Iron Nest Missions — Mission List & Verified Guides

Calibration Fire has one documented target objective: use the supplied coordinates to calculate bearing and range from Iron Nest, then fire HE. The published guide keeps the task to that source-supported loop and does not add a calibration routine or extra target groups.

The target coordinates are mission data, not a universal fixed answer. If the shot misses, re-check the Iron Nest position, target grid, bearing, and range before trying again. Gold is tied to one shot or fewer in the cited mission record.

Read the Mission 1 Calibration Fire guide.

Fire & Light begins with a hostile-target fire mission: triangulate the reported position and use HE only. Recon then adds two hostile elements. Only after that combat phase does High Command order a separate, non-combat STAR-shell display over the Royal Palace.

The yellow numbers and arrows on the impact recon photo are correction data — distance and direction from impact to target. Bearings and distances vary by run, so the guide uses the method rather than presenting sample values as fixed answers.

Read the Mission 2 Fire & Light guide.

Mission 3 Liberation is the requisition-and-recon mission. Reposition Iron Nest, use the requisition console and Scout Plane recon flight to locate the armoured ammo supply cache, then destroy five hostile infantry targets and use AP on the cache in the designated urban sector.

The target count and AP cache requirement are fixed in the cited record. Some field reports are explicitly marked incomplete intelligence, while bearings and distances vary by run; the published guide keeps those facts separate and lists only source-confirmed gold thresholds.

Read the Mission 3 Liberation guide.

Counter-Battery begins with three artillery fixes in the initial field report: two bearing intersections and one distance intersection. Plot all three before the first shell lands, because that first impact activates the counter-battery timer.

Artillery kills extend the clock. When later batteries appear without an actionable spotter fix, prior reconnaissance is unreliable; the Recon Plane card remains active and STAR-shell ordnance is authorised for locating the hidden guns.

Read the Mission 4 Counter-Battery walkthrough.

Iron Road is a two-phase operation: intercept the troop train before it reaches Valle de Mula station — the schedule lives on the secondary typewriter — then silence two armoured emplacements blocking the allied assault.

The emplacements require AP, and the war horn must not sound before both are confirmed destroyed; an early signal is the mission's documented failure.

Read the Mission 5 Iron Road guide.

Siege of Cartagena chains measurements to three concealed installations — with up to 0.5° error per bearing compounding at every link — while two coastal batteries can come online at any moment and start the counter-battery timer.

Destroy the primaries, deal with the batteries, kill 8 more units, answer smoke calls before their deadlines, and only then sound the breakout horn.

Read the Mission 6 Siege of Cartagena guide.

The Gorge opens with Iron Nest damaged in an ambush: restart the engine manually, then take the briefing at its word — you are expected to finish the mission without the broken system, not to restore it.

Every target is soft, so HE alone clears the forward element holding the pass; rear contacts are optional once the column moves.

Read the Mission 7 The Gorge guide.

Rock of Gibraltar is a timed night ambush: hold fire until the window opens, chain the Alpha–Bravo–Cruiser fix with no impact photography to correct you, and kill HMS Rockingham with AP.

The optional strait intercept supplies the vessel's course and speed conversions — lead the shot; missing it does not fail the mission.

Read the Mission 8 Rock of Gibraltar guide.

Dead Reckoning hides the Cádiz garrison from all aerial reconnaissance: TEAR shells force the defenders into the open so their positions can be confirmed and destroyed in detail.

Invisible does not mean invulnerable — the record says so — but the war horn waits until all three primary positions are confirmed destroyed.

Read the Mission 9 Dead Reckoning guide.

Fire on call turns Iron Nest into a fire desk for the Sevilla assault: answer each support request before its deadline, exactly as asked — TEAR before HE on strongpoints, and measure from the calling unit's position.

SMK shells reposition allies to the smoke's impact point, and lethal shells near friendlies are the transcript's recurring failure.

Read the Mission 10 Fire on call guide.

High Tide is a beach defense: hold the outnumbered Defensive Line until relief arrives, with target priority left to you and landing ships incoming on stated courses and speeds.

Use the supplied knots-to-distance conversions to lead intercepts at sea — a sunk ship never lands its marines.

Read the Mission 11 High Tide guide.

Blind fire denies all imagery — including impact photography — until every anti-aircraft battery is destroyed. Chain the Alpha–Bravo reference fixes, then walk teleprinter impact corrections onto the targets.

Corrections read as bearing and distance from your impact point to the nearest enemy; friendly-fire reports in the same stream mean stop and re-plot.

Read the Mission 12 Blind fire guide.

Phantom Battery opens under lethal fire: restart the engine, execute the Emergency Move, and rebuild your own position before trusting any firing solution. Three listening posts collect bearings on an armored battery that repositions after every hit, and each enemy spotter destroyed adds 90 seconds to the Counter-Battery Timer.

Published out of campaign order because verified player demand concentrated here. The guide keeps four publicly conflicting mechanics (APHE, timer pause, engine restart, spawn position) labeled as unresolved rather than guessing, and covers the player-reported accuracy medal problem.

Read the Mission 13 Phantom Battery guide.