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Counter-Battery Gold Medals — how to earn Distinguished Conduct

Campaign Counter-Battery has four separate Gold conditions. Track the checklist instead of trying to copy one fixed route.

Quick answer

For Gold, track four conditions: Salvo uses a triple-kill timing window of at least 10 seconds; Counter-Battery Commendation needs at least 260 seconds remaining; Austere Service Medal needs 30 requisition points spent or less; and No Quarter needs at least 9 enemy kills. Salvo's ≥10-second direction is counter-intuitive, so follow the documented evaluator rather than rewriting it as a rapid-kill rule.

Run the four conditions together

  1. Step 1 — Prepare before the first impact

    Counter-battery pressure and its timer begin once the first shell lands. Complete as much target identification, firing-data preparation, ammunition planning, and map work as possible before that first impact. This guide does not publish an exact post-patch time-extension value.

  2. Step 2 — Track Salvo's current evaluator literally

    For Campaign Counter-Battery Gold, the currently documented Salvo evaluator uses a triple-kill timing window of at least 10 seconds. That direction appears counter-intuitive and may reflect a comparator or medal-evaluation issue. Do not silently convert it to 'three kills within 10 seconds'; future patches may change this condition.

  3. Step 3 — Reacquire the additional artillery

    When the additional enemy-artillery or second-wave phase begins, do not assume earlier reconnaissance is still current. Use fresh Recon Plane, STAR, or other available reconnaissance information to reacquire the targets before building the next firing solutions.

  4. Step 4 — Track time, requisition, and kills separately

    Keep the Counter-Battery timer at 260 seconds or more, total requisition spending at 30 points or less, and enemy kills at 9 or more. Do not rush to finish on timer alone and overlook No Quarter, or count requisition actions instead of points spent.

  5. Step 5 — Use a checklist, not a guaranteed recipe

    Check all four Gold conditions independently throughout the mission. Target layout and available firing choices can vary, so this guide does not prescribe fixed coordinates, one loadout, one shell sequence, or a guaranteed one-run route.

Campaign Counter-Battery Gold checklist

SalvoTriple-kill timing window ≥ 10 seconds
Counter-Battery CommendationCounter-Battery timer remaining ≥ 260 seconds
Austere Service MedalRequisition points spent ≤ 30
No QuarterEnemy kills ≥ 9

This is a Campaign Counter-Battery medal guide, not the Counter-Battery Challenge leaderboard guide. The four Gold thresholds come from medal evidence; the Step 3 reacquisition advice is separately supported by current second-wave player evidence and does not claim a separate stale-recon mechanic. Post-Patch #4 same-run Steam-achievement behavior has not been sufficiently rechecked, so this page does not claim whether all four Gold medals must be earned together in one run.

Avoid these medal mistakes

  • Rewriting Salvo as three kills within 10 seconds because that sounds more natural.
  • Focusing only on the Counter-Battery timer and finishing without the 9 enemy kills needed for No Quarter.
  • Trusting first-phase reconnaissance after the additional enemy artillery appears.
  • Counting requisition actions rather than total requisition points spent.
  • Mixing Campaign medal conditions with Counter-Battery Challenge leaderboard points or star-weighted scoring.
  • Assuming this page proves that all four Gold medals must unlock in the same run for the Steam achievement.
Why the four conditions stay separate

Current independent structured Campaign mission data and a separate current full-release Gold-medal guide agree on all four Gold conditions. That agreement supports the checklist and exact thresholds. Salvo remains an explicit caveat: the current evaluator/comparator runs in the ≥10-second direction, which appears unusual, so this page reports the observed condition without claiming it is intended design or predicting how a later patch will handle it. The stable mission workflow is to prepare before first impact, reacquire later artillery with fresh information, and track the four conditions separately.

Four Campaign Gold conditions corroboratedCorroborated scopeChecked Aug 14, 2026

Two independent current secondary sources agree on Campaign Counter-Battery Gold at Salvo ≥10 seconds, Counter-Battery timer remaining ≥260 seconds, requisition spent ≤30, and enemy kills ≥9. The mission workflow is scoped separately from Challenge leaderboard scoring.

Version context: Current structured Campaign mission data and a current full-release Gold-medal guide independently agree; Salvo's unusual comparator, future patch drift, and post-Patch #4 same-run achievement behavior remain unresolved

Still uncertain

  • Whether a future patch changes Salvo's unusual ≥10-second comparator
  • Developer intent behind the current Salvo evaluator
  • Post-Patch #4 same-run behavior for the Steam achievement
  • Exact post-patch time-extension values
  • Optimal loadout, firing sequence, and target route

Evidence and verification context

  • Current structured Counter-Battery campaign mission data: The independent current Campaign snapshot directly lists the four Gold evaluators: Salvo triple-kill timing window >=10 seconds, Counter-Battery timer remaining >=260 seconds, requisition points spent <=30, and enemy kills >=9. It also documents first-shell timer activation and the later-artillery mission phase.
  • Current full-release Gold medal requirements guide: The independent full-release guide reports the same four Campaign Counter-Battery Gold requirements, including the counter-intuitive Salvo >=10-second direction. It corroborates the conditions but does not establish developer intent, future patch behavior, or the current same-run achievement rule.