Mercs

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====
*MTAR
*Type 25
*SWAT-556
*FAL OSW
*AN-94
*M27
*M8A1
*SMR
====Shotguns====
*S12
*KSG
*M1216
*Remington 870 MCS (used by DeFalco)
*SS-23K
====Light Machine Guns====
*QBB LSW
*LSAT
*HAMR
*Mk 48
====Sniper Rifles====
*DSR 50
*Ballista
*SVU-AS
====Submachine Guns====
*PDW-57
*Vector K10
*MSMC
*Chicom CQB
*Skorpion EVO
====Handguns====
*B23R
*Executioner (used by Raul Menendez)
*KAP-40
*Five-seven
*Tac-45
*USP .45 (holstered)
====Launchers====
*SMAW
*RPG
====Specials====
*Assault Shield
===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.
File:Mercs Faction Icon BO4.png|Final icon for the Mercs in Black Ops 4. 
File:Black Ops 4 Pre-alpha Mercs Icon.png|Pre-alpha icon for the Mercs in Black Ops 4.
==Call of Duty: Mobile==
These are the weapons used by the Mercs as seen in the Call of Duty: Mobile comics.
====Assault Rifles====
*AK-47
*AK117
====Submachine Guns====
*PDW-57
====Light Machine Guns====
*Chopper
*RPD
====Handguns====
*M1911
====Melee====
*Axe
*Baseball Bat
==Gallery==
Mercs Multiplayer Icon BOII.png|The Mercs faction logo.
Mercs bo4.png|The Mercs faction logo in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
Wielding MSMC BOII.png|A Merc wielding a MSMC.
Black Ops II Launch Trailer 29.jpg|Mercs wearing Optical Camouflage.
Firing Skorpion EVO III BOII.png|A Merc firing a Skorpion EVO.
Menendez Outside BOII.png|A Merc with Raul Menendez in Odysseus.
Merc prisoners.jpg|Merc prisoners.
Wounded Merc.jpg|A wounded Merc.
Merc Odyssys.jpg|Merc with Five Seven.
Merc Army.jpg|Mercenary army.
Colossus Merc Soldier 1 BOII.png|Merc Soldier in Colossus.
Colossus Merc Soldier 2 BOII.png
Colossus Merc Soldier 3 BOII.png|Another Colossus Merc Soldier.
Colossus Merc Closerange BOII.png|Mercs Soldier of Colossus in Close Range.
Mercs Multiplayer Aftermath BOII.jpg|A group of Mercs in multiplayer.
Merc Slums BOII.png|Merc wielding HAMR in Slums.
Merc Downhill BOII.png|A Merc in Downhill.
Mercs Downhill BOII.jpg|Mercs in snow camouflage.
Merc Assault model BOII.png|Assault Rifle Model 
Merc LMG model BOII.png|Light Machine Gunner Model
Merc SMG model BOII.png|SubMachine Gunner Model
Merc Shotgun model BOII.png|Shotgunner Model
Merc Sniper model BOII.png|Sniper Model
Merc Assault Snow model BOII.png|Assault Snow model.
Merc LMG Snow model BOII.png|LMG Snow model. 
Merc Shotgun Snow model BOII.png|Shotgun Snow model.
Merc SMG Snow model BOII.png|SMG Snow model.
Mercs Sniper Snow model BOII.png|Sniper Snow model.
Cordis Die Mercs beta outfit BOII.png|Originally, the Mercs looked far less well-equipped than they do in the final game.
Cordis Die Merc beta running BOII.png|Another pre-release Merc.
===Call of Duty: Mobile===
CODM Merc 1.jpg|Assault unit named as "Merc 1"
CODM Merc 2.jpg|LMG unit named as "Merc 2"
CODM Merc 5.jpg|Sniper unit named as "Merc 5"
Merc 5 Yellow Snake in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Yellow Snake" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Going Gold in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Going Gold" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Batalla in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Batalla" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 2021 Champ in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "2021 Champ" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Ozuna in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Ozuna" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Sea Monster in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Sea Monster" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Going Dark in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Going Dark" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Championship Streak in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Championship Streak" uniform in-game.
Merc 5 Immortal in-game CODM.jpg|Merc 5's "Immortal" uniform in-game.
CODM Merc and Dark Shepherd.png|A Merc talking to Dark Shepherd.
==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.
**Both of them appear in the intro cinematic for the Rock & Requiem Mythic Drop, however.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfTIbwQPGU 
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