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The First Horseman Achievement in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

The First Horseman57 (40)

Offline Required - This achievement requires play in offline game modesSingle Player - This achievement can be obtained in single player game modesMain Storyline - This achievement is gained automatically by progressing through the main game modeDifficulty Specific - This achievement requires play on a certain difficulty level
Complete 'Shock and Awe' on Veteran difficulty

Achievement Guide for The First Horseman

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Cheese Touch
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Cheese Touch
Achievement won on 19 Jun 09
TA Score for this game: 765
Posted on 19 June 09 at 11:59
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A few tips on the hard parts:

- At the beginning when you shoot the grenade launcher out of the helicopter you'll want to take out the AA nests on the rooftops first. You'll also want to spray a few rounds at the rooftops as you fly by them to preemptively take out RPG soldiers. You can spread your shots out a bit as the grenades have a pretty good blast radius. It's easy to die here but keep trying and see if you can identify what killed you so you can take it out on the next flyby.

- For the approach to the friendlies, keep to the left and stay in cover. Peek out and shoot the bad guys as you move forward. Be ready to toss grenades back. Your buddies will do a good job of killing off the bad guys as you press forward.

- In the building with the friendlies, stay to the left and make use of your flashbangs. This part is pretty easy.

- The battle after you meet up with the friendlies is probably the hardest part of the level. Start out by switching to your grenade launcher, move forward and shoot the helicopter to your right (aim slightly high to hit it, the one on the left gets shot by a passing cobra so don't worry about it). Then run forward to the right and drop down. Back up and scope in at the top of the building straight in front of you and shoot the three soldiers who appear on the rooftop. Now run to your left past the gap in the fence and peek out and snipe the guys who appear in the windows of the building to the right (where you shot the guys on the roof). There should be about a half dozen so wait until you don't see any more. Be ready to throw grenades back as you'll usually have a couple tossed your way at this point. Peek out a little more and shoot some people straight ahead of the gap in the fence then sprint over to the other side (where you were when you dropped down). Snipe at the guys who appear on the platform in the far left corner until they stop reappearing. Now run out behind the cargo container so you are shielded from the building and make sure you have a full clip. Move out to the left and advance forward, watching out for people behind the container and in the building doorway. Move up to the front of the building and stay to the right of the door. Your men should move up with you. Let them take out the bad guys nearby for a bit. Move into the building but watch for a guy right around the corner (a flashbang helps here) and bad guys still alive in the courtyard to your left. As you exit the building to the right, watch out for guys in the alley to the left then head through the gap in the stone wall towards your objective. There should be a few guys to the right as you approach the helicopter.

- The next helicopter part is pretty easy. Just take out the bad guys as you fly.

- When you retrieve the crashed pilot, move quickly keeping to the left and shooting anyone you encounter. Grab the pilot and run directly back to the helicopter. I had no problems with this section and it seemed like nobody shot me as I ran back with the pilot but that might not be the case for you.
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philcsf
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Achievement won on 05 Jun 11
TA Score for this game: 1,335
Posted on 05 June 11 at 23:27, Edited on 05 June 11 at 23:31
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For those of you who are struggling in the courtyard after you meet up with the friendly squad, here's a handy hint to skip the entire section!

From the checkpoint (should be as you come up the stairs to the friendly holdout), immediately run and jump straight out of the main hole in the wall. When you land, toss a flashbang into the enemy spawn straight ahead of you, and start moving around the left of the barrier - You may just catch the edge of the flash, but you'll stun 7 or 8 guys in the process.

Here's the plan... LEG IT. Run straight through the dudes as fast as you can and head to the left, taking out one or two late spawners. Head around and behind the shack to your left, and hide in the dead end. Give it a few seconds and you'll see 'Checkpoint Reached'... Nearly all of the enemies will disappear, your squad will move up towards the LZ, and you can get on with the level!

It may take a few attempts to pull off, but it's less frustrating than doing the same bit over and over again with no luck at all.
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blueriversbeast
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Achievement won on 18 Feb 11
TA Score for this game: 1,335
Posted on 18 February 11 at 16:27
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I just wanted to add something I noticed for the very last part when you save the pilot. After picking up the pilot it seemed that I couldn't die and I was invincible. I was shot multiple times to the point that I was walking forward toward the plane and the screen was fully red. Once I put the pilot down in the plane there were multiple enemies inside the plane as well as when we took off.
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