vehicles .................................................. 70 whaT’s new? ................................................. 194 hOw TO Use This GUide .............................................. 6 heavy vehicles ................................................ 74 Game mOdes .................................................. 197 CAmpAIGn air vehicles ...................................................... 78 TrOOP kiTs ..................................................... 198 muLtIpLAyeR 02: BasIc traInIng ..............9 waTer vehicles ................................................ 81 sqUad Play ................................................... 205 AppendIx welcOme Back TO B-cOmPany ................................ 10 vehicle sPecializaTiOns ................................ 83 PersisTence sysTem ................................... 208 inTerface .................................................................. 13 cOmmUniTy .................................................... 208 mOvemenT ................................................................. 15 05: campaIgn ............... 87 multIplayer maps .................... 209 cOmBaT ...................................................................... 16 OPeraTiOn aUrOra ............................................ 88 Panama canal .............................................. 210 vehicles .................................................................... 18 cOld war ............................................................ 97 valParaisO .................................................... 212 missiOn infOrmaTiOn .............................................. 18 hearT Of darkness ........................................ 104 laGUna alTa .................................................. 214 TacTics ...................................................................... 19 UPriver ............................................................. 113 isla inOcenTes ............................................. 215 crack The sky ................................................. 122 Atacama deserT .......................................... 216 03: Weapons .....................23 snOwBlind ....................................................... 130 arica harBOr ............................................... 218 assaUlT rifles ......................................................... 24 heavy meTal .................................................... 136 whiTe Pass .................................................... 220 sUBmachine GUns .................................................... 30 hiGh valUe TarGeT .......................................... 146 nelsOn Bay ................................................... 221 liGhT machine GUns ................................................ 34 sanGre del TOrO ............................................ 152 laGUna Presa ............................................... 222 sniPer rifles ............................................................ 38 nO One GeTs lefT Behind ............................... 164 POrT valdez .................................................. 225 shOTGUns .................................................................. 42 zerO dark ThirTy ............................................ 176 PisTOls ...................................................................... 46 fOrce mUlTiPlier ............................................ 184 appendIx ............. 227 rOckeT laUnchers .................................................. 50 07: airBOrne .......................................................... 188 mU lTiPlayer scOrinG .................................. 228 GadGeTs ..................................................................... 52 ePilOGUe .......................................................... 192 mUlTiPlayer UnlOcks ................................. 230 weaPOn sPecializaTiOns ........................................ 58 mUlTiPlayer awards .................................. 233 infanTry sPecializaTiOns ...................................... 64 mUlTiPlayer ranks ..................................... 237 sTaTiOnary weaPOns .............................................. 67 XBOX 360 achievemenTs/Ps3 TrOPhies ..... 238 Prima Official Game Guide www.primagames.com Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading expressly prohibited. IntroductIon tHe BAttLefIeLd LeGACy How to uSe tHIS GuIde BASIC tRAInInG weAponS VeHICLeS CAmpAIGn muLtIpLAyeR AppendIx 01 IntroductIon 3 Protected by copyright. Unauthorized or unlawful copying or downloading expressly prohibited. IntroductIon tHe BAttLefIeLd LeGACy IntroductIon 4 How to uSe tHIS GuIde chapter 01 BASIC tRAInInG weAponS Welcome of the official game guide for VeHICLeS Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Following CAmpAIGn their first gold-chasing adventure muLtIpLAyeR together, Preston Marlowe, Sarge, AppendIx Haggard, and Sweetwater are back The baTTlefield legaCy in action, traversing jungles, deserts, and frozen landscapes in search of The Battlefield series has been going strong since 2002, providing gamers with plenty of intelligence regarding a new Russian memorable Battlefield moments. You know, like the time you stood on the wing of a flying B-17 superweapon. Do they have what it takes and tossed grenades down at your enemies? Here’s a brief look at the complete series line-up. to stop another World War? The fate of the free world rests on your shoulders. BattlefIeld 1942 (2002) Fortunately, you won’t be going in alone. Platform: PC This guide has everything you need to This is the title that got it all started, taking critics and hardcore gamers by surprise with its survive the latest campaign as well as the accessible gameplay and deep team-based multiplayer action. The subsequent Road to Rome hours and hours of multiplayer battles and Secret Weapons expansions added even more maps, weapons, and vehicles, giving fans raging online. So what are you waiting more destructive options during their