How To Use Helldivers 2 Expendable Anti Tank: Best Tips and Tricks

Discover the ultimate guide on using Helldivers 2’s Expendable Anti Tank! Get the best tips and tricks to dominate the battlefield

Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2 (Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Helldivers 2’s Expendable Anti Tank is a weapon that launches rockets and can cause serious havoc on the battlefield. However, it is a one-shot weapon that you have to throw away once you fire off the single rocket. In this guide, we’ll tell you how you can acquire this destructive piece of weaponry within the game, how to use it efficiently, and provide you with some useful tips too.

How To Get the Expendable Anti Tank Weapon?

Air Dropping the EAT
Air Dropping the EAT (Source: Valcanix/YouTube and Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Helldivers 2’s Expendable Anti Tank weapon isn’t a normal gun that you simply carry around for the entire mission. This support weapon stratagem becomes available in your starship’s store after you reach Level 3. To unlock the weapon, you will have to purchase it. But, once unlocked, is the Stratagem weapon always available for use in your inventory? Not quite. Let’s see how you can equip and use the rocket launcher when the need arises.

How To Use Helldivers 2’s Expendable Anti Tank Launcher?

Expendable Anti Tank
Expendable Anti Tank (Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Before any mission starts, you have to choose the Expendable Anti Tank weapon on your weapon loadout screen. But even then, you won’t spawn with the rocket launcher in your inventory. Instead, it will be airdropped to you when you summon the weapon. The airdropped case will include two of these powerful rocket launches. So, at max, you will have two explosive shots to burn through the enemy before needing another drop.

Keep in mind that the airdrop feature has a 70-second cooldown. So, you might need to wait a while before you get your hands on the next round of Expendable Anti Tank weapons. If you are on PC, use the right mouse button to aim and the left mouse button to fire. On PS5 controllers, use L2 to aim and R2 to fire.

Tips and Tricks To Using the Expendable Anti Tank Weapon

Aiming Down the Sight
Aiming Down the Sight (Source: OhDough/YouTube and Sony Interactive Entertainment)

The following are certain tricks that can help you maximize the effectiveness of these powerful weapons during your Helldivers 2 play session:

  • The rocket launcher is perfect against bigger and tougher enemies, such as Annihilator Tanks, Bile Titans, and Factory Striders, to name a few. You shouldn’t waste it firing on smaller enemy groups, since the blast radius isn’t as large as you’d expect. So, at most, you may be able to eliminate two smaller enemies with one shot.
  • In case of some of the more challenging enemies, such as a Bile Titan, you can use the Expendable Anti Tank weapon to create a weakness in its armor. Then, use another high-damage weapon to fire at the spot of the enemy to quickly take them down.
  • You can also use the rocket launcher to blast enemy dropships. To do this, aim towards the ship’s engines and fire to take them out before they can send more foes your way.

As powerful as Helldivers 2’s Expendable Anti Tank weapon is, it lacks the technology of several other guns in the game. So, you can’t rely on any advanced lock-in mechanism. So, make sure to line up your shot using the weapon’s sights carefully, or your rocket may completely miss its mark.

Also, if you are having a blast playing Helldivers 2, make sure to check out our list of similar games you can try out in 2025.


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