Old Wounds

"Mason re-enlists with the CIA and joins Woods in Afghanistan, supplying weapons to the Muhjahideen in exchange for vital intel on Menendez' whereabouts."

- Mission description

"Old Wounds" is the third campaign mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The player takes control of Alex Mason, who helps fend off a Russian attack on a Mujahideen compound in Afghanistan.

Characters

 * Alex Mason (W.I.A.) (playable)
 * Jason Hudson (W.I.A.)
 * Frank Woods (W.I.A.)
 * Tian Zhao (W.I.A.)
 * Viktor Reznov (mind game only)
 * Lev Kravchenko (K.I.A.)
 * Mullah Rahmaan
 * Raul Menendez (mentioned only)
 * Friedrich Steiner (Indirect mention/flashback only)
 * David Mason (Cutscene only)
 * Mike Harper (Cutscene only)

Plot
After hearing of Raul Menendez's involvement in selling firearms in Afghanistan, Mason and his team are sent there to rendezvous with a contact from China, Tian Zhao, to go to the Mujahideen base and  get wind of Menendez's involvement through their contact in the Mujahideen, Rahmaan, who in an quid pro quo exchange demands weapons in exchange for his knowledge on Menendez. However, as the Mujahideen have little experience in using the American weapons, Woods suggests they join them in the front lines. Rahmaan seems reluctant to comply with Woods's request, however, before he has time to reply, he is interrupted by an Soviet attack on the compound. Mason, Zhao, Woods, and their fellow soldier go out to repel Soviet attacks in various locations around the mission locale. After they successfully hold off an attack at a weapons cache, Mason, Woods, and Zhao are called back to the Mujahideen compound, and witness a massive, final Russian attack on the way, which is spearheaded by a colossal tank. The three, along with other soldiers, charge in head-on to meet the Russians in battle. After being his horse is killed, Mason avoids being ran over by the massive Russian tank he saw through the binoculars before the charge. After Woods assists him in getting on the tank, Kravchenko is shown to survived, and it re-triggers the numbers, and Mason begins to hear Viktor Reznov's voice in his head once again as Woods examines the unconscious Kravchenko. Mason or Woods can kill Kravchenko during interrogation. Rahmaan then betrays Woods, Mason, Hudson, and Zhao either way, claiming them to be the true enemy, and leaves them in the desert to die. After some time has elapsed an aged Reznov will appear to rescue the team. Woods was highly certain it was just Mason's imagination playing tricks on him again.

Video Walkthrough
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Challenges
Completing 2 challenges unlocks the Hip Accuracy perk. Completing 5 challenges unlocks the MM1 Grenade Launcher and the War Machine.
 * Eliminate enemy personnel (x15) with pulwar sword.
 * Destroy enemy helo with a mortar
 * Destroy tank with anti-tank mine.
 * Run down enemy personnel (x10) on horseback.
 * Destroy enemy helo with truck mounted MG.
 * Destroy enemy helos (x4) at North Pass.
 * Utilize Stinger (without aircraft lock-on) to destroy enemy helo.
 * Eliminate enemy personnel (x25) using alternate fire mode on Stinger.
 * Collect intel (x3)
 * 100% survivability rating.

Access Kit Usages

 * The Pulwar Sword is accessible at the beginning, after the player is told to mount on the horse; just a bit further from the horse the player will find a mummified corpse which will have a Pulwar Sword impaled onto it.
 * Mortar shells are available in a locked room inside the cave; before the player exits the cave to mount for the front, pick the locked door at the entrance of the cave, there the player will find the mortar rounds.
 * Anti-tank mines are accessible at the other side of the platform where the player gets the Stinger launcher; close to the two Soviet snipers at the east pass there's a locked box where you'll find the anti-tank mine.

