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A Quick Reference to the Pros and Cons of the bf2 vehicles
Unlike my guides in the past, I’m just gonna put the vehicles, what’s good about them, what’s bad about them, and a poll. No useless walls of text this time. This can be used as a quick reference when playing bf2, or, you can use it to refresh your memory about which vehicle you liked the best and why, so that you can vote in the above poll. After voting in the above poll, please put why you liked the vehicle in the comments.
Index
Each vehicle will be described like this:
Vehicle
Pros:
Cons:
Unarmoured cars
Armoured Cars
APC’s
Anti-Air
Tanks
Water crafts
Scout/Reconnaissance Helicopters
Attack helicopters
Utility/Transport Helicopters
Fighter Aircraft
Multi-Role/Bomber Aircraft
Attack/Close air support
Unarmoured cars[b/]: For getting across the map quickly
DPV
Pros: Faster than the FAV, has an M249 for close range combat and a Browning for long range.
Cons: Both guns only point forward and swiveled about 45 degrees on either side. Can be destroyed by tanks in one shot.
FAV
Pros: Kord HMG may be swiveled 360 degrees.
Cons: Slower than a DPV, it can be destroyed easily.
Desert Raider
Pros: 3 SAW’s
Cons: Very weakly armoured
Muscle Car:
Pros: Fast transportation for two
Cons: No armament, no armour.
Pickup Truck:
Pros: Kord HMG may be swiveled 360 degrees
Cons: Little armour, and drivers 1st person view is worse than an FAV drivers view.
Muscle Cab:
Pros: Durable, can survive direct hits with AT or high powered weaponry.
Cons: No armament, slow.
Forklift:
Pros: A small easily overlooked target, and quick.
Cons: No armament, no armour.
Civilian Car:
Pros: Can transport two people fairly quickly.
Cons: Very vulnerable to direct hits from small arms fire, or worse.
[b]Armoured Cars Their guns fire tracer rounds in addition to full metal jacketed rounds, making them easy to locate.
HMMWV
Pros: Passengers get a good view, and at full health, it can give it’s crew enough time to escape after being struck by rocket’s or shells.
Cons: It is a slow, big target, and easy to spot and hit.
Vodnik
Pros: Generally immune to small arms fire, and can survive decent amounts of damage.
Cons: Passengers have a terrible view, and it is slow and cannot turn quickly.
NJ2046
Pros: Passengers have an excellent view, it’s armour can survive decent amounts of damage.
Cons: Passengers can easily be shot out of the back, it is also a large target.
APC’s All are immune to small arms fire.
LAV-25
Pros: Carries 6, gun fires quick and kills in 1-2 hits.
Cons: It has no faults the other APC’s do not have.
WZ551
Pros: Powerful gun kills in one hit
Cons: Slower fire rate and faster overheat times than other APC’s
BTR-90
Pros: Fast firing gun.
Cons: It’s very large and easy to hit. Gun takes two hits to kill uninjured infantry
BMP-7
Pros: It has a 100mm gun and a coaxial. It is amphibious, and carries passengers.
Cons: No high powered ML-5, TOW, or HJ-8 missiles, and passengers cannot shoot.
Anti-Air Moderate armour and powerful SAM’s. Can carry a passenger.
PGZ-95
Pros: Fast firing cannons can easily hit aircraft and infantry alike, they have a large spread.
Cons: Aiming at infantry is tricky, as you must guess where your projectiles will hit.
Tunguska
Pros: Fast firing cannons can easily hit aircraft and infantry alike, they have a large spread.
Cons: Aiming at infantry is tricky, as you must guess where your projectiles will hit.
M6 Bradley Linebacker
Pros: Powerful cannon does major damage to aircraft, and easily hits infantry, and takes a while to overheat.
Cons: Cannot “spray”, as the cannon fires slowly.
Tanks Heavy armour, immune to small-arms fire, with some weak spots. Very slow, with one exception.
M1A2 Abrams MBT
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage.
Cons: Slow.
Type 98 MBT
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage.
Cons: Slow.
T-90 MBT
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage. Smaller and slightly faster than the other tanks. Firing the main gun doesn’t cause the tank to sway as much as others.
Cons: The weak spot between the turret and the tank is much easier to hit. Armour is slightly weaker than other tanks.
Challenger 2
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage.
Cons: Slow. And, it’s a British tank.
Leopard 2A6
Pros: Heavy armour, powerful gun. Also, It’s a German tank.
Cons: Slow.
Water crafts Low armour, but great for transportation.
RIB
Pros: Has light armament, is fairly quick, and carries lots of passengers.
Cons: Very low armour, slow enough and large enough to easily hit.
Jet Ski
Pros: Very fast and carries two people.
