Assignments are a feature in Battlefield 3 that reward players with additional content upon completion and were first introduced in the Back to Karkand expansion. The release of downloadable content has resulted in a total of 40 assignments (10 Back to Karkand, Close Quarters and Aftermath, 5 Armored Kill and End Game.)
Reference to the YouTube star FPS Russia, and his claim to being qualified to handle big guns and explosives, as he is a "Professional Russian". He also made a video using a L85A2.
Reference to the European Sega Mega Drive version of the video game Zero Wing. "Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb" is another poorly translated line from the game's intro.
Kills with the M26 MASS and 40mm Dart count towards the necessary grenade launcher kills.
Armored Kill introduced five new assignments which were revealed on September 3, 2012. Since the pack contains no new weapons, the assignments unlock vehicle specializations and, unlike most assignments in other expansions, can only be completed on the respective maps.
Aftermath introduced ten new assignments that were revealed on November 20, 2012 through maintenance on Battlelog. These pertain to the expansion's new weapon, the XBOW, and dog-tags.
Play on the phrase "sticks and stones will break your bones, but words will never hurt you," and the fact that early crossbow bolts used "sticks and stones" in construction.
Likely reference to Albert Einstein's quote - "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."
This Is My Boom Stick
Default AM
50 Carbine Kills
50 Assault Rifle Kills
Reference to infamous line in the film, Army of Darkness.
Dogtag image a possible reference to film The Terminator (1984) when T800 assaults the police station armed with a SPAS-12 and AR-18.
Before Patch 1.09, the image of the soldier in the "Squeezing The Trigger" dog tag occupied the whole dog tag. Afterwards, its size has been reduced so it looks the other left side dog tags.
Go Play Close Quarters
Complete Sticks and Stones
Cumulative Total of 150 meters headshots with Sniper Rifles.
Cumulative Total of 150 meters headshots with Assault Rifles.
Cumulative Total of 150 meters headshots with Carbines.
The assignment's name bears resemblance to the visual representation of the video game term camping. The symbol is a tent, symbolic of camping in real life.
A Good Demo Man
Complete Sticks and Stones
5 Hand Grenade Kills
5 Underslung Grenade Kills
5 C4 Kills
High Explosive Bolt for XBOW
Possible reference to the Meet the Demoman promotional video of video game Team Fortress 2, where a character is asked what makes him a good Demoman.
The Richter Scale is a scale that is used to assign a magnitude number to an earthquake depending on how powerful it was.
End Game
End Game introduced five new assignments which were revealed on March 1, 2013 Battlefield Blog post. While all five assignments pertain to unlocking dog tags, one allows the player to unlock the M1911 S-TAC, a variant of the M1911 with both a Tactical Flashlight and a Suppressor attached.
