Battlefield Bad Company 2 Guide Essentials Weapons

Weapon Specializations

As you progress through your multiplayer career, you unlock a variety of specializations. These perks provide varying bonuses to your kit.

But you can only equip a maximum of three specializations, so pick the bonuses that best fit your style of play.

The weapon-based specializations offer new scopes and sights for each kit, as well as accuracy bonuses for their associated weapons.

Red Dot Sight

MP Unlock:

Assault Rifle: 13,900 Assault Score

Submachine Gun: 11,100 Engineer Score

Light Machine Gun: 14,700 Medic Score

Sniper Rifle: 12,400 Recon Score

High visibility optics for your primary weapon. Increases aim speed and target acquisition at close range.

Field Notes

The red dot sight can be attached to any assault rifle, submachine gun, light machine gun, or sniper rifle once it’s unlocked in each respective kit.

This standardized sight makes it much easier to target enemies—simply place the red dot over your target and squeeze the trigger.

But unlike a scope, you maintain some peripheral vision while zoomed in, making it great for engaging targets at close and intermediate ranges. But the sight’s limited magnification isn’t very useful at long range.

For this reason, the sight is most effective when attached to submachine guns.

4X Rifle Scope

MP Unlock:

Assault Rifle: 17,000 Assault Score

Submachine Gun: 13,500 Engineer Score

Light Machine Gun: 17,900 Medic Score

Sniper Rifle: 7,900 Recon Score

4X optical sight upgrade increases your magnification for improved effectiveness at medium range.

Field Notes

This scope offers much more magnification than the red dot sight, making it better suited for targeting enemies at greater distances.

But don’t bother equipping it on weapons that have poor accuracy at intermediate or long ranges. The scope is most effective when attached to assault rifles and some light machine guns.

But be prepared for reduced peripheral vision when zoomed in. The scope can also be attached to sniper rifles, offering less magnification than their standard-issue 6X scopes, making it easier to target enemies at shorter distances.

12X High-Power Scope

MP Unlock: 10,100 Recon Score

12X optical sight upgrade for sniper rifles increases zoom power, allowing greater accuracy at long range.

Field Notes

This scope is only available to the recon kit’s sniper rifles, offering unparalleled magnification for extreme long range engagements. Attach this scope to long-range beasts like the M24, GOL, or M95 and target enemies halfway across the map.

While peering through this scope, your vision is extremely narrowed, making it impossible to see anything going on around you. Make sure you have a very safe spot to snipe from, far away from the front lines.

Even distant targets may appear very close thanks to the powerful magnification, so take this into consideration when lining up your shot. Compensate for range by aiming above the target, using the vertical mil dots below the crosshairs to gauge the proper barrel elevation.