Cons: Easily destroyed.
Scout/Reconnaissance Helicopters Low health, but not easy to hit. Has two miniguns and passengers may spot enemies to earn points. Acts as a manned UAV
MH-6 Littlebird
Pros: Maneuvers and turns superbly.
Cons: It has no faults that other scout heli’s do not share.
Eurocopter
Pros: Can easily tail light vehicles.
Cons: Pitching and rolling is fine, but its turning is terrible.
WZ-11
Pros: Maneuvers and turns superbly.
Cons: It has no faults that other scout heli’s do not share.
Attack helicopters Some are low level armour killers, others are high altitude gunships.
AH-1Z Cobra
Pros: Powerful rotary cannon, speed, maneuvers very well.
Cons: Lost much of it’s anti-armour capabilities after the 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 patches.
AH-64D Apache Longbow
Pros: Quick and has a good rotary cannon. One of the only two heli’s that’s rockets have a higher blast radius and more splash damage.
Cons: It’s cannon and rockets are slightly inferior to the those of the Mi-35, which is the only helicopter it faces.
Mi-28 HAVOC
Pros: Very powerful cannon with enormous splash damage can destroy any vehicle.
Cons: Very bad turning and pitching, and it is very large. It’s rolling is bad, too.
Mi-35 Hind
Pros: Fully automatic rocket barrages, and a slightly better cannon then the Apache’s.
Cons: It maneuver’s like a transport helicopter.
Z-10
Pros: Powerful rotary cannon, speed, maneuvers very well. Many people who play multiplayer prefer this to the AH-1Z, for aesthetic reasons only.
Cons: Lost much of its anti-armour capabilities after the 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 patches.
Eurocopter Tigre HAP
Pros: It is the fastest helicopter in the game, and can reach speeds of 400 kmH. Has the same cannon as the Mi-28.
Cons: It has less armour than other helis, and its cannon can only engage targets that the helicopter is directly pointed towards.
Utility/Transport Helicopters Heavily armoured, large passenger loads, but slow.
UH-60 Blackhawk
Pros: Has two miniguns in place of two MG’s.
Cons: No faults that other transport helicopters do not share.
Mi-17
Pros: Heavily armoured.
Cons: It has HMG’s instead of miniguns, giving it less attack power.
Z-8
Pros: Heavily armoured.
Cons: It has HMG’s instead of miniguns, giving it less attack power.
Fighter Aircraft Some have faster rolling, some have better pitching. The two dumb bombs are powerful, but require direct or frequent hits to eradicate armour.
J-10
Pros: Rolls very fast, and oddly enough, seems harder to hit with AA missiles than most aircraft, even after the 1.5 patch.
Cons: Cannot pitch (Go up or down) very fast. Has a poor AG HUD.
F-18 Hornet
Pros: It can pitch quite quickly, and outturn many enemies in a dogfight.
Cons: It cannot roll as well as certain aircraft.
F-35B JSF
Pros: Can roll very quickly. Also, can hover, allowing it to bomb super accurately
Cons: Cannot pitch as quickly as most other aircraft.
Mig-29 Fulcrum
Pros: It can pitch quite quickly, and outturn many enemies in a dogfight.
Cons: It cannot roll too quickly.
Eurofighter Typhoon
Pros: It can pitch quite quickly, and outturn many enemies in a dogfight.
Cons: Cannot roll very quickly.
Multi-Role/Bomber Aircraft Smart bombs do extra damage against armour. Laser guided missiles destroy anything within range.
F-15 Eagle
Pros: It has decent pitch but a slow roll.
Cons: None that other bombers do not share.
Su-30
Pros: It cannot roll as well as fighters, but rolls slightly better than the F-15. Also, it pitches like the F-15.
Cons: None that other bombers do not share, other than a poor Air-To-Ground HUD.
Su-34
Pros: Pitches like an F-15 or Su-30.
Cons: Rolls very slowly.
Attack/Close air support Four dumb bombs can be dropped in packs of two.
A-10 Thunderbolt II (“Warthog”)
Pros: Very powerful fast firing cannon.
Cons: Standard attack jet faults. Also, the cannon, while it doesn’t unstabilize the warthog as badly as other attack jet cannons, it slows the A-10 down.
Q-5 Fantan
Pros: It has a slow firing but high damage cannon.
Cons: Standard attack jet faults, and also, firing the cannon really unstabilizes the aircraft.
Su-29 (NATO designation “Frogfoot” after its similar predecessor, the su-25 frogfoot.)
Pros: It has a slow firing but high damage cannon.
Cons: Standard attack jet faults, and also, firing the cannon really unstabilizes the aircraft.