Intel Items
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Trivia

 * This is the first mission in the Call of Duty series where the player uses a horse for transportation.
 * The title of the mission, Old Wounds, is a possible reference to Mason's brainwashed condition in Black Ops, as it caused him great pain in the past mentally.
 * Using a weapon that requires two hands, like a pistol with a Tactical Knife, will make the player ride without holding the reins.
 * The player will still not be able to knife whilst on horseback.
 * Using the Minigun or Death Machine will remove Mason's left hand from the model as if he is firing one-handed.
 * While on horseback, the player cannot place anti-tank mines, and must get off in order to do so.
 * Coincidentally, this mission is set on Raul Menendez's birthday.
 * At the time this mission is set, Viktor Reznov would be 73 years old.
 * It is unknown who took the photo of Woods and Mason that Woods shows to David in 2025.
 * During the "death ride", it is possible to hear the "Suicide Ride/Kravchenko Interrogation/Anvil Again", a track from Call of Duty: Black Ops II Official Soundtrack.
 * At the beginning of the mission, the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan can be seen carved into the sides of the canyon. They were infamously dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, the same group featured in the level as the Mujahideen.
 * If the player chooses to resist to the numbers, the sound of Woods's M1911 is from the first Black Ops's M1911.
 * Before Mason, Woods, and Zhao go to defend the Mujahideen base, Woods's line, "Let's rock it" is a repeat from the Call of Duty: Black Ops mission, Crash Site.
 * Also later in the mission, if one has a stinger missile equipped, they can launch a missile into one of the statues on the sides of the mountains and destroy it.
 * There was glitch which player can't dismount their horse at where the West Blocking Point player should defend, this can be triggered when player dismount while triggered the part Mason will say "Too fucking close", player will walk then automaticly teleported back to the horseback. This can be fixed via mission/checkpoint restart.
 * At the beginning of the level, when Mason looks at the statue, "Desert Ride", a track from Black Ops II OST can be heard.
 * The countries that Kravchenko mentions during interrogation, Cuba and Angola, are the countries in which the first mission of Black Ops and Black Ops II, respectively, takes place.
 * Using the anti-tank mines to destroy the BTRs at the West Blocking Point will not count as completing the "destroy tanks" challenge.
 * This is the only level in Black Ops II where the player fights Russian forces.
 * This is the only flashback mission where Menendez doesn't make an actual appearance, he is just metioned throughout the mission.
 * In the Vault, Woods mentions that Kravchenko brainwashed Mason, even though Steiner most likely brainwashed Mason.
 * It's unknown were Woods got the Mortar round from.
 * Durning Kravchenko's interragation, Mason cocks his M1911, but the hammer doesn't slide back.
 * Also, it's strange that Mason uses an M1911 when his starting loadout is a Makarov.
 * When interrogating Kravchenko if you choose to resist the numbers, in the later mission "Suffer with me" you will hear Kravchenko say "He even has people in the CIA." when the the player captures Noriega.
 * When fighting the Russians, if the player tries to go back to where they started, the mission will be failed.
 * Mason was chocked by seeing Kravchenko, and the numbers wasn't triggerd before, indercating that Mason didn't know that Kravchenko was still alive, and Woods was also surprised to see Kravchenko, but he didn't seem so surprised as he should have been, indercating that Woods knew that Kravchenko was alive.
 * This is the only mission were Reznov says the "...must die" without Dragovich and Steiner, as he just says "Kravchenko... must die". Probably because Mason knew exacly that Dragovich and Steiner was dead.
 * It's strange that Hudson didn't notice Mason holding a pistol and tries not to shoot Kravchenko, even though Hudson knew every thing about Mason's brainwash.
 * Mason didn't prime the Mortar round, but the tank still explode.

Achievements/Trophies
Shifting Sands (20 / Bronze Trophy ) - Gather intel on Menendez from Mullah Rahmaan.

Old Fashioned (50 / Silver Trophy ) - Complete "Pyrrhic Victory", "Old Wounds", "Time and Fate", and "Suffer with Me" in Veteran.