Battlefield 6 has a Secretly Overpowered Rocket Launcher...
Chapters7
Introduction to the M1368 rocket launcher and how its laser guidance works, including its reconnaissance role and why it can outmatch traditional RPGs with practice.
Melee your way through Battlefield 6 with the M13680 guided rocket launcher, turning helicopters into easy targets and learning the upgrade’s quirks and limits from jackfrags.
Summary
jackfrags hops into Battlefield 6 armed with the M13680, a guided rocket launcher that can track targets after you fire. He explains the core mechanic: fire, then laser-guide the rocket to hit distant or moving helicopters, a nod to past BF games like BF2’s SRO/SW. He admits the RPG is strong but wants to test this gadget’s edge and its practice curve. The footage cycles through multiple maps, including Firestorm, as he tracks transport and attack helicopters, sometimes landing direct hits and other times learning that not every shot is a one-shot kill. He demonstrates firing in the air to extend reach, then reloading for a second shot, and discusses ammo management, spotting enemy gunships, and the challenge of predicting flight paths. The video also doubles as a mini-sniper reel—sniping rhythms and the satisfaction of headshots recur between helicopter busts. Throughout, he riffs on map positioning, the utility of wire-guided Tow launchers, and whether the M13680 scales on different terrains and vehicle types, all while keeping the pace brisk and the action high. He wraps by noting the weapon’s fun factor, its learning curve on controllers, and inviting viewers to share their own helicopter carnage tallies.
Key Takeaways
- The M13680 is a guided rocket launcher: after firing, you can laser-spot the rocket to hit distant or moving targets.
- Direct hits with the M13680 aren’t always a one-shot kill on attack helicopters, so practice and positioning matter.
- Reloading allows back-to-back shots in quick succession if you maintain a good angle and timing.
- The launcher shines on open maps with clear lines of sight (e.g., Firestorm) but can struggle with fast-moving or armored flier targets.
- Using the launcher from elevated ground helps you anticipate helicopter trajectories and increases hit probability.
- Tow launchers and wire-guided options offer alternative anti-vehicle tools, with trade-offs in mobility and ammo supply.
- The weapon is fun and surprisingly effective but has a learning curve that rewards patience and aim discipline.
Who Is This For?
Essential viewing for Battlefield 6 players who want to master unconventional anti-vehicle tools, especially those curious about the M13680’s guided-rocket potential and its ammo/resource management across maps like Firestorm and Operation Firestorm.
Notable Quotes
""once you fire a rocket, you can laser guide it""
— jackfrags explains the core mechanic of the M13680.
""it's easier to get them that way""
— He notes the tactic of waiting for helicopters to fly toward you for easier hits.
""This thing is amazing""
— Expressing enthusiasm after hitting a helicopter on Operation Firestorm.
""Not a one hit kill then""
— He discovers that direct hits aren’t always insta-kills on attack helicopters.
""The M136 is good, man. That is really fun""
— Closing assessment of the weapon's feel and playfulness.
Questions This Video Answers
- How does the M13680 guide rocket work in Battlefield 6 and what are its limitations?
- What maps best showcase the M13680’s long-range guided shots in BF6?
- Can you reliably take down attack helicopters in BF6 with the M13680, and when is a different launcher better?
- What are the trade-offs of using Tow launchers vs the M13680 for anti-vehicle roles in BF6?
- Is the M13680 easier to use on controller or keyboard/m mouse in Battlefield 6?
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Full Transcript
All right, then. So, today I'm going to try and make every helicopter's life an absolute living nightmare in Battlefield 6 by using this thing here, the M13680. What is happening? Things are just exploding randomly. So, the cool thing about this launcher, it's an engineer gadget, is that once you fire a rocket, you can laser guide it. So, that means if you practice and you get kind of good with it, you can hit targets that are farther away, but also targets that are moving. if you get good. Basically, I mean, they had this kind of thing in previous games with the SRO or the SW in BF2.
I think that was the first time that they had a guided launcher in a Battlefield game, but to be honest with you, I haven't really used it that much in BF6 cuz the RPG is just so good. But I wanted to try it out today and see if we can make some plays with it. And every time I see a helicopter, I'm just going to try and shoot it down with this no matter the distance. I also have a sniper rifle, too. So, of course, if people are shooting at me, I'm going to do my best to shoot them back.
Ideally, in the head. That's an enemy helicopter. Okay. Now, the timing of this is important. You want to kind of wait until they're straight on with you. It's a difficult shot if they're moving away like that. If they're moving towards you. Okay, now here's a chance I could get him. There we go. First helicopter down. So, I kind of waited there until he was flying towards me and then took the shot. It's easier to get them that way. I'm thinking maybe that I try and remain on the high ground, too, cuz their helicopters are going to be popping up here.
