UAV Recon
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UAV Recon is a killstreak reward in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. After achieving a 3 kill killstreak, the player will be able to call in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that serves as a reconnaissance vehicle. The UAV Recon will show enemy players as red dots on the user's minimap, even when they are not firing their weapon. The UAV will update enemy positions every 3 seconds, and will last for 30 seconds. 10 experience points are earned for calling in a UAV Recon. UAV Recons will not stack; a new UAV Recon called in the middle of another Recon will not extend the current UAV Recon; instead it will cancel it out, starting a new 30 second cycle immediately after it is used.
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[edit] Multiplayer Tactics
[edit] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Requiring a killstreak of just 3, the UAV Recon is easy to acquire, and may be kept until another UAV Recon wears off. Tactical use of UAV Recons are typically reserved for coordinated teams or more serious game modes. In Hardcore game modes, a UAV Recon is required to view the minimap at all.
UAV Recon is very effective when paired with Airstrike, allowing the user to pinpoint exactly where the airstrike should hit.
Enemy players with the UAV Jammer perk will not show up on the player's minimap if a UAV Recon is up.
In the Free-for-All game mode, an active UAV Recon will immediately expire upon a player's death.
[edit] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
UAV Recon makes its return in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. UAV Recon is immediately unlocked when a player creates a new profile, and can be used when the player obtains three kills as in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Any hostile player with the Cold-Blooded perk will be invisible to the UAV Recon. As with every other form of aerial support, the UAV itself appears as a Predator Drone in the sky, and may be shot down with any weapon, including Handguns and Machine Pistols (confirmed), but not shotguns. Also, unlike Call of Duty 4, you can stack the UAVs. In Call of Duty 4, if a teammate called in a UAV while another one was still active, it was simply wasted. In Modern Warfare 2, however, stacking UAVs results in a faster scan, meaning enemies will appear on the minimap in one second instead of two.
Unlike in Call of Duty 4, a UAV will persist through the user's death in Free-for-All game modes.
If the player deploys fifty UAVs, they get a moving version of the UAV symbol as an emblem. This is much easier than it sounds, especially if tried with Hardline.
[edit] Trivia
- On the Xbox 360, players with Xbox Live can purchase a UAV with which the player's Avatar will interact.
- It is possible to see the UAV flying over open air maps. More interesting to note is that a player armed with a launcher (such as the Stinger) can target the UAV and shoot it down, resulting in the enemy losing radar, and the award of 50XP.
- Although it may sound difficult, UAV's can be simply destroyed by firing at it with any primary firearm, forgoing the need of wasting an entire missile on the relatively fragile UAV, which can be also used to take out a much tougher target, a Harrier for instance. A UAV has 700 health, so generally, around a magazine of assault rifle ammo will take it down, and less, with Stopping Power Pro. A Counter-UAV (which appears as a White UAV), on the other hand, has much less health, making it easier to restore your team's UAV.
- In Modern Warfare 2, when the UAV starts to leave, Stinger and Javelin Missile Launchers cannot lock onto it. The UAV will also fly very fast out of the battle zone after the 30 seconds are up.
- If you shoot at the UAV with a Stinger or Javelin and it hits the UAV when its leaving the map, it will register as a hit but will not destroy the UAV.
 A player's minimap when an UAV Recon is activated. Red dots indicate enemy players. |
 The UAV Recon kill streak icon in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. |
| Perks of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | ||
| Tier 1 Perks | C4 x2 · Claymore x2 · RPG-7 x2 · Special Grenades x3 · Frag x3 · Bandolier · Bomb Squad | |
| Tier 2 Perks | Stopping Power · Juggernaut · Sleight of Hand · Double Tap · Overkill · UAV Jammer · Sonic Boom | |
| Tier 3 Perks | Extreme Conditioning · Steady Aim · Last Stand · Martyrdom · Deep Impact · Iron Lungs · Dead Silence · Eavesdrop | |
| Kill Streak Perks | 3: UAV Recon · 5: Airstrike · 7: Helicopter Support | |
| Perks of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | ||
| Tier 1 Perks | Marathon · Sleight of Hand · Scavenger · Bling · One Man Army | |
| Tier 2 Perks | Stopping Power · Lightweight · Hardline · Cold-Blooded · Danger Close | |
| Tier 3 Perks | Commando · Ninja · SitRep · Steady Aim · Scrambler · Last Stand | |
| Kill Streak Perks | 3: UAV Recon · 4: Care Package · 4: Counter-UAV · 5: Sentry Gun · 5: Predator Missile · 6: Precision Airstrike · 7: Harrier Strike · 7: Attack Helicopter · 8: Emergency Airdrop · 9: Pave Low · 9: Stealth Bomber · 11: AC-130 · 11: Chopper Gunner · 15: EMP · 25: Tactical Nuke | |
| Death Streak Perks | Copycat · Painkiller · Martyrdom · Final Stand | |
