Assault

Overview	1942	Vietnam	BF2	BF2:MC	2142	BC	Battlefield: Bad Company 2
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Assault
Icon
Equipment
Primary weapon	AEK-971 Vintovka (default) XM8 Prototype F2000 Assault STG.77 AUG AN-94 Abakan M416 M16A2 M16A2 SA (SPECACT) Thompson (Rank 10 or Limited Edition) WWII M1 Garand (Battlefield Veteran) M14 Mod 0 Enhanced (Rank 19) G3 (Rank 22) 870 Combat (Rank 1) Saiga 20K Semi (Rank 2) SPAS-12 Combat (Rank 18) Neostead 2000 Combat (Rank 20) USAS-12 Auto (Rank 21)
Secondary weapon	M9 Pistol (default) MP-443 Grach (Rank 3) WWII M1911 .45 (Rank 3 or Limited Edition) MP-412 REX (Rank 12) M93R Burst (Rank 13) Tracer Dart (Rank 11 or Limited Edition)
Gadget 1	M203 (STG.77 AUG, M416, M16A2 and M16A2 SA) GP-30 (AEK-971 Vintovka and AN-94 Abakan) XM320 (XM8 Prototype) GL-1 (F200 Assault) C4 (All Kit Weapons)
Gadget 2	Ammunition Box
Equipment 1	Combat Knife
Equipment 2	Frag Grenade

"The tip of the spear in any offensive. Assault grunts typically carry heavy combat rifles and grenade launchers to quickly clear a path."

— Instruction Manual Description

The Assault kit is featured in Battlefield: Bad Company 2, functioning as more of a combination of the Support and Assault kit from Battlefield 2. While it wields an assault rifle with an underslung grenade launcher, the assault is now capable of distributing ammunition.

Additionally, Bad Company 2 is the first game where the default weapons are not determined by faction; the player will start with the AEK-971 Vintovka and M9 Pistol regardless of what team they are playing on. Their underslung grenade launchers now have only aesthetic differences.

Gallery

US Assault in-game render (background cropped)

RU Assault in-game render (background cropped)

SPECACT Assaults (left: RU; right: US)

Vietnam

Assault
Icon
Equipment
Primary weapon	M16A1 AK-47 M14 Thompson (Rank 10 or Limited Edition) WWII M1 Garand (Battlefield Veteran) 870 Combat (Rank 1) Flamethrower
Secondary weapon	TT-33 M1911 (Rank 3 or Limited Edition)
Gadget 1	M79
Gadget 2	Ammunition Box
Equipment 1	Combat Knife
Equipment 2	Frag Grenade

The Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam expansion removes all underbarrel grenade launchers; instead, the Assault is always equipped with an M79—which the Assault retains regardless of the weapon class they are using, removing the capability to lay down C4. The M79 features none of the specialty ammunition the underbarrel grenade launchers could equip, and the assault rifle cannot be equipped with any optic.

Gallery

US Assault reloading his M16A1

US Assault (left) with US Medic (right)

NVA Assault (left) with NVA Medic (right)

Trivia

• In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the US Assault shares the same arms as Preston Marlowe.
• The Assault icon in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is the same as the Specialist from Battlefield: Bad Company.
• The Russians will sometimes call the US Assault "Light Infantry" when they spot him.
• The US Assault soldier has the word, "Krysset" written on his hydration pack. This can also be seen on the Russian Engineer's pack in Battlefield 3.

Vietnam

• The US Assault is the only US Army kit to wear nothing on his helmet as the Engineer has Marlboro cigarettes and the Medic has the ace of spades card and a bottle of pills.
• Both the US and NVA Assault wear a helmet.