The Tank is the armored Commander of MW4 DMZ, and like the other Commanders it has no single spawn location. It drives loops around a few parts of Hajin, and some matches have more than one, so the most useful thing we can give you is every spot we found it, how to destroy it and what the wreck drops. We took it down twice on our own with a JOKR launcher, and this guide is built on those two fights.
- The Tank drives loops around NuriGO Mall and The Grid, Songdo Wharf, the Heavenly Luck Casino and Imjin Farmland. A match can have up to five.
- Your operator calls it out when it is close, and its icon shows up on your minimap and tac map. There is no intel for it.
- An Impact Warhead kills it in one hit. Otherwise use the JOKR from a rooftop, with open sky above you, six to nine hits. DDoS is not worth getting close for.
- The wreck has three containers, with ingredients like Experimental Compounds and Nano-Structured Alloy, and a Reactive Armor Fragment for the Threat Briefing event.
- The Boss Board pays $50,000 for your first kill. Worth it.
Where the Tank Spawns
Click to enlarge The Battle Tank up close in Cheongun Village. 
The Tank is a Commander, and Commanders do not have a home area like the Lieutenants. It drives over the roads, in loops as far as we can tell, and at the Rice Mill we watched it roll about a hundred meters after we first pinged it. It sticks to a few parts of the map. These are the spots we found it. Some matches have only one tank, others had up to five.
Click to enlarge Every spot we ran into the Tank on Hajin. 
| # | Where | Grid | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South side of NuriGO Mall | H6 | Parked in the street by City Hall. We destroyed it there from a rooftop. |
| 2 | North of NuriGO Mall | H6 | On the road next to the police station. |
| 3 | Construction Zone | H6 | By the excavator. We destroyed it there with an RPG-8 from a roof. |
| 4 | Between City Hall and DBN Headquarters | G6 | On the road west of the mall. |
| 5 | NuriGO West | G6 | Parked under the trees. |
| 6 | Rice Mill, Imjin Farmland | D8 | On the road just west of the mill, then it drove further west. We destroyed it there. |
| 7 | Songdo Wharf | I7 | The beach side on the east of the map. |
| 8 | Heavenly Luck Casino | F4 | In front of the casino in Cheongun Village. |
How to Find the Tank
You cannot buy intel on a Commander, so you find the Tank by running into it. When it is close, your operator calls out that an enemy tank is in the area, and its icon shows up on your minimap and tac map. It is a black diamond with a gold border and a gold tank in it. Ping it and it is marked as Battle Tank on the tac map. A Commander Battle Tank banner with the area name usually pops up too, but at the Rice Mill we only had the icon.
Click to enlarge The banner that tells you the tank is close. 
Click to enlarge A Battle Tank ping by the Rice Mill in Imjin Farmland. 
How to Destroy the Tank
Without an Impact Warhead, the best weapon for the Tank is the JOKR launcher. It takes six to nine JOKR hits to destroy it. Some hits land as critical hits and do more damage, but with the JOKR you do not get to choose where the rocket lands, so the exact number is down to luck and placement. At NuriGO Mall it took us nine rockets from a rooftop, at the Rice Mill six from the road.
Use the JOKR From a Rooftop
The JOKR lets you fire from far away. From a rooftop up to about 140 meters away, the tank has a hard time hitting you while your rockets still land. One thing to watch out for is that the JOKR fires its rocket straight up into the air before it comes down on the target. Never fire it with a roof above your head. Out in the open on top of a roof is the best spot.
An RPG works too, but it takes a lot more hits. Thermite also does damage if you have some. We stick to the JOKR, it is pretty fast.
Impact Warhead: One Hit
The fastest way to destroy the Tank is an Impact Warhead, a Legendary Fire Support item worth $2,500. Take out its targeting device, mark the tank, and a few seconds later the warhead comes down on it. It took ours out in a single hit. The game’s own briefing warns that the tank must not move out of the impact zone before the warhead lands. We went down right as it hit, so get back into cover once the tank is marked. We could not print one ourselves and got ours from another player.
Click to enlarge The Impact Warhead, Legendary Fire Support at $2,500. 
Click to enlarge The warhead lands. One hit and the tank is done. 
DDoS Is Not Worth It
DDoS turns off the tank’s reactive armor, and the game’s own briefing says it also stops the tank from moving for a while. It probably saves you some rockets. The catch is that you have to get fairly close to the tank to DDoS it, and the tank can down you in one shot. The players we queued with who tried it mostly got downed. In our opinion it is too much of a hassle. Stay on your rooftop and use the JOKR.
The JOKR only carries three rockets, so the fight is really about refills.
Bring an Ammo Box
Every refill gave us three rockets. At NuriGO Mall we dropped an Ammo Box on the roof and went back to it twice. At the Rice Mill we used an ammo crate by the mill. Pick a spot with ammo close by before you fire the first rocket.
Click to enlarge An Ammo Box on the roof refills the launcher. 
Click to enlarge 1,075 XP for destroying the tank. 
What the Tank Drops
When the Tank goes up, the wreck gets three lootable containers, the Vehicle Hatch, the Vehicle Engine and the Vehicle Turret. The loot can be pretty good. You can get Experimental Compounds and Nano-Structured Alloy, plus a mix of other ingredients. All three of our tanks also had a Reactive Armor Fragment, an Ultra item for the Threat Briefing event, twice in the Vehicle Engine and once in the Vehicle Turret, more on that below.
Click to enlarge A Reactive Armor Fragment in the Vehicle Engine. 
Click to enlarge Four items in the engine of our Rice Mill tank. 
