Goalpost (mission)

"Goalpost" is a campaign level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It takes place in Hamburg, Germany. The player controls Derek "Frost" Westbrook throughout the mission. The primary objective is to secure the United States Vice President from a hostage situation.

Gameplay
The level starts with Frost aboard a helicopter, heading towards Hamburg. After landing, the player along with the rest of Delta Force and a tank force have to make their way up the beach and along various streets, battling Russian forces at the same time.

Soon the U.S forces reach a parking lot, where a gunner on an American tank is killed by an enemy sniper. The player has to then replace the gunner in his role, using the Minigun to defend the tank as it drives through the parking lot. However, when two tanks try to ascend via a ramp in the parking lot, the ramp collapses, sending the player's tank crashing down. While the tank is ruined, everyone inside the tank is uninjured, and continue to fight until they reach where the vice President is being held hostage, and rescue him.

Found in level
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Intel
thumb|500px|right|MW3 - Intel Locations - GoalPost - Mission 7

Act 2, Mission 1: Goalpost

20. Cross the beach, then spot the crashed and destroyed plane on the north end of the street. The intel is nestled inside of the plane's nose section.

21. At the top of the street, look for a tall white building with an "L" shaped wall at the bottom. The intel is underneath here, on top of a weapons crate.

22. In the first building you must enter after the tank crashes through the wall, look on the east wall of the building for the intel, located in a cubicle.

Transcript
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Trivia

 * There are two randomly generated soldiers named Pvt. Pelayo and Cpl. Sandler.
 * The opening cinematic for "Goalpost" indicates that Russian chemical attacks focused on Counter-Terrorist forces or Intelligence agencies, such as MI5 HQ in London, GIGN HQ in Paris, Brussels, CNI HQ in Madrid, Bern, AISI HQ in Rome, Prague, BND HQ in Berlin, Copenhagen, Warsaw and Budapest. It also shows Russian Military offensives striking all of these cities except for Copenhagen (although the spreading red on map does cover up Denmark, suggesting that it was also a goal in the offensive). The Copenhagen marker in the intro video is accidentally placed wrong in another country. The marker pinpoints an area east of the Swedish costal town Halmstad.
 * The title "Goalpost" refers to the VIP's codename.
 * The Tank Gunners on the Abrams tanks will always mistake the enemy Havoc for a Hind. This was likely a developer's oversight.
 * No matter what weapons Frost has before the Rhino 2 tank crashes through the concrete ramp, his loadout resets to the M4A1 w/ ACOG Sight and Grenade Launcher and SMAW.
 * This is the only mission in the Modern Warfare series to have a beach landing.
 * Oddly, there are no German soldiers in this mission. However, in the later mission "Scorched Earth", which takes place in Berlin, which is located closer to Russia, the player works alongside three Bundeswehr Leopard 2s, which belong to German forces. There also are Delta Force soldiers but with German names on the bridge when the player meets up with the German tanks.
 * While going through the parking garage, sometimes AI friendlies will stand in front of the tanks and get run over.