Shadow Company is an enemy faction that you’ll encounter at the end of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 campaign.

Campaign

Shadow Company makes its first appearance in Loose Ends, in the mountains of the Caucasus on the border between Russia and Georgia. There they protect the landing zone that Roach and Ghost must reach after downloading secret files about Makarov. They are only on the good side for a short time, because their leader, General Shepherd, betrays Roach and Ghost and kills them both. Some soldiers help Shepherd dispose of the bodies by dumping gasoline over them and lighting them with Shepherd’s cigar.

They next appear in The Enemy of My Enemy at an airplane graveyard in Afghanistan, where they fight Makarov’s Inner Circle. They attempt to kill Soap and Price, but fail. The end of this fight is not shown.

Last but not least, Shadow Company appears in Like Old Times and Final Stage, when Soap and Price infiltrate Hotel Site Bravo, the company’s operations center, to end Shepherd’s life. At first they are unaware of Price and Soap’s presence, but when many of their men disappear and a door is broken down, they are on alert.

Shadow Company is unable to stop their two adversaries, and Shepherd attempts to escape in a Zodiac. Price is able to shoot down Shepherd’s helicopter, but he and Soap fall down a waterfall. After a long skirmish between Price and Shepherd, Soap interferes and throws a knife into Shepherd’s eye, killing him. What happens to Shadow Company after that is not further known.

Shepherd shows no human feelings for his soldiers and considers them all replaceable, which is best seen in As in Old Times, where he uses an artillery strike directly on his own position to kill Price and Soap.

Arsenal

Shadow Company soldiers are heavily armed, well-trained and extremely dangerous. They use mostly modern weapons, similar to Task Force 141 and the Rangers.

Assault rifles

• ACR
• SCAR-H

Light machine guns

• M240
• MG4
• RPD (are replaced by an MG4 after death on the ground)

Submachine guns

• MP5K
• UMP45
• TMP
• Vector
• G18
• P90

Shotguns

• M1014
• AA-12
• SPAS-12
• Underbarrel shotgun

Pistols

• M9
• .44 Magnum (used only by Shepherd)
• M1911 (seen in loose ends only)
• Desert Eagle
• USP .45

Rocket Launcher

• AT4
• RPG-7
• M203

Other

• Mission shield
• Combat knife
• Dogs
• WA2000

Vehicles

• Technical
• UAZ-469
• Armored SUV
• HMMWV
• M1A2 Abrams
• M2A2 Bradley
• UH-60 Blackhawk
• MH-53 Pave Low
• AH-6 Little Bird
• MH-6 Little Bird
• Zodiac
• Predator drone
• F-15 Eagle
• CH-46 Sea Knight

Equipment

The Shadow Company soldiers can be easily recognized by their black uniforms with the typical vest, on which the flag of the USA is printed, also black balaclavas and night vision devices on the helmets. On the armor, there are various details such as magazines, grenades, flares and others.

Character Models

If the soldier goes into battle with a rifle, he has two magazines for the rifle and three magazines for a pistol on his armor. A character with a shotgun has an extremely large number of shotgun shells. A character with a light machine gun or rocket launcher has two huge ammo pouches and extra shells ready.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Shadow Company itself does not appear in Modern Warfare 3, but its logo can be seen on many crates and containers in the campaign.

Info

• Shadow Company are the first Americans in Call of Duty history to appear as enemies.
• By completing a challenge, you can get the Shadow Company logo in multiplayer.
• Part of the logo they wear on their arm is also part of the logo of Task Force 141.
• On the license plates of the armored SUVs that Shadow Company drives, it says “G 2009IW4 V”. 2009 is the release year of Modern Warfare 2, IW4 is the engine that supports the game.
• If you stop for a moment and listen to a conversation of the soldiers in Like Old Times, they talk about three “left behind” Russians they killed.
• The soldiers in As in Old Times who use a mission shield have the same character model as the Navy SEALs in multiplayer who go into battle with mission shields.
• Most ACRs used by Shadow Company have digital camouflage. In the mission As in Old Times, you can get a unique black ACR with heartbeat sensor, red dot sight and silencer.
• The Shadow Company helmets always have the same name on them, “HOLT.”
• In As in Old Times, one of the guards is smoking a cigarette even though he is wearing a helmet.
• On the boxes in Search & Destroy in Call of Duty: Ghosts there is the Shadow Company logo.

Call of Duty

The Call of Duty series has existed since 2003 and in addition to various spin-offs, including for the handheld systems Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, 14 major titles of the series have now been released. Ever since the first part of the series, great emphasis has been placed on the online multiplayer mode in addition to the single-player campaign, which is also reflected in the development of the shooter series. Since the first Call of Duty, World at     War, which was developed exclusively by Treyarch, each part also included cooperative challenges that you could play together with friends. The latest installment, Call of Duty: World War II, also features an extended multiplayer mode that puts you and your friends in the combat zones and famous battles of World War II. Using the divisions, you’ll be able to choose between the deadly sniper and the brute armored division and support your comrades in battle. In addition, World War II also has a zombie mode “Nazi Zombies”, as in its predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops. Face the monsters of the Third Reich and win glory and honor.