Modern Warfare 2: Special Ops (High Explosive)
Have that one certain achievement in Call of Duty that is keeping you from completing the game? Well I am going to take a guess that in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that achievement has something to do with Special Operations, in the Echo section, a little mission called High Explosive, and on veteran difficulty. Am I correct in this assumption? Yes, I am. Recently Inside Xbox (if you watch it) did a little video about this that gave some pretty awesome tactically sound tips that don't involve leaving your friend dying on the ground in-front of a doorway!
To start this off here is a somewhat brief description of what happens during the mission and what you have to work with as far as weapons are concerned. In this mission you are only allowed to use explosives and knives to kill 10 enemy Juggernauts in the Favala campaign map (you know the place with all the crappy little poor shacks). The specific weapons you are given is a Thumper, RPG, 10 C4, Flashbangs, Frag Grenades, and 10 Claymores. Also the enemies come at you 1 Juggy at a time until you have 8 left, then two come out at once. At 7 enemies left 1 more adds himself into the bundle of fun and you will have a total of 3 Juggy's on the map at once at all times for the rest of the mission. Now the fun begins...
Unless you sold your soul to satan and you are an amazing shot with the Thumper and get headshots with it (yes, I said HEADSHOTS) then you are going to want to employ some guerrilla tactics in this fire fight. The only weapon you are going to want to use is the Thumper because it is easy to shoot and duck around corners quickly, RPG's just take waaaaay to long to fire to make this strategy effective. This strategy involves running away from every Juggy you see with a gun (if they don't have a gun you don't need to run away) (haha, that was a trick statement THEY ALL HAVE GUNS). You run around the outer edges of the map to avoid enemy fire, never take a shortcut or run straight through the middle of the map. Why, do you ask? Because by running around the outer edges of the map the Juggy's are forced to follow your direct path and they eventually all clump up in a group. Cutting through the middle/buildings just makes them split up and they will cut you off and gang bang you in an ally.
How do you kill these bastards if you are running away so much, you ask? Well its simple, as they are chasing you hit them with a Thumper shot as they are coming around a corner to kill you. Just one shot, then run away and do it again at the next corner. Rinse and repeat until one of them dies, do this for every Juggy. Now when you shoot your Thumper remember this isn't golf these guys have guns and want to kill you! Don't admire the beautiful shot you just took and watch it go through the air to hit him...by then you will be on the floor watching red stuff flow out of your body. Just shoot him and right when the grenade leaves the barrel run like hell to the next corner, ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MAP remember? One more helpful hint, use your flashbangs they stun for a couple of seconds to give you a much needed break in the action if you need it. This gives you time to pick up your stupid friend that watched his grenade hit a Juggy or gives you time to flash a Juggy in front of you (out of formation with the others, he just spawned) so you can run passed him and around a corner to safety.
This whole strategy is the only legit strategy that I know works, it is pretty tactically sound and reasonably possible. Also this strategy's key to success is knowing the map pretty freaking well, which isn't hard to learn since it is a rather small location. By the way, there are ammo stashes all over this area so you pretty much have unlimited ammo for your thumpers.
This concludes this explanation of how to do one of the toughest ops of Special Operations in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Have fun, it will take some practice to get it down right, and enjoy your 69 Star achievement!
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