A Quick Reference to the Pros and Cons of the bf2 vehicles
Unlike my guides in the past, I’m just gonna put the vehicles, what’s good about them, what’s bad about them, and a poll. No useless walls of text this time. This can be used as a quick reference when playing bf2, or, you can use it to refresh your memory about which vehicle you liked the best and why, so that you can vote in the above poll. After voting in the above poll, please put why you liked the vehicle in the comments.
Index
Each vehicle will be described like this:
Vehicle
Pros:
Cons:
Unarmoured cars
Armoured Cars
APC’s
Anti-Air
Tanks
Water crafts
Scout/Reconnaissance Helicopters
Attack helicopters
Utility/Transport Helicopters
Fighter Aircraft
Multi-Role/Bomber Aircraft
Attack/Close air support
Unarmoured cars[b/]: For getting across the map quickly
DPV
Pros: Faster than the FAV, has an M249 for close range combat and a Browning for long range.
Cons: Both guns only point forward and swiveled about 45 degrees on either side. Can be destroyed by tanks in one shot.
FAV
Pros: Kord HMG may be swiveled 360 degrees.
Cons: Slower than a DPV, it can be destroyed easily.
Desert Raider
Pros: 3 SAW’s
Cons: Very weakly armoured
Muscle Car:
Pros: Fast transportation for two
Cons: No armament, no armour.
Pickup Truck:
Pros: Kord HMG may be swiveled 360 degrees
Cons: Little armour, and drivers 1st person view is worse than an FAV drivers view.
Muscle Cab:
Pros: Durable, can survive direct hits with AT or high powered weaponry.
Cons: No armament, slow.
Forklift:
Pros: A small easily overlooked target, and quick.
Cons: No armament, no armour.
Civilian Car:
Pros: Can transport two people fairly quickly.
Cons: Very vulnerable to direct hits from small arms fire, or worse.
[b]Armoured Cars Their guns fire tracer rounds in addition to full metal jacketed rounds, making them easy to locate.
HMMWV
Pros: Passengers get a good view, and at full health, it can give it’s crew enough time to escape after being struck by rocket’s or shells.
Cons: It is a slow, big target, and easy to spot and hit.
Vodnik
Pros: Generally immune to small arms fire, and can survive decent amounts of damage.
Cons: Passengers have a terrible view, and it is slow and cannot turn quickly.
NJ2046
Pros: Passengers have an excellent view, it’s armour can survive decent amounts of damage.
Cons: Passengers can easily be shot out of the back, it is also a large target.
APC’s All are immune to small arms fire.
LAV-25
Pros: Carries 6, gun fires quick and kills in 1-2 hits.
Cons: It has no faults the other APC’s do not have.
WZ551
Pros: Powerful gun kills in one hit
Cons: Slower fire rate and faster overheat times than other APC’s
BTR-90
Pros: Fast firing gun.
Cons: It’s very large and easy to hit. Gun takes two hits to kill uninjured infantry
BMP-7
Pros: It has a 100mm gun and a coaxial. It is amphibious, and carries passengers.
Cons: No high powered ML-5, TOW, or HJ-8 missiles, and passengers cannot shoot.
Anti-Air Moderate armour and powerful SAM’s. Can carry a passenger.
PGZ-95
Pros: Fast firing cannons can easily hit aircraft and infantry alike, they have a large spread.
Cons: Aiming at infantry is tricky, as you must guess where your projectiles will hit.
Tunguska
Pros: Fast firing cannons can easily hit aircraft and infantry alike, they have a large spread.
Cons: Aiming at infantry is tricky, as you must guess where your projectiles will hit.
M6 Bradley Linebacker
Pros: Powerful cannon does major damage to aircraft, and easily hits infantry, and takes a while to overheat.
Cons: Cannot “spray”, as the cannon fires slowly.
Tanks Heavy armour, immune to small-arms fire, with some weak spots. Very slow, with one exception.
M1A2 Abrams MBT
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage.
Cons: Slow.
Type 98 MBT
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage.
Cons: Slow.
T-90 MBT
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage. Smaller and slightly faster than the other tanks. Firing the main gun doesn’t cause the tank to sway as much as others.
Cons: The weak spot between the turret and the tank is much easier to hit. Armour is slightly weaker than other tanks.
Challenger 2
Pros: Heavy armour, gun does heavy damage.
Cons: Slow. And, it’s a British tank.
Leopard 2A6
Pros: Heavy armour, powerful gun. Also, It’s a German tank.
Cons: Slow.
Water crafts Low armour, but great for transportation.
RIB
Pros: Has light armament, is fairly quick, and carries lots of passengers.
Cons: Very low armour, slow enough and large enough to easily hit.
