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A Carl Gustav recoilless rifle in real life.
The M2 Carl Gustav is a Swedish made, multi-role, recoilless, 84mm, anti-tank rifle. It was designed in 1964 by Hugo Abramson to fill the role of a squad anti-tank weapon.
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
The Carl Gustav M2 is the standard rocket launcher issued to the EU Engineer kit. It is statistically identical to the PLA's PF-98, the USMC's SMAW, and the MEC's RPG-7V. The Gustav is highly effective at taking out vehicles, being capable of taking out a tank with about three missiles, and can destroy light transports and helicopters with one. Though ground and naval vehicles pose little problem to the Gustav, helicopters are more difficult to deal with due to the weapons being unguidable, forcing the Engineer to guess the helicopter's flight path to take it down with a Gustav. If one is present, it's generally a better idea to use a Stinger emplacement to deal with helicopters instead of the handheld launchers.
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Battlefield: Bad Company
Singleplayer
The M2CG can be found in the level Ghost Town being used by the MEC to take out any vehicle the player uses. The player can also pick up the rocket launcher and use it against them and their vehicles. It can also be picked up at the helipad when the player battles against the Legionnaire's Ka-52.
Multiplayer
The M2CG is used by the MEC Demolition kit; its statistics are identical to those of its RU and US counterparts. However, the M2CG has a different reload animation compared to the RPG-7 and M136. This can give players an advantage when using it as the lack of awkwardness can help with making the next shot more accurate.
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2
— In-game description
Singleplayer
The M2 Carl Gustav AT is the only rocket launcher that can be used by the player in the campaign. The Carl Gustav is always placed at a convenient spot whenever there is an enemy vehicle nearby. Unlike the first Bad Company, the Carl Gustav takes up one of the player's weapon slots instead of the gadget slots. It is considered a collectible in the campaign and can be selected from various supply drops in the levels.
It is also used by both Latin American Militia and Russian Ground Forces units against the player in almost all of the levels in the singleplayer.
Multiplayer
The M2 Carl Gustav AT is the second rocket launcher unlocked by the Engineer kit, requiring 8,700 Engineer points. It does less damage to vehicles than the other rocket launchers, with 280 base damage, as opposed to the M136 AT4's 380 and the RPG-7's 360. However, the rockets fly significantly faster than those of the RPG-7 while still being capable of locking on to vehicles tagged with a tracer dart. It also has significantly faster reload than the RPG-7, and slightly faster than the M136 AT4, with the M136 AT4 also including the time to control the warhead.
The Gustav is well-suited for bunker-busting, anti-infantry, and anti-helicopter roles because of its accuracy, speed, and (in the case of anti-infantry) large splash radius. The M2 Carl Gustav is often more efficient than even the AT4 at destroying helicopters because the projectile fires at full speed immediately, unlike the AT4 which takes some time to accelerate to full speed after being fired.
The Carl Gustav is extremely effective when used by UH-60 Black Hawk passengers due to its high damage and quick projectile speed. This weapon is looked down upon by many players, due to its extreme effectiveness against infantry.
Against main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, players should aim for the sides or rear, as the damages will multiply gradually from 1.16x damage up to 2x damage if it hits at a 90 degree angle. An M2CG coupled with Improved Demolitions can destroy a tank in 2 hits to the sides or rear.
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Videos
thumb|300px|left|Gameplay of the M2 Carl Gustav in multiplayer.
Trivia
- The Carl Gustav is the only rocket launcher that is available for Preston Marlowe to use in Battlefield: Bad Company 2's single player campaign.
- In Battlefield: Bad Company, using the M2 Carl Gustav is the easiest way for Preston to take down the Legionnaire's helicopter in the last mission, Ghost Town, although the laser designator picked up earlier can be an alternative.
- In Battlefield: Bad Company 2, no multiplayer faction has an Engineer character model with an M2 Carl Gustav. However, the Bolivian Militia's engineer model has an M2, as seen in singleplayer.
- The splash damage of the Carl Gustav has been dramatically reduced in 2 updates.
- Contrary to the above, it is still banned on many servers as a somewhat 'cheap' weapon, because of it being the only rocket launcher with such splash damage.
- In Bad Company 2's campaign, the squad incorrectly refers to it as the RPG-7.