And there's another cool thing that you can do with this launcher where you fire a shot in the air, and that shot will keep going. You reload, and then you can fire another shot and hit things twice in quick succession. But, of course, you need a good angle on them. I mean, I could try it on this guy. So, shots gone up there. I'm going to reload and then I'm going to aim. Shoot here. Might get him. Okay, we got him. Unfortunately, I was flanked and their attack helicopters up. So, I'm going to try and respawn and shoot that down.
Oh, I can hear him shooting somewhere. Where is he? There. Difficult shot. Moving away. Lots of cover. No, we hit the satellite dish. Is our attacker going to get him? Maybe. Oh, that's an enemy. What you doing there, mate? That's our deployment gun is ready to camp. Yeah, you can use these things too. The tow launchers. Okay, their attack elilo's gone. But this I think uses a wire. These are also very good, but of course you're not mobile with them. Friendly bike. Go on, lad. I still not tried that red ball mode, man. Is it any good?
Is it worth playing? I don't know. All right, we got a little bird up. It's difficult. Have I predicted right? Come on. Oh my god, that's a long one. That was a real long one. Right, we're back. We're back. This might be my new favorite thing to do. There's infantry on the point down here. He just got absolutely slammed. Oh my god. Is that the heli? There it is. Come on. Over here. Chase, chase, chase. Nah. Let's see if he comes back. What are you firing at, buddy? Drone. You just got to shoot like that.
Somebody coming in. Just got domed in the head, man. Oh, he's throwing a rocket at me. Boba friendly. Is he going for their helicopter? Can I help with that? Maybe. Little bird. This could be a shot. He doesn't move too much. Come on. There. Across. Up. Right. Left. It went behind him. Try here. It's quite far. Up. Oh, what? It's not a one hit kill. It's not a one hit kill on the attack helicopter. I did not know that. They did have a SWAR in Battlefield 4 as well. It was pretty good. Although the one in BF2 really was the OG.
Oh, hello. Almost died there. Helicopter crash. Jesus. I think he just What's painted? Someone's just Someone just put a dart in the tree. Put the little AV mine down. And there. Oh, this sniper is incredible. There's a tank there. I need to find a support bag and get some bloody ammo back. Okay, I found one. In the depths of hell. Instantly murdered by the little bird. The glass cannon of death. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Somebody res me. Come on. The attack is painted. You don't get any lock or ANYTHING WITH THIS. OH, LET'S GO. NOW, that was a good one.
He's coming down, baby. I suppose if they're not on 100 HP, you can one-shot them. This is the spot. Wait. Oh, I need to do another sniper video as well. I think sniping in this game is very easy, but it is incredibly satisfying. I'm going go for that little bird. Oh, just underneath. Okay, attack yellow. That's not a difficult shot. If he doesn't move, I can hear a guy behind me, though. Damn it. Just not a one shot, is it? Forced bail. Uh, okay. Wonder if you can one-shot infantry with it if you direct hit them.
Maybe. Ow, dude. I'm on a mission. Stop it. I'm trying to shoot helicopters. Now, this game the teams were quite imbalanced, I think. So, we're not going to win it. But we did hit a few shots. Can I get a little bird, though? Another one. Not missing that. Not missing that, mate. No chance. It's very good. Very effective. and very fun. Just takes a bit of practice. I don't know how easy it is to use on controller though. Direct hit. Was that a direct hit? Maybe not a one hit kill then. Just thinking what other maps it would be good on.
Maybe Firestorm or Mirra Valley. There's a lot of helicopters. Could you get jets as well? Jets would be difficult, but I think if they're flying towards you, maybe not so much, but we'll try on another map after this. That was fun. We got a few few hits in there. A few kills. Very good. All right. Operation Firestorm. The game's already started. I'm going to go for that. Why not start big? It's going right. Oh my god. First shot. Let's go. That's genuinely the first shot of the game right there. This thing is amazing. Wow. I mean, the transport helicopter, that's the big bounty, isn't it?
Cuz that can have five people in it. Is it five or six in this game? That jet's coming towards us. Could be a hit here if I'm lucky. He turned away. Trying to predict. So difficult. I think my rocket actually despawned there. Definitely get this though. Oh, he's spiraling. What's going on? Is he going down? I hit it. Is there no one in it? I don't think there's anyone in it. That's a shame. Get him, lad. Can I get some ammo? Please drop ammo. Ammo. Can you drop Can you drop some ammo? Need ammo. Ammo.
