Operation Steel Trap

Operation Steel Trap is an Advanced Mann vs. Machine operation featuring six missions on three maps. It was introduced in the Mann vs. Machine Update, together with the Mann vs. Machine game mode. Upon the completion of the first mission, the Operation Steel Trap Badge is awarded.

Missions

Operation Steel Trap missions
Map	Missions	Waves	Notable Robots
	Disk Deletion (Advanced)	8	N/A
	Data Demolition (Advanced)	6	N/A
Decoy
	Ctrl+Alt+Destruction (Advanced)	7	N/A
	CPU Slaughter (Advanced)	6	N/A
Coal Town
	Machine Massacre (Advanced)	7	N/A
	Mech Mutilation (Advanced)	3	N/A
Mannworks

Available loot

Completing one of the missions in this operation in a Tour of Duty rewards the player with a random item from the random drop pool. Upon completion of the whole operation, the player receives the regular loot upon completion of a mission, but is also guaranteed to receive a Silver Mk.I Botkiller weapon or a rare Gold Mk.I Botkiller weapon. There is a small chance the player also receives an Australium weapon (for a total of up to 2 loot items).

Operation Steel Trap loot
Upon mission completion	Guaranteed loot
		Item from the random drop pool	Operation Steel Trap Badge†
Upon tour completion	Guaranteed loot
		Silver Botkiller MK.I weapons‡
	Rare loot
		Gold Botkiller Mk.I weapons‡	Australium weapons
Note	† Only upon completion of the first mission of the first tour, or upon completion of the first mission of the first tour after deleting the item. Deleting the item resets the tour count.
	‡Only one Botkiller type and weapon is awarded per completion.

Strategy

Main article: Community Mann vs. Machine strategy

• Community Decoy strategy
• Community Coal Town strategy
• Community Mannworks strategy