Air Raider
Onto the mission flow.
At the start summon the tank and install shields. Be CAREFUL, installing shields on vehicles in EDF 6 does not work very well.
Head front left, follow the video, as it's the ONLY way to get to the outside without aggroing everything.
Try to destroy lamp posts and trees while traveling outside, you'll regret it later if you don't do it.
When you reach a missile pods Deroy, aim for a further one left with Z4 and try to destroy as much as possible the one near you.
Run away and focus on destroying Deroys mostly using tank. You SHOULD destroy all Deroys before the 2nd phase, because destroying them will be harder.
2nd phase will spawns when a certain number of enemies from the 1st one is gone, same deal with the 3rd one.
Be REALLY CAREFUL exiting the tank because the large androids are deadly accurate and you can't rely on the shields protecting you always. Once the Deroys are gone try to focus on large androids.
Before triggering the 2nd wave you should change to a new tank, and install shields on it. DON'T try to install all shields at once you'll regret it. Install 2, then the rest, check video.
Hopefully you had Z4 on hand when the 2nd wave shows up. Use it wisely when most Type 0 drones are near you. Destroy blue Type 3 drones with tank, and the huge drone too. Only go for androids once these are gone.
Again get a new tank and rebuild and install shields on it.
I did try to destroy all large androids at this point but it's very hard with these weapons.
Ignore for now the center purple tail anchor it can't hit you.
Once you trigger the 3rd phase, 3 shielded pylons will drop. The most important one to go is the front one, that spawns 2 giant blue pillbugs and gold ants. The second that should be destroyed is the back left one that spawns two small krakens and blue ants. The back right one is the hardest to destroy since it's further away from the map border. This one spawns 2 Elder Krulls and gold ants.
There isn't much interest in destroying enemies at this time as they will spawn again. However blue Pillbugs CAN destroy your tank in one attack. So try to make these go away with tank shots, or destroy them with Z4 or Phobos.
Be REALLY careful when you exit the tank if the tank turret is not aligned with the tank front, as you exit looking a weird position and it's easy to get lost. Lost the mission a few times because of this (see video at 23:00).
Use Electroncopter M6 to destroy shielded pylons, aim at the side where the orange part is inside.
Once the pylon that spawns Pillbugs is gone destroy them ASAP.
Don't risk it, if enemies are too near, don't exit the tank to destroy pylons, make another map lap and wait for a safer time.
Things will get a lot easier once there's only the last shielded pylon remaining (except the pink one). The 4th phase will trigger once there's only one pylon remaining, which should be the pink one. The last phase enemies are red Cyclops and more blue large androids, but they are easier to handle.
Destroy the last shielded pylon that spawns enemies, then destroy the remaining enemies. Elder Krulls are not easy to kill with this setup, tank shots do help though. Tank shots also help with small Krakens but they're difficult to hit.
Once a few enemies remain, approach the map center and destroy the purple pylon.
Pick crates but be careful not to get the tank stuck, it's mighty easy to achieve that crappy goal.
Most things will one-shot you even at 2k armor. Only Deroy blast (not lasers), and small androids from far away will not.
E11 shots can damage you and at 12.8k per shot, it can be nasty. Eliminating the trees and lamp posts from the outside roads (inner ones even more important than the outside ones) is crucial, I lost the mission a few times by blowing myself in a tree or lamp post, of the stupid M6 killing myself because it stopped at one of those too, instead of where I aimed it.