Battlefield: Bad Company
50 Achievements
1,000
150-200h
The Anti-Mechanic
Destroyed 50 vehicles. (containing enemy AI)
20
How to unlock the The Anti-Mechanic achievement in Battlefield: Bad Company - Definitive Guide
There is speculation that if you kill a vehicle with more than 1 enemy, for example a moving tank with an active gunner on top, it counts as 2, but there are plenty of enemies to kill in vehicles that it really doesn't matter. I netted this cheevo about half-way through the game.
In the game vehicles are not only considered tanks, boats, jeeps, helicopters, and armored cars but are also considered all types of turrets.
There are many ways to kill a vehicle, if you’re on foot you’re either going to be using a gadget or your grenades. If you’re fighting a heavily armored tank your best bet is to hit it in the rear as it will take nearly twice the damage as it would if you hit it from the front.
If you’re in a tank killing the enemy should be simple enough as long as you throw enough ammo at it. For the most part normal rounds (such as those from a machine gun) are ineffective against larger tanks and nearly pointless against anything else. So avoid trying to use a Humvee or an LMG to take down anything larger than a jeep.
Unfortunately for this achievement your squad kills don’t count for you. So any kills Haggard gets from killing a vehicle won’t count towards your total.
If you’re dying to get this achievement I recommend loading up the level “Air Force One” and playing through the level as normal. Not going out of my way to get any additional kills I counted 20 vehicle kills total. This achievement should be easily obtainable by the end of your first play through as long as you kill any vehicles in your way.
50 vehicles may seem like a lot but it will come during the course of the campaign. Use RPGs, C4, or the Laser Designator to destroy vehicles. Make sure that an enemy is inside of a vehicle before you destroy it otherwise it will NOT count towards the trophy. The trophy will unlock by the end of your first playthrough.
Alternative Method:
If you need to grind this trophy then play the ‘Welcome To Bad Company’ chapter. Around 20 minutes into the chapter you will reach a checkpoint where you have to use artillery to take out enemy vehicles. Take out all of the enemy vehicles. Once you complete the objective, quickly pause the game and restart from the last checkpoint, otherwise you will have to start the chapter from the very beginning. It should take anywhere from 8 – 15 repeats to unlock the trophy.
If you want to get this trophy as quickly as possible, I recommend that you turn your attention back to the Air Force One level and complete it on normal difficulty. In this situation, I counted 20 pieces of hostile equipment there. But anyway, you will receive this trophy by the end of your first playthrough, unless, of course, you give all the equipment to Haggard.