Heavy Infantry are a type of hostile infantry that wear thick body armor and helmets, making them highly resistant to firearms and explosives.

Description

Heavy Infantry are aggressive, charging their opponents instead of using cover. Their gas masks make them immune to gas-based weaponry and their helmet protects them from headshots. They wear heavy armor covering all of their body, giving them massive resistance to most bullets and explosives. Their armor also makes them resistant to electrical-based weapons and gadgets, such as the Stun Gun and Sticky Shocker rounds fired from the Crossbow and Tri-Rotor. Heavy Infantry are also able to fend off hand to hand attacks from the front, making them increasingly difficult. They are identifiable by their massive and bulky armor, as well as their audible heavy breathing. Heavy Infantry will mostly act like shock troopers and mainly use shotguns as their primary weapon, the shield variant uses riot shields for defense and will use a D50 as their main weapon.

Playstyle Tactics

For Ghost and Panther players, the best way to deal with Heavy Infantry is to stealth-fully approach from behind and perform a hand to hand take-down. Use the walk button to avoid detection while doing so. Staying out of their line of sight and sticking to shadows, utilizing the environment to flank them and catch them from behind. Alternatively, for Ghost players, the player can usually bypass them for 'Enemies Untouched' bonus experience. For Assault players, they can face them in open combat, but a lot of ammunition is required to bring them down - they are heavily armored, but not invincible. Explosives can be effective against them if used correctly, Assault players can also attack from behind by flanking them and using cover in the environment. Sniper rifles and using Mark and Execute can also knock their helmets off their head to effectively take them down with a head-shot.

Trivia

• Despite being an established enemy type, Heavy Infantry will vary in appearance and equipment type - depending on the mission and where they are encountered.
• In certain missions, most notably Kobin or Charlie missions, Heavy Infantry can also be identified and distinguished from other enemies by their language. During these missions, if alerted and are searching for the player, Heavy Infantry will often speak in their foreign language as they search, while other enemies will typically speak English in their accent. This is perhaps most noticeable and useful during Charlie's missions because it can help identify a nearby hostile as Heavy Infantry along with his heavy breathing.
• On Perfectionist difficulty, the ability Heavy Infantry have to deny front takedowns is inherited by all types of enemies if they are in an alert state.
• Incendiary Grenades are highly effective at eliminating them.
• Any explosive used against them will alert other nearby hostiles, so choose your strategy carefully.
• The following are effective tactics to neutralize Heavy Infantry:
  • Headshots from weapons equipped with armor piercing.
  • Death From Above or Aerial Knockout.
  • Mark and Execute using the crossbow equipped with Sleeping Gas.
  • Melee attacks from behind or over a ledge.
• Some of the HVTs are Heavy Infantry.