Varsity

Objectives

• Secure Factory Drop Zone
• Destroy Tanks on Railcars (3)
• Destroy Munitions Stockpile
• Destroy Railgun
• Sabotage Tank Factory Control Room
• Destroy Pressure Valves (2)
• Assemble with Airborne at Steel Mill
  • Clear and Secure Entrance to Rail Yard
  • Destroy Panzerzug Engine
  • Destroy Panzerzug Cannon Cars (2)

Recommended Weapons

Again, there'll be a lot of sniping here, so drag along the Springfield and an up-close weapon.

Skill Drops

Land through the doorway of the balcony in the munitions factory on the middle southern side of the zone. The balcony is red, so this chute is difficult to miss.

There's a flatbed train car on the eastern side of the area, elevated off the ground and surrounded by snipers; it's up the ladder to your right if you exit the munitions factory through the doorway near the explosive charge point. Land on it.

On the fuel tanks across from the tank factory, there's a catwalk leading over to the upper entrance of the factory. Find it, then look around on the balcony for the chute.

The last two are pretty high up. Climb up from the landing zone between the two tall buildings and head east along the pipe there. You should find a chute on the pipe near a small hut with two snipers in it.

The last drop point is atop the three large fuel canisters in the middle of the map. You can't see the chute from the ground, so you'll have to just drop onto it to find it.

The Drop

If you can, steer yourself towards the central drop zone here, on top of the buildings, but between the two rooftops, so that you're clear of most enemy fire. If you land on the ground, you can have a tough time avoiding the sniper fire. It's best to get yourself a little elevation and scout out the area before picking an objective; you have plenty of them.

If you do land on the ground, especially to the east, you'll have to immediately start countersniping in order to survive. Some of the snipers here are exposed on the rooftops, but most of them are inside small rooms. Look for the flashes off of their lenses to locate them, then lean out and pop their heads off with your own sniper rifle. If you didn't land with the Springfield, you'll have an exceedingly tough time with these guys; might want to consider restarting if that's the case.

Anyway, there are plenty of objectives here, some more difficult than others. In no particular order:

Destroy Munitions Stockpile

You'll have to fight your way down through the stockpile.

The munitions factory is on the southern side of the area. There's no ground floor entrance, so you'll have to enter on the second or third floors and work your way down, being careful to avoid the fire of the MGs on the second and ground floor. There's a stairwell that will lead to the ground floor from the second floor, so take it down and clean out the enemies before heading for the basement. You'll have to enter the basement on your own, so grenade out the defenders and find the spot for the Composition B. Instead of backtracking after placing the explosives, continue on the path until you find the stairs leading up to the outside area and leave.

Destroy Tanks On Railcars

The eastern section of the exterior part of the level has the tanks on the railcars. There are three of them in all, but there are hordes of snipers in the buildings above them that you'll need to clear out before you can reach them safely.

Snipers should be counter-sniped with the Springfield.

If you exited from the munitions storehouse, you should see a ladder directly in front of you. Climb it, then walk down the railway until you can jump over it to reach one of the small cabins here. Kill the inhabitants, then start counter-sniping from the windows here. There are six to 10 snipers around the area, so start plonking them with headshots as best you can until the area is relatively clear.

Sabotage Tank Factory Control Room / Destroy Railgun

If you move around to the northern green smoke flare, you'll be near the entrance to the tank factory, a massive and heavily defended building. It's difficult, but possible, to attack it through the main entrance, but if you do, you'll have to fight your way through hordes of enemies. There is, however, another way inside: through the upper level entrance. To get there, you'll have to take the stairs from the factory's ground floor and maneuver through the silo-esque buildings, find the steps leading up, and cross back over to the upper floor of the factory. Or you could just let someone shoot you, then float down to the walkway when you parachute down, although that'll open you up to some sniper fire as you fall.

Anyway, when you reach the inside, upper walkway of the factory, let your friends charge forward while you shoot away at the enemies as they appear. Since you're up top, you won't have to worry about as many enemies as you would if you had stayed on the ground; your foes seem to be a lot more eager to go down stairs than they are to come up them.

This is apparently your only chance to pick up the Mauser pistol.

Stay on the upper level here, but take one of the left turns to find a walkway leading over the factory control room and drop down. There shouldn't be too many soldiers in here, so kill them, then plant a bomb on the safe here to find the semi-secret Mauser pistol, the only pistol option you'll get other than the Colt. Nab it, then shoot the control room panels to sabotage them and get the checkpoint. With that done, clear out the rest of the soldiers on the western side of the room and plant your Comp B on the railgun there to destroy it as well.

Destroy Pressure Valves

Lastly, there are two pressure valves in the factory area. They're not difficult to find, assuming you can survive the trip; the walkways and catwalks make for some confusing fighting. Pay attention to your radar and drop any fools willing to take you on.

Clear and Secure Entrance to Rail Yard

After you blow up the pressure valves, a new objective will appear: you'll need to clear your way to the rail yard on your map. A dozen or so Germans will appear in the area, so get above them on the factory scaffoldings and blast away at them from up there before heading to the point.

If you can get above the Storm Elites, you can unload into their chests to drop them.

When you manage to secure the rail yard, you'll have an unpleasant surprise waiting for you: a super-powered German soldier with bulletproof armor will unload on your troops with a portable MG42. These guys are nigh-impossible to take down, but it can be done. If you have Gannon grenades, then dropping a couple at their feet (they're slow, and thus can't run away) will finish them off. Otherwise, you'll have to simply unload a full clip at them, aiming for the body since they're mostly immune to headshots. An automatic rifle is the best choice here. Alternately, you can also just attempt to run away from the ubermensch and try to get up on one of the upper catwalks. The stormtroopers are easier to take out from above, since they can't shoot you through the catwalks while you can lean out, hit them with a Springfield round to the chest, and duck back behind cover. It'll take a few rounds to kill them, but die they will.

When the elite trooper is dead, you can get down to business. There's three sections of the train to bomb; you have to drop down on them from above, via the catwalks, to nail them. Do so, and the mission's over.

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