A Shallow Grave

A Shallow Grave is a mission in Medal of Honor: Vanguard. This is the first mission of Operation Market Garden.  

A Shallow Grave
Previous level	Requiem
Next level	Haunted
Game	Medal of Honor: Vanguard
Character	Frank Keegan
Team	82nd Airborne Division
Weapons	M1 Garand, M1928A1 Thompson,MP40,MG42,Karabiner 98 Kurz
Place	Near Grave, Holland.
Date	September 17, 1944
Enemies	Wehrmacht, Waffen SS

Characters

• Frank Keegan (Playable)
• Stanley
• Tom Chalmers
• Mike Slaudon
• Stephen Garrett
• Harrison Pike

Walkthrough

The mission starts when Keegan and his fellow soldiers ready to jump. After when Keegan reach the ground he and his squad proceed to capture a house. Keegan and his squad moves to the rally point where a couple of ally soldier land to reinforce Keegan's squad. He and his squad move through a barn to reach the top of a windmill where a AA Gun placed. After destroying the AA Gun, Keegan and his squad move to clear the rest of the barn. When Keegan and their men attacks one of the German soldiers shouts in German they need to protect the important maps and papers. When Keegan picks up the maps and papers a squad of German troops appears at the barn entrance. The squad set up an ambush for them. After when the German reinforcement are dead the squad regroup at the barn entrance, where a short speech by an ally soldier.

Upgraded Weapon Location

Whilst mid-air, find a windmill where green smoke is placed. The bag is at a crate where the green smoke is placed.

Weapons

• M1 Garand (starting weapon, can be converted to an M1D)
• M1928A1 Thompson
• Mark II fragmentation grenade
• Karabiner 98 Kurz
• MP40
• MG42 (emplacement)

Background Music

• "After the Drop" (MoH: Frontline Soundtrack) (Played during Keegan's monologue)
• "The Rowhouses" (MoH: Frontline Soundtrack)
• "Attack on Fort Schmerzen" (MoH Soundtrack)
• "Schmerzen" (MoH: Allied Assault Soundtrack)
• "Ascent to the Castle" (MoH: Underground Soundtrack)
• "Approaching the Tarmac" (MoH: Frontline Soundtrack)

Trivia

• A Shallow Grave is the second shortest mission in the game, with only Scavengers being shorter.
• Obtaining the M1D scope in this level is harder than obtaining any other upgrade in the game, as not only is it difficult to simply land in the windmill, half the top floor (where the scope is located) is missing meaning it is possible (and quite easy) to fall through the windmill and miss the scope entirely.
• The M1 Thompson is the most difficult weapon to obtain, as allied soldiers will drop ammo boxes or grenades when they die. This can affect the obtaining of the "Expert in Arms" medals, if you want to obtain the Thompson, you must die or restart the level.
• This level marks the first appearance of the Waffen SS.
• When we go to the room where the documents are, there will be three photos on the table, one of them has the image of the loading screen of the “End Game” mission.
• Several enemies will have Kar98 rifles, but it will be impossible to obtain it.
• At the beginning of the level, there will be a soldier who will take his companions out of the plane, but if we notice it well, this soldier uses the model of Sergeant Magnuson. Something very strange, since Magnuson died in the previous level, perhaps it was thought that this character survived or it was an oversight of the developers.
• This level marks the last appearance of Stephen Garrett's character model, he will reappear in subsequent missions but with a different model.