Shadow Company is an enemy faction encountered at the end of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 campaign.
campaign
Shadow Company first appears in Loose Ends, in the Caucasus mountains 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 briefly on the good side, as their leader, General Shepherd, betrays Roach and Ghost and kills them both. Some soldiers help Shepherd dispose of the bodies by pouring gasoline on them and lighting them with Shepherd’s cigar.
They next appear in Enemy of My Enemy in an airplane graveyard in Afghanistan, where they fight Makarov’s Inner Circle. They try to kill Soap and Price but fail. The end of this fight is not shown.
Finally, Shadow Company appears in Old Times and Final Stages when Soap and Price Hotel infiltrate 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 forced open, they go on high alert.
Shadow Company is unable to stop their two adversaries and Shepherd attempts to escape in a Zodiac. Price shoots down Shepherd’s helicopter, but he and Soap fall down a waterfall. After a lengthy skirmish between Price and Shepherd, Soap intervenes and throws a knife into Shepherd’s eye, killing him. What happened to the Shadow Company afterward is not known.
Shepherd shows no human feelings for his soldiers and considers them all expendable, best seen in Old Town, where he directs an artillery strike at his position to kill Price and Soap.
arsenal
Shadow Company soldiers are heavily armed, well trained, and extremely dangerous. They use modern weaponry for the most part, similar to Task Force 141 and the Rangers.
assault rifles
- ACR
- SCAR-H
Light machine guns
- M240
- MG4
- RPD (replaced with an MG4 after dying on the ground)
submachine guns
- MP5K
- UMP45
- TMP
- Vector
- G18
- P90
shotguns
- M1014
- AA-12
- SPAS-12
- under-barrel shotgun
pistols
- M9
- .44 Magnum (used only by Shepherd)
- M1911 (barely seen in Loose Ends )
- Desert Eagle
- U.S.P. .45
rocket launcher
- AT4
- RPG-7
- M203
Other
- Deployment 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
gear
Shadow Company soldiers are easily identified by their black uniforms with signature vests printed with the US flag, black balaclavas, and night vision goggles on helmets. There are various details on the armor such as magazines, grenades, flare sticks and others.
character models
If the soldier goes into battle with a rifle, he has two magazines on his armor for that Rifle and three magazines for a pistol. 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 grenades ready.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
The Shadow Company itself does not appear in Modern Warfare 3, but its logo can be seen on many crates and containers throughout the campaign.
Info
- The 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 Task Force 141 logo.
- The license plates of the armored SUVs driven by the Shadow Company read “G 2009IW4 V”. 2009 is the release year of Modern Warfare 2, and IW4 is the engine supporting the game.
- In Old Times, if you stop and listen to the soldiers talking, they’re talking about three “left behind” Russians who killed them.
- The soldiers in As in Old Times who use a riot shield have the same character model as the Navy SEALs in multiplayer who go into battle with a riot shield.
- Most ACRs used by the Shadow Company uses digital camouflage. In the mission Just like in the old days, you can get a unique black ACR with a heartbeat sensor, red dot sight, and silencer.
- The Shadow Company helmets always bear the same name, “HOLT”.
- In Old Times, one of the guards smokes a cigarette despite wearing a helmet.
- The Shadow Company logo is on the crates in Search & Destroy in Call of Duty: Ghosts.