Jet Ski
Pros: Very fast and carries two people.
Cons: Easily destroyed.
Scout/Reconnaissance Helicopters Low health, but not easy to hit. Has two miniguns and passengers may spot enemies to earn points. Acts as a manned UAV
MH-6 Littlebird
Pros: Maneuvers and turns superbly.
Cons: It has no faults that other scout heli’s do not share.
Eurocopter
Pros: Can easily tail light vehicles.
Cons: Pitching and rolling is fine, but its turning is terrible.
WZ-11
Pros: Maneuvers and turns superbly.
Cons: It has no faults that other scout heli’s do not share.
Attack helicopters Some are low level armour killers, others are high altitude gunships.
AH-1Z Cobra
Pros: Powerful rotary cannon, speed, maneuvers very well.
Cons: Lost much of it’s anti-armour capabilities after the 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 patches.
AH-64D Apache Longbow
Pros: Quick and has a good rotary cannon. One of the only two heli’s that’s rockets have a higher blast radius and more splash damage.
Cons: It’s cannon and rockets are slightly inferior to the those of the Mi-35, which is the only helicopter it faces.
Mi-28 HAVOC
Pros: Very powerful cannon with enormous splash damage can destroy any vehicle.
Cons: Very bad turning and pitching, and it is very large. It’s rolling is bad, too.
Mi-35 Hind
Pros: Fully automatic rocket barrages, and a slightly better cannon then the Apache’s.
Cons: It maneuver’s like a transport helicopter.
Z-10
Pros: Powerful rotary cannon, speed, maneuvers very well. Many people who play multiplayer prefer this to the AH-1Z, for aesthetic reasons only.
Cons: Lost much of its anti-armour capabilities after the 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 patches.
Eurocopter Tigre HAP
Pros: It is the fastest helicopter in the game, and can reach speeds of 400 kmH. Has the same cannon as the Mi-28.
Cons: It has less armour than other helis, and its cannon can only engage targets that the helicopter is directly pointed towards.
Utility/Transport Helicopters Heavily armoured, large passenger loads, but slow.
UH-60 Blackhawk
Pros: Has two miniguns in place of two MG’s.
Cons: No faults that other transport helicopters do not share.
Mi-17
Pros: Heavily armoured.
Cons: It has HMG’s instead of miniguns, giving it less attack power.
Z-8
Pros: Heavily armoured.
Cons: It has HMG’s instead of miniguns, giving it less attack power.
Fighter Aircraft Some have faster rolling, some have better pitching. The two dumb bombs are powerful, but require direct or frequent hits to eradicate armour.
J-10
Pros: Rolls very fast, and oddly enough, seems harder to hit with AA missiles than most aircraft, even after the 1.5 patch.
Cons: Cannot pitch (Go up or down) very fast. Has a poor AG HUD.
F-18 Hornet
Pros: It can pitch quite quickly, and outturn many enemies in a dogfight.
Cons: It cannot roll as well as certain aircraft.
F-35B JSF
Pros: Can roll very quickly. Also, can hover, allowing it to bomb super accurately
Cons: Cannot pitch as quickly as most other aircraft.
Mig-29 Fulcrum
Pros: It can pitch quite quickly, and outturn many enemies in a dogfight.
Cons: It cannot roll too quickly.
Eurofighter Typhoon
Pros: It can pitch quite quickly, and outturn many enemies in a dogfight.
Cons: Cannot roll very quickly.
Multi-Role/Bomber Aircraft Smart bombs do extra damage against armour. Laser guided missiles destroy anything within range.
F-15 Eagle
Pros: It has decent pitch but a slow roll.
Cons: None that other bombers do not share.
Su-30
Pros: It cannot roll as well as fighters, but rolls slightly better than the F-15. Also, it pitches like the F-15.
Cons: None that other bombers do not share, other than a poor Air-To-Ground HUD.
Su-34
Pros: Pitches like an F-15 or Su-30.
Cons: Rolls very slowly.
Attack/Close air support Four dumb bombs can be dropped in packs of two.
A-10 Thunderbolt II (“Warthog”)
Pros: Very powerful fast firing cannon.
Cons: Standard attack jet faults. Also, the cannon, while it doesn’t unstabilize the warthog as badly as other attack jet cannons, it slows the A-10 down.
Q-5 Fantan
Pros: It has a slow firing but high damage cannon.
Cons: Standard attack jet faults, and also, firing the cannon really unstabilizes the aircraft.
Su-29 (NATO designation “Frogfoot” after its similar predecessor, the su-25 frogfoot.)
Pros: It has a slow firing but high damage cannon.
Cons: Standard attack jet faults, and also, firing the cannon really unstabilizes the aircraft.
