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— The Wehrmacht's victory theme in Call of Duty: United Offensive

The German Armed Forces (or the Wehrmacht and Imperial German Army) is the most prevalent of the antagonist forces in the Call of Duty series, and are the main antagonists in Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, Call of Duty 3,Call of Duty: WWII and Call of Duty: Vanguard. They also appear in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Black Ops III.

In the campaign of the Call of Duty series the German soldiers' fighting ability differ by the difficulty level chosen. Individual German soldiers do not have much strength or stamina in campaign mode so the player character can kill them easily. In Call of Duty 3 a melee grappling mode is enabled at certain points, in which the character must press a certain sequence of buttons in order to fight off an enemy soldier.

They wear different uniforms throughout each campaign, each suited to the theater of operations - light brown or tan uniforms for desert warfare and white and dark brown winter parkas for winter warfare.

Heer[]

The Heer was the land branch of the Wehrmacht during World War II and is by far the most prominent branch in the Call of Duty series due to the fact that the Heer appears in every WW2 based game of the series. The Heer is seen in the form of infantry and panzergrenadiers which the player encounters the most in the Call of Duty games, especially during major levels which the Heer undertook in real life.

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German soldiers in World at War

Luftwaffe[]

Main article: Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the air branch of the Wehrmacht during World War II and is often seen in the form of planes which the player must either shoot down or take cover from. Their role in Call of Duty is limited as they are rarely confronted directly. However, the Fallschirmjägers, the Luftwaffe's paratroopers, are much more common and appear regularly throughout Call of Duty especially in the American campaign.

Kriegsmarine[]

Main article: Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the naval branch of the Wehrmacht during World War II. The most significant appearance of the Kriegsmarine is during the infiltration of Battleship Tirpitz in Call of Duty, where the player encounters Matrosengefreiter and Korvettenkapitän guards on the ship.

Waffen-SS[]

Main article: Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel. Although not a part of the Wehrmacht directly, they operationally served with the Heer. They are rarely seen, and often distinguishable from regular soldiers as their uniforms are slightly different as they wear camouflaged smocks and helmet covers, wear SS runes on the collars, have an eagle on the sleeve, divisional cuff titles on the left, and black shoulder boards for the enlisted men.

Weapons and Vehicles[]

Guns[]

Explosives[]

Aircraft[]

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German Military Personnel[]

Multiplayer Maps[]

Call of Duty 2[]

In Russia German Soldiers wear grey uniforms with masks and a helmet or white winter uniforms either with black helmets or a hood.

In North Africa German Soldiers resemble the Afrika Korps with brown uniforms and tan helmets sometimes with goggles and a mask, or grey shirts with brown pants.

In France and The Rhine, German Soldiers wear field grey uniforms with helmets with decals on both sides. Members of the Spanish Blue Division also appear and wear either brown trenchcoats or grey uniforms with a camouflaged Zeltbahn (poncho). German Officers also appear in these areas, they only use MP40s or Luger pistols.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]

Campaign[]

"The German Tiger Tank. 'King Tiger' they called it. Immune to most munitions. Are you strong enough to defeat it?"
Sarah Hall talking to the player in her Mind.

The German Military is an enemy faction during a flashback during the mission "Demon Within". In this mission, the Player uses a DNI mental link to force their way into Sarah Hall's mind in which she re-imagines the Siege of Bastogne that she references in her final paper at the Academy. The Player must fight against Hall's warped mental universe. In Hall's mind, the German Military and US Military are both mostly using 2060s-era weapons, with the exceptions being the King Tiger tank, the Stielhandgranates, and the mounted MG42s.

Near the end of the mission, German Military zombies appear, attacking the player with vehement ferocity.

Zombies[]

The German Military appear zombified in the Zombies maps The Giant and Der Eisendrache.

Call of Duty: WWII[]

Campaign[]

The German military appear as the antagonists in every mission of the campaign in Call of Duty: WWII. they also commonly appear alongside the Waffen-SS who first appear in Death Factory. they use mostly German weapons but will sometimes use captured Russian weapons.

Submachine gunners wear grey uniforms with black pants and have field caps. In Liberation they have unique dark green uniforms and light green caps. In Battle of the Bulge they have black gloves. they use submachine guns such as the Waffe 28,MP40 and captured PPSh-41 SMGs.

