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.

Trivia

 * There is a randomly generated soldier named Pvt. Pelayo and Cpl. Sandler.
 * The opening cinematic for the level indicate Russian chemical attacks on London, Paris, Brussels, Madrid, Bern, Rome, Prague, 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).
 * This mission has an error "reliable command buffer overflow" which occurs near the part after a friendly tank bursts out from a building. To solve this just enter the building next to you. Your ally will be there to show you where to go.
 * The V-22 Ospreys and LCAC hovercrafts that apper in the beggining of this mission would suggest Marines were involved in the battle.
 * Grinch and Truck do not physically appear in this level.