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Level 3: Silotown Assault
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D E T A I L S
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"The Silo"
Beaumont-Hague, France
July 14, 1944
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S T A R T I N G W E A P O N S
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Springfield
Colt. 45
4 Fragmentation Grenades
4 Smoke Grenades
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O B J E C T I V E S
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Support the squad's advance into the town.
Capture the stone farmhouse at the south end of town.
Clear the barn of enemy infantry.
Secure the post office at the north end of town.
Seize the house overlooking the fork in the road.
Take control of the sign-covered house at the main intersection.
Clear the German field HQ in the manor.
Regroup with the squad at the intersection.
Get to the top of the silo with Pvt. Braeburn and Pvt. McCloskey.
Get the German sniper rifle in the silo.
Snipe the enemy mortar teams until reinforcements arrive.
Help the reinforcements clear the area of any remaining enemies.
Debrief with Sgt. Randall.
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M I S S I O N W A L K T H R O U G H
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After listening to the mission briefing, follow your squad through the bushes
and stop at the hill where McCloskey sets up his 30 Cal. Pull out your Sniper
Rifle, and when the guys start moving in, pick off the MG42 gunners in the
window to the right, behind the sandbags to the left, and in the hedgerow to
the back left. Then pick off the other Germans who'll rush in for about a
minute. Remember to hold your breath when shooting, and it looks like the game
will go in slow motion when you hold your breath on this mission which improves
your accuracy quite a lot.
Once you've secured the area, move in with the other guys who were providing
support fire, then regroup by the building. This is probably the most
non-linear mission in the game. You now have to capture a whole town full of
Germans one building at a time. Seeing as there's no set way to complete this
mission I'll attempt to walk you through it what I consider the simplest order
so after meeting up at the building, you'll be heading towards the stone farm
house first.
Some good advice here is to swap your sniper rifle for a Kar98k and your Colt
for an MP40 or MP44 from the Germans you killed before near the flak gun. Once
you've got them, sneak behind the blown up halftrack and get alongside the wall
where you'll be able to shoot the fuel barrels and take out a few Germans. Head
to the left and carefully make your way towards the back entrance of the farm
house. You'll see about four Germans in there, so get a few grenades in, then
rush the rest and spray them before they can get back up.
Move through the bottom of the building and throw a few grenades into the rooms
on the right. There are a good ten or so Germans here and if you run straight
in you won't have much chance at all of survival. Once the grenades explode,
move in quickly and take care of any Germans left, room by room. After
downstairs is secured, move upstairs and immediately prepare to kill a German
who will stick his head out of the doorway. Move to the left and kill anyone in
this room, then throw a grenade in the room to the right and move in. There'll
be a German directly to the right as you go in, and two behind the overturned
table, so waste them and you should have secured the first building.
Look out of the window where you'll see five or so Germans moving in behind the
wall outside. Help your squad pick them off, then move out of the downstairs
door and take cover behind the wall as a few more Germans move around. Rush
behind the crates to the left and use the cover to your advantage as you lean
out and pick off any Germans you can see in the headquarters building.
As usual, get your grenades through the windows and doors before moving in. You
pretty much have an unlimited supply because one in every three or so Germans
will drop more for you, so don't be scared to spam the Germans with explosives.
Once they've blown, run in and kill any Germans in there, then make your way to
the room at the left. Kill the German in here, and then any more you can see at
the other end of the bottom floor. If it's all secure, prepare to move
upstairs. As you do, throw a grenade or two into the doorway straight ahead,
and bounce a few off the door frame to the right. Watch out for Germans who
will come from the left and right too, but if you have a machine gun, they
shouldn't be too much bother. Check to see if the end room is secure, then
move through the next room and clear out the few gunners up here. That should
result in the building being secure, so head back downstairs.
Before you head outside, head into the small room downstairs. If you're in the
right one, you'll notice a piano. I guess this can be considered a secret, but
if you use the action button on it, it'll play a different note depending on
what key you're looking at. Hardly the time in the middle of a battle to write
a new song, but I'm sure if you get bored of slaughtering Germans you could
try to make a decent tune to keep yourself amused.
Anyway, move out the back of the headquarters and move towards the building on
the left, watching out for any fire coming from Germans in the street, and to
the right. Get a grenade in the top window as you move in the back door then
get a grenade in the main downstairs room. Once it blows, move in and clean up,
check the other downstairs rooms, then move upstairs, perhaps with a few more
grenades going in first. Quickly clear out the few rooms upstairs then get on
the MG42 in the room to the left and use it to kill a number of Germans in
front of the post office to the right.
Head back out the back door and move into the next building along. Throw a
grenade into the main room there and clean up with your auto, then move
upstairs and take out the three Germans in there as quickly as you can. That
building should not be secure, and next up is the post office to the left.
Move into the porch and look through the windows to see if any Germans are
downstairs. Obviously if you see any, give them a few shots in the face and
move in. Upstairs is hard to clear out because there's a lot of Germans.
There'll usually be one right at the top of the stairs, so kill him, then
bounce grenades into the room to the right, and after going about half-way up
the stairs, throw grenades into the left room. Rush into them both and finish
off any wounded Germans then proceed back downstairs and go around behind the
building.
Throw a grenade into the main doorway into the barn, then lean in looking to
the left and pick off any enemies you can see. You'll probably be better off
using two grenades at the bottom end of the barn as the enemies down there are
well behind cover. Run down to the end and finish off any Germans, then proceed
towards the steps. Look up in the roof for any Germans who may be shooting at
you, then rush up the stairs and spray any remaining enemies to secure the
final building.
Meet up with the squad outside and you'll be told to climb to the top of the
Silo and watch for a counter attack. Climb it, then when the other two guys
make their way up, grab the flashing sniper rifle from the floor. You'll now
have to defend the town against artillery firing Germans. They'll show up as
a star on the compass, so always look to the next star. Ideally, take out the
German who is carrying the mortars before he can deploy, otherwise you'll need
to take out both of the Germans who fire them at you. Keep spinning around,
taking out all of the enemy mortar teams, and keep it up for about five
minutes. If you've successfully defended yourself from the mortars, you'll
still be in one piece and you'll have a pretty good idea how hard it is to
capture a town under enemy control.
The sniping section of the mission really isn't too hard once you understand
exactly what you're supposed to be doing. After a few tries, you should be able
to take down all of the artillery crews before they can even launch a shell at
you. Eventually some Sherman tanks will make their way into the town and wipe
out the rest of the Germans, then you just need to head down the ladder and
meet up with your squad.
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