This is everything our tanks dropped, with all three containers added up. We only count a tank when we looted all three containers, and we add to this table every time we destroy another one.
| Item | Rarity | Tanks it dropped from | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reactive Armor Fragment | Ultra | 3 of 3 | 3 |
| Experimental Compounds | Legendary | 1 of 3 | 1 |
| Nylon Laminate | Epic | 2 of 3 | 3 |
| Alloyed Plating | Epic | 1 of 3 | 2 |
| Power Regulator | Epic | 1 of 3 | 1 |
| Volatile Explosives | Epic | 1 of 3 | 1 |
| Stock Rod | Rare | 2 of 3 | 3 |
| High-Tenacity Fibers | Rare | 1 of 3 | 1 |
| Nitro Compounds | Rare | 1 of 3 | 1 |
| Structural Alloy | Rare | 1 of 3 | 1 |
| Rigid Synthetics | Uncommon | 3 of 3 | 5 |
| Detonators | Uncommon | 2 of 3 | 3 |
| Electronic Sensors | Uncommon | 2 of 3 | 3 |
| Biomaterials | Uncommon | 1 of 3 | 2 |
The best find was the Experimental Compounds from the NuriGO Mall tank, a Legendary ingredient worth $3,500 that goes into the 3-Plate Ballistic Gel Vest and the Door Breacher Charge. Power Regulator and Nylon Laminate are Epic at $1,500 each. Our ingredient locations guide lists every Commander ingredient, and the 3D Printer recipes show what each one builds.
Click to enlarge Some of what our tank kills gave us. 
Nano-Structured Alloy is the most valuable drop, and it only comes from the Tank. It is a Legendary ingredient worth $3,500. It goes into the 3-Plate Helmet Armor Vest, the Secure Weapon Backpack and the Utility Box in the 3D Printer. It turned up in two of our later tanks, once in the Vehicle Hatch and once in both the Vehicle Engine and the Vehicle Turret of the same tank.
Click to enlarge Nano-Structured Alloy in the Vehicle Hatch of a tank we destroyed. 
Commanders do not drop a dog tag, so there is no bounty to extract.
The Battle Tank Threat Briefing
Right now there is a Threat Briefing event built around the Tank. Destroy tanks in DMZ, then loot and extract the Reactive Armor Fragment from the wreck. You get one fragment per tank while the event runs. The event rewards along the way are two 3-Plate Armor Vests, two Self-Revive Kits, two Parachutes and two Large Secure Backpacks, and at 10 fragments you get the mastery reward, the Advanced SERE Kit.
Click to enlarge The Battle Tank Threat Briefing, completed at 10 of 10 fragments. 
The Advanced SERE Kit is a Legendary survival kit. Ours held three Medkits, three Self-Revive Kits, a Weapon Insurance Contract and an Operator Rescue Beacon.
Click to enlarge What the Advanced SERE Kit holds. 
Boss Board Reward and DMZ Orders
The first time you destroy the Tank, the Boss Board pays $50,000. That happens once per Commander, after that the card only counts your kills.
Massive Damage, on page 20 of the DMZ Orders, is built around it. You DDOS the Tank three times to knock its Reactive Armor System offline, hit it with a rocket and destroy it. Unstoppable, on page 22, asks for 10 Commander kills, and the Tank counts.
Click to enlarge Our Commanders tab with the Tank claimed. 
Is the Tank Worth It?
Yes. The first kill pays $50,000 on the Boss Board, the wreck can hold Experimental Compounds and Nano-Structured Alloy, and while the Threat Briefing runs every tank brings you closer to the Advanced SERE Kit. With a JOKR and a good rooftop it does not take long.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the Tank spawn in MW4 DMZ?
The Tank has no fixed spawn, it drives loops around a few parts of Hajin. We found it around NuriGO Mall and The Grid, at Songdo Wharf, in front of the Heavenly Luck Casino and by the Rice Mill in Imjin Farmland. A match can have one tank or up to five.
How do you destroy the Tank in MW4 DMZ?
The JOKR launcher is the best weapon for it. It takes six to nine JOKR hits, depending on how many land as critical hits. Fire from a rooftop up to about 140 meters away, where the tank has a hard time hitting you, and make sure there is no roof above you. An RPG works too but needs more hits, and Thermite helps.
What does the Tank drop in MW4 DMZ?
The wreck has three containers, the Vehicle Hatch, the Vehicle Engine and the Vehicle Turret. All three of our tanks had a Reactive Armor Fragment, an Ultra item salvaged from the Commander tank, twice in the engine and once in the turret. The rest is ingredients, and you can get Experimental Compounds and Nano-Structured Alloy.
How do you find the Tank?
Your operator calls out that an enemy tank is in the area, and its icon, a black diamond with a gold tank, shows up on your minimap and tac map. There is no intel for Commanders on the Boss Board.
What is the fastest way to kill the Tank?
An Impact Warhead, a Legendary Fire Support item. Mark the tank with its targeting device and the warhead destroys it in one hit, as long as the tank stays inside the impact zone. We could not print one and got ours from another player.
Should you DDoS the Tank?
DDoS turns off its reactive armor, so you need fewer rockets, but you have to get close to do it, and the tank can down you in one shot. We think it is not worth the risk and just use the JOKR from a rooftop.
What is the Battle Tank Threat Briefing?
An event where you destroy tanks, then loot and extract the Reactive Armor Fragment from the wreck. Every fragment counts toward the rewards, and 10 fragments unlock the Advanced SERE Kit.
Is the Tank worth killing?
Yes. The first kill pays $50,000 on the Boss Board, the wreck can hold Experimental Compounds and Nano-Structured Alloy, and while the Threat Briefing runs every tank gives you a fragment toward its rewards.
How much does the Tank pay on the Boss Board?
$50,000, once, for your first kill. After that its card only counts your kills.
