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The subject of this article appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Strike Team The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 The subject of this article appears in Call of Duty: Mobile
For the combat rig in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, see Merc.
For the mostly Russian PMC group in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, see Private Military Company.
For the cut perk in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, see Mercenary.

"Time to earn your bread, grunts."
— Merc announcer when beginning a match in Call of Duty: Black Ops II

The Mercs (a shortened version of Mercenaries) are the military arm of Cordis Die and an enemy faction that appears in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Strike Team and Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. They also appear in the Call of Duty: Mobile comics.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]

During the creation of its parent organization Cordis Die, Raul Menendez needed a private army of professionally trained soldiers to conduct various combat actions against the military forces of Western nations. With the help of his second-in-command DeFalco, Menendez was able to recruit thousands of mercenaries to join his private army.

Due to the immense wealth Raul Menendez had made during the course of the previous thirty years to fund his private army, the Mercs enjoyed the most state-of-the-art weapons, equipment, body armor as well as a sizable arsenal of drone weapons. In terms of vehicles, the Mercs employ machine gun mounted Technicals painted in Digital Camouflage, unmarked UH-60 Blackhawks, as well as heavily armed MRAPs. Appearance wise, the Mercs look like a well trained, well equipped army wearing Bloodshot Camouflage fatigues, ballistic vests, balaclavas with sunglasses and a radio piece, as well as military grade ballistic helmets. Other Mercs wear an advanced optical camouflage fatigue which they wear a black balaclava with an advanced HUD and a hood over their heads.

In the mission "Karma", they pose as an augmentation to the Colossus security team and, because of this, the Mercs wear the same uniform as the Colossus Security Crew. They also wear a maroon colored beret with the Colossus emblem or a balaclava.

Equipment[]

Assault Rifles[]

Shotguns[]

Light Machine Guns[]

Sniper Rifles[]

Submachine Guns[]

Handguns[]

Launchers[]

Specials[]

Quotes[]

Main article: Mercs/Quotes

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4[]

The Mercs return in Black Ops 4's multiplayer as a playable faction. They face off against the Black Ops faction and are presumably anti-government. Since Black Ops 4 features playable Specialists, the Mercs don't actually have unique player models outside of the Strike Team and Sniper's Nest scorestreaks.

Call of Duty: Mobile[]

These are the weapons used by the Mercs as seen in the Call of Duty: Mobile comics.

Assault Rifles[]

Submachine Guns[]

Light Machine Guns[]

Handguns[]

Melee[]

Gallery[]

Call of Duty: Mobile[]

Trivia[]

  • Despite being made up mostly of Cubans in the campaign, in multiplayer they are a mix of British, American, Canadian, Australian, and South African soldiers.
  • In multiplayer, the Mercs have green military jackets as opposed to all orange urban-camouflaged uniforms they wear in campaign.
  • They also wear different uniforms with winter color schemes in Downhill and Frost.
  • In pre-release screenshots, the Mercs can be seen in the Strike Force missions Shipwreck and Second Chance. They wear the green uniforms seen in multiplayer and their insignia is two crossed M16s, unlike in the final version of the game.
  • Sometimes they are called "PMCs" in campaign.
  • In multiplayer, the first person SMG model's sleeves still has the beta crossed M16s logo on it.
  • The Mercs in Karma, despite being described as ex-Cuban Militia, sometimes speak in English with a clear American accent. This can best be heard during the vent sequence when gaining control of Ziggy.
  • The Assault Rifle merc and Light machine gunner merc share the same model, although the Light machine gunner is much heavier equipped (with shoulder pads, a better equipped helmet, but also a slight design change on the pants)
  • Mercs don't have the typical screaming sound effect in the campaign when killed. In "Karma" however the Mercs under the disguise of the Colossus Security Team scream like any other faction. In pre-release builds of Black Ops II, they scream like Americans and the Soviets did at both times, making the Mercs the only faction to have two different screaming effects, before It was removed that so that they only use American screaming sound effects.
  • There has yet to be an addition of Merc 3 (Submachine gunner) and Merc 4 (Shotgunner) to COD Mobile.
  • The Mercs look different in the Call of Duty: Mobile comics. Being similar to that of the pre-release models.
    • The Merc Sniper (Merc 5) appears in the Season 10 comic.
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