Beat the game. I used homing missiles against tanks, phalanx against attack choppers, machine gun against transport choppers and shells against everything else. I did kill a few helicopters with homing missiles but found it very difficult to get them. In fact the attack choppers were incredibly annoying to deal with, especially later in the game. Unlike in the 1st game, they actually use their mobility to good effect and you literally cannot turn fast enough to keep up. This is in stark contrast to the new shooting gallery parts where the choppers go down very easily. Night missions were very annoying because the night vision does not last anywhere long enough. I could not figure out what the patriot missiles did and found the machine gun to be overall the most useful weapon for all 3 gameplay types, to the point that I wonder why your tank even has a cannon.

Overall mediocre experience that is a little better than the 1st game but still does not feel like a tank simulator because there is too much combat while moving at high speed and against air. Dogfighting against other tanks is not fun because they are extremely difficult to hit with shells (but not the machine gun) and it makes no sense how they charge at you and then retreat out of range despite you going top speed. Nevermind how tanks should be immune to machine gun damage. Fighting helicopters is even less fun.