German Rifleman wear trench coats and helmets, in Battle of the Bulge they have gloves and scarf’s around their neck. They use Kar98k rifles or captured Russian SVT-40s. and Polish Karabins.

Shotgunners wear regular infantry uniforms and helmets but also have shotgun shells strapped to their uniforms, in battle of the Bulge they have Splittertarnmuster helmet covers and pants. They use either M30 Luftwaffe Drilling or Toggle Action shotguns.

Machine Gunners have ammo belts around their neck and helmets with leaves tied to them, in Liberation they wear regular helmets, they use either MG42 or MG 15 machine guns.

Flametroopers wear black gloves and a helmet with protective goggles. They use a Flammenwerfer 35 flamethrower. The fuel tank can be shot to set them on fire.

Rocket troopers have green bags filled with rockets and three tank destruction badges on their arms. They use Panzerschreck rocket launchers and Toggle action shotguns in close range.

Snipers Have a similar appearance to the Snipers from multiplayer, in Liberation the snipers from the houses wear submachine-gunners's grey unifrom, they use scoped Karabin semi auto rifles.

Officers wear grey officer uniforms and hats. Use MP40s and behave similar to sub machine gunners.

Multiplayer[]

The German army appear as most of the playable axis soldiers except for the Airborne Division which more resembles an Italian RSI paratrooper instead of a Fallschirmjäger.

Call of Duty: Vanguard[]

The German Army appear in every mission except The Battle of Midway and Numa Numa Trail.

Riflemen wear trench coats and helmets, they sometimes have masks over their face, in North Africa they have yellow clothing and winter clothing in Lady Nightingale. they use bolt action or semi auto rifles, the soldiers in North Africa have assault rifles.

Submachine gunners use MP40s with different attachments. in North Africa they have yellow pants and hats with green shirts and red desert goggles. they sometimes use Kar98 rifles with bayonets. Engineers appear in Phoenix, they also use MP40s but their guns have no attachments.

Shotgunners have helmets with straps and have shotguns shells strapped across their chest, they use Einhorn Revolving shotguns.

Snipers wear Ghilie suits and will use scoped G-43 or Kar98k rifles, in close range they use Klauser pistols. The snipers in North Africa have the same appearance as the submachinegunners.

Machine Gunners carry MG42 machine guns and have ammo belts across their chest.

Rocket Troopers carry Panzerschreck rocket launcers and carry Klauser pistols for close range.

A single German officer appears in Lady Nightingale, who uses a Machine Pistol.

Gallery[]

Call of Duty and United Offensive[]

The Wehrmacht appears in every mission, except in the United Offensive Multiplayer Berlin map.

Call of Duty 2[]

Call of Duty 3[]

Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts[]

Call of Duty: World at War[]

Call of Duty: Black Ops[]

The Wehrmacht makes an appearance in the flashback mission "Project Nova".

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]

Main article: Bundeswehr

The German military appears as the Bundeswehr, providing tank support to Team Metal and appearing only with Leopard 2 tanks.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II[]

The Imperial German Army appears in the intro for Origins.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III[]

Call of Duty: WWII[]


Call of Duty: Vanguard[]


Quotes[]

Main article: German Military/Quotes

Trivia[]

  • In the mission Hostage! in Call of Duty 3, all the enemies belong to the Feldgendarmerie, the Military Police Units of the Germany Army in World War 2. Their uniform differ from the standard by wearing Feldgendarmerie on the cuffs and Feldjägerkorps on the gorgets.
  • At the end of a victorious multiplayer match when playing as the Wehrmacht in Call of Duty: World at War, during the Königgratzer Marsch, the following Propaganda is heard: "Vor uns liegt Deutschland, in uns marschiert Deutschland, und hinter uns, kommt Deutschland!" (translates to "Germany lies before us, Germany marches within us, and Germany follows us!").
  • Although the team name says Wehrmacht, the models for the rifleman and submachine gunner for multiplayer in Call of Duty: World at War are actually Waffen-SS due to the distinctive woodland camouflage uniforms and swastika patch.
  • Many German soldiers in the missions of Call of Duty 2 set in Europe bear the decal of the Spanish Blue Division on their helmets, which means that they are actually Spanish.
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