Battlefield 1943 Unlockable: Postcards
The following postcards can be unlocked by performing the actions below:
Attacker - Capture thirty flags
Best Squad - Play in the best squad three times on each map
Bomb run - Launch an air raid killing at least one enemy
Defender - Defend twenty flags
Fighter Ace - Get fifty kills using fighter planes
Infantryman - Kill fifty enemies with a submachine gun
Lifer - Reach top rank
Master Blaster - Kill fifty enemies with grenades, rifle grenades or explosives
Master of your Domain - Get Seventeen kills playing as each class
Melee Man - Get twenty melee kill
Milkrun - Fly a plane for twenty minutes
Motorman - Get twenty five kill with car, tank and plane
Pacific Campaign - Win twice on every map as any team
Parachutist - Use the parachute four times
Rifleman - Kill fifty enemies with a semi- automatic rifle
Sniper! - Kill fifty enemies with a scoped rifle
Squad Assister - Get one hundred squad assists
Squad Avenger - Avenge one hundred squad members
The Best - Get the highest score in a match
Tour of Duty I - Play fifty matches
Tour of Duty II - Play one hundred and thirty matches
Truly Elite - Get 10,000 Kills
Veteran - Cap fifty enemy flags
Wheelman - Get fifty kills using car, tank or boat
Battlefield 1943 Unlockable: Stamps
The following stamps can be unlocked by performing the actions below:
Air Defense Efficiency - Kill two planes with an anti aircraft gun
Air Superiority - Shoot down three bombers
AT Efficiency - Kill four vehicles with recoilless rifle
Attacker Efficiency - Capture five enemy flags
Best Squad - Be the best squad of the round
Boat Efficiency - Get two kills with a landing craft
Bombing Efficiency - Kill four enemies with air raids
Defender Efficiency - Defend five flags
Explosives Efficiency - Kill four enemies with grenades or explosives
HMG Efficiency - Get four kills with a heavy machine gun
Jeep Efficiency - Get four kills with a car
Knife Efficiency - Kill four players with melee weapons
Leatherneck - Kill at least twenty enemies
Pistol Efficiency - Kill four enemies with a pistol
Plane Efficiency - Get five kills with a fighter plane
Rifle Efficiency - Kill four enemies with a semi-automatic rifle
Rifle Grenade Efficiency - Kill four enemies with rifle grenades
SMG Efficiency - Kill four enemies with a submachine gun
Sniper Efficiency - Kill four enemies with a scoped rifle
Squad Excellence! - Each squad member gets any one stamp and kills ten enemies
Tank Efficiency - Get four kills with a tank
Team Player - Get ten squad assists
Vehicle Assist Efficiency - Get five vehicle assist kills
Vehicle Efficiency - Destroy six vehicles in any fashion
Battlefield 1943 Hint: Quick Reload
If you need to reload quickly, press SQUARE, then right afterwards sprint a few feet. After that just hit SQUARE again and you will be reloaded.
Battlefield 1943 Hint: Pro Tips
1) Infantry can fix all vehicles with the spanner. They also get points for repair. If you've just been hit by an infantry soldier's rocket... kill him and any other enemies around, jump out of the tank, pick up his kit and self heal yourself.
2) Tanks self repair in the spawn "huts" in Guadalcanal (Base and Airstrip) and Iwo Jima (Airstrip) as long as the area is controlled by your side.
3) Airplanes will repair if flown low enough over the airstrips or carrier strips. Again they have to be under your control.
4) If you're in control of a bombing run, keep checking your mini map. ALL enemies show on the map, so any enemies standing outside the shelter will show up. You may miss out on bombing a few enemies grouped together at their base, but it's better to kill the camper outside the air raid hut who's sitting there just waiting to blow you away the moment you come out.
5) Controlling points is the only way to win so, upon spawning, jump in a plane and go directly to the Airfield base on any of the maps. Parachute out and capture that base straight off. On each map, this will not only mean your team can spawn to the strongest point, but it also unlocks the bombing run, tanks and another plane for you to choose from straight away. SO you may have lost a plane, but now you have a new one and 30 more points.
6) All empty vehicles show up on the map. Keep an eye out for boats suddenly appearing around the base you are defending for an advantage over the attacking player. They won't know you're there, but you know they are.
7) A cheap and nasty tactic... using a sniper from within your spawn point will not gain you points usually. However, the anti aircraft area on the aircraft carriers does not count as 'in the base' so you can sit in the gun area and get points. This is especially useful on Iwo Jima when attacking the Lighthouse or Beach.
Battlefield 1943 Hint: Car Bombing Antics
1. First, make sure you've got a buddy. This can't be done without two people. It's best to join a squad together and it makes things easier if you both have headsets.
2. One of you should spawn as an Infantry and the other has to spawn as a Scout.
3. Find a car, have the Infantryman get in it, but don't drive away yet. Have the Scout place a bunch of charges on the jeep. Have the Infantry player drive off towards a target, such as a base or a tank or a group of enemies.
4. If you're playing as the Scout and neither of you have a mic then make sure you watch the car at all times, use your rifle scope if necessary. When the car stops at the base or tank, blow the charges. If you both have mics then the Scout won't need to watch the car. The infantry player should tell the Scout to detonate the charges as soon as the infantry gets to the target.
5. Make sure the Infantry doesn't get out of the car. Because of Friendly Fire rules, neither the Infantryman or the car will be harmed when the charges are detonated. This means that you can bring the car back to the Scout and load it up with more explosives or have the Infantryman repair any damage done by enemies.
This tactic can net you plenty of kills and can make taking down tanks very easy. It can also help make captures much easier.
Addition
A car bomb with one person is also useful. Spawn as a scout, put charges on the front of a car and don't switch weapons -- hold the trigger in your hand. Get in the car, drive to a tank or some people, jump out and press the fire button if the car is near an enemy to detonate it.