Thank you. Dear God. Sometimes it takes ages just to get a bag of ammo. Proxs chat. And I say to him, "Hey, Drag, can you drop some ammo, please?" Within a second, he's dropped ammo. I guarantee. Uh, okay. A little bird over there. Quite exposed here, though. I go for the prone shot. Turn towards me. Come on. Yeah. Yeah. There we go. There we go. Difficult to see. Did my rocket just despawn then? What happened? Okay, come this way. That's an easy shot, I think. Ah, he's going around the back. Oh, maybe. Maybe. Yes. Just a bit of patience is all you need.
Little bird. Hi. Nah, I didn't fire quick enough. Who's f just rude, isn't it? He jumped on the toe. He jumped on the toe. What you going for, buddy? Oh, there's a guy here. Blasted. That helicopter. There's a helicopter right there. I'm not letting you get away with that, mate. No way. That was the guy repairing it. I think I want the big bird. Ow. Is that the tower? Someone over here as well. Little bird. It's low HP. He's going down. Sure. Maybe the guy in the mountain was shooting me there. I'm not sure. Oh Jesus, you scared the crap out of me.
I've been playing some horror games recently. That was the scariest thing I've seen in weeks. Yeah, I've got to do a sniper video. Come on. Oh, in the construction site. Can't hold your breath when you play an engineer as a sniper. Makes those shots just a little bit more difficult, but not really. Big bird. Big Come on, big bird. Is that too close or is that okay? That's okay. Wait, I got the guy on the side. He just face tanked it. They bail. Oh no. Why'd you bail, man? Who needs APS when you've got engineers on the side who just tank the shots for you?
I see a helicopter here. Come on. I'm not missing that. That's easy. That's simply too easy. This guy face tank it. What did I get then? Is that just damage? An enemy near me. Where is that guy that shot me while I was mid rocketing? He's over there capturing the objective, isn't he? Hiding in there somewhere. I'll go get him then. Oh, there's two. He's been discovered now. He's dead. His boys here. Look, that was it, wasn't it? I'm trying to also not get sniped by the guys on the mountain. M helicopter. Oh, I can't miss that.
That's easy. I'll delete my YouTube channel if I miss. No doubt. Absolutely no doubt about that one. Tank. All right. Mine down. Up in the air. Reload. Double hit. Where's the other one? Come on. Is it coming? Did it get APSed? I don't know what happened then. What's going on with these bloody rockets? He's out. Fire. Okay. Uh, they bail. I guess I guess they bailed. Jesus. Maybe I should No. Oh, that's fine. No, that's not fine. What is going on? Okay, you go up there, buddy. Come towards me, little bird. That's fine. Front. Ah, too fast.
Too furious. There's a random tank down there. Look at that. I mean, that tank's done. It's a cook off. And the tank's the only one invited. Are these snipers here still? That's not a headshot, dice. What are we doing? I mean, in a way, this is also a sniping video as well as an M136 video. And I hope you guys are okay with that. If I can get a jet, that would be the icing on the cake. What we doing here, Briggs? There's a sick sniper position right Take out anyone from this location. Look at this.
Anyone up that tower? Dead. Anyone there? Dead. Jet. Yeah. Come towards me, Jet. That's it. That's it. Come on. Oh, that was very close. That was real close. Big bird. I know if I hit him, it's not going to kill him. A he just What are these people doing? The second that you hit them, they just jump out. What's going on? This is my lie down battlefield. This is a tactic that I came up with in 2006, actually. You just lie down on the roof and then for some reason nobody shoots you. You can just kill everything.
can hit that there though. Look at that. Right in the belly. That one. Bosch. Give me think about that. Is he off? Ah, he's a chicken. You can't teach this strategy. What's that little bird? Let's have it. OH, BABY. And we're still lying down in the same position. This is all you have to do to be successful in Battlefield. You pick a roof, you lie down on your back, and you're basically invisible. You're like Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy. They can't see you for some reason. I didn't get a jet, did I? Six tickets.
We hit quite a few shots though that time. Yeah, the M136 is good, man. That is really fun. It's a bit of a challenge as well. You know, you got to concentrate after you fire the rocket rather than the RPG. Just go back and then things die straight away because it's so fast. Try it out if you haven't already, I think. Is it a challenge to unlock it? I'm not sure if it is a challenge. I don't think it was that difficult anyway, but I got it quite easily, I reckon. Guys, if you could do me a solid, drop a like on the video, thank you.
Leave a comment, that would be incredible. How many helicopters have you taken out with the M136 in one game? And have you got a jet with it? That's what I'm looking for. Thanks again, guys. Subscribe if you're new here, and I'll see you next time. Bye-bye.
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