Jesus fucking christ the tanks in this game suck shit. This makes that tank level impossible to complete. You are in a tank with 30 rounds that controls like shit, surrounded by dozens of tanks and hundreds of guys with rocket launchers all gunning for you. No cover, no stealth. The game doesn't even render the people on screen they are so far away.

Remember the golden rule for fighting in a tank: ALWAYS be on the move as everyone fears you and targets you. Stopping for ½ a second the better to hit when firing might be alright. Also, what forces you to complete the whole thing in that tank?

That's a good point. You can get out of the tank to deal with troops and helos, jump back in to take out armor, out for troops again, etc. So long as you make to the next checkpoint, I suspect the game doesn't really care. Shoot, you might be able to trigger the checkpoint without firing a shot, if you were to jump out and 'stealth' your way past everything.

pick off the enemy tanks and bad guys from a distance and don't rush, when your tank runs out of ammo or health there's a couple of enemy tanks you can get in.

THIS. Keep moving. I think I died 2-3 times in that level but I never found it frustrating.

sorry to necropost, but I'm stuck on this stupid mission too. How do you mess up a tank mission in an FPS? I feel more powerful as a soldier with a handgun than a freaking tank.

Should have been more like the tank mission in Goldeneye where you just mow soldiers down, but here I feel defenseless with everybody spamming rockets at me while I have to wait ten seconds for the cooldown every time i shoot a missile.

Just don't rush into everyone's view, pick them off from a good distance. That alone should let you get past this level.

Besides, each enemy type has a weakness to exploit:
- the regular KPA tank is just as slow to reload as the American one;
- the Korean APC has a faster fire rate but is more vulnerable;
- the soldiers with RL's are utterly helpless against your sniper scope.

A few more details:
- your tank is more vulnerable at the sides while at the front it's the strongest;
- you don't have to use a tank, there's enough RL's to pick up in this level (mostly from enemies);
- you don't have to shoot anyone either, - the friendly tanks and RL troops are usually capable of clearing the valley by themselves, it just takes them longer without your help;
- it's generally safer to stick to the edge of the map as you go, use the terrain.

So, yeah... Don't rush and you should be fine. Good luck!