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Title: What are efficient ways of killing heavies quickly?
Question: I'm using the bow at the moment, and I find that it takes several arrows unless I'm using incendiary ones. What are some efficient ways of killing them quickly?

Answers:
sents: text: There is a skill called heavy takedown that does exactly what it says.
text: You can use bait to get nature to kill them.
text: There are also sniper rifles that are quite effective against heavies (Z93 and SA-50).
text: The M-700 is less effective, but can still one shot kill if shot in the back/side of the head.
text: Explosives are also extremely effective, but also not very stealthy.
text: EDIT: You can kill heavies by stabbing them in the back of the head, as well as hitting the back of the head with an arrow.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/100850/Jake
score: 16
sents: text: The sniper rifle SA-50 does the job pretty effectively.
text: You need a headshot to kill the heavies in a single shot.
text: Otherwise, two or three body shots will do the job.
text: With the silencer attachment, its perfect for liberating outposts.
text: Unlocking the SA-50 made the game a lot easier for me.
text: It can kill a bear in a single shot.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/104911/imlokesh
score: 3
sents: text: I say the best method is Rock Bait and C4 explosive .
text: Sticking a bow up a heavy from behind causing a headshot is too difficult.
text: I did it before but it took a long time to do so.
text: The c4 will cause some panic but you will still be considered as stealth .
text: Just crouch and let the enemy calm a bit from the initial chaos.
text: For other enemies besides heavy, I Use a sniper(M-700) attached with sound suppressor attachment.
text: I also would recommend the attachment of a scope on the sniper and upgrade your personal skill of weapon sway to increase hip fire .
text: This method is used to effectively kill from distance without being caught unstealth .
text: Other ways are throwing knife, bows, c4, molotov, grenade, mine, rock baiting on takedowns.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/152754/Evan512
score: 3
sents: text: There's 3 ways I've found of killing heavies effectively.
text: Take Down; with the right skill, a heavy can be taken down just like anyone else.
text: High-powered sniper-rifle; putting a single bullet from such a weapon into the head will one-shot kill heavies; if you've got a suppressor and shoot from a distance you can do this without alerting other guards.
text: Buzzaw; the highest powered LMG in the game will let you trivially kill heavies in direct open combat.
text: Spraying bullets in their general direction for 1 second is generally enough to take them down.
text: This isn't stealthy though !
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/90666/Agrajag
score: 1
sents: text: Another way to kill a heavy would be to use fire arrows with the recurve bow.
text: This only requires one shot and the heavy will burn to death.
text: If you manage your cover properly you can stay hidden and kill from a safe distance.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/238949/Umang Chaudhari
score: 1
sents: text: From personal experience, I would say incindiary devices are much more effective than explosive ones, but you've already mentioned that.
text: Back-headshots are another way and snipers are effective aswell.
text: High explosives like plasique, mines, and exploding vehicles are actually extremely effective in eliminating heavy gunners and heavy flamethrowers.
text: Speaking of, the flamethrowers are much more vulnerable than the gunners due to their fuel pack being exposed.
text: And another related, yet well known fact is that you can shoot the fuel pack on flamethrowers...
text: I would say the stealthiest, longest ranged method would be to use throwing knives or arrows on the back of the head.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/194329/Varghest
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Try the snifer rifle SA-50, Rock Bait and C4 explosive and Buzzaw. Other ways are throwing knife, rock baiting and high-powered snifer-rifle.
While there are many ways to beat down heavies, it is most suggested to use either a sniper rifle or the skill heavy takedown.