Loyalists

The Loyalists (Rus. лоялисты) are the military forces who remain loyal to the established Russian Federal government. This term is often used to distinguish between two military forces of the same nationality, particularly during a civil war or revolution in a nation. It is to note that during the events of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 all of Russia is at war with the U.S. upon being misled by the airport terrorist attack in "No Russian" and thus the bulk of enemies are Russian Federation Troops, however, since the Ultranationalists won the fierce civil war in between Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, these troops are only those in favor of the Ultranationalists and their ideals, not the Loyalists. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the Loyalists are a faction based in Northern India, presumably having fled there after the Ultranationalists took over.
==Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare & Modern Warfare Remastered==
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's single player campaign features Russian Loyalists who are fighting Ultranationalists, a paramilitary force in opposition to the established government of the Russian Federation. The Loyalist forces also include special purpose regiment forces called Spetsnaz (Russian for "special forces"). In the single player campaign, the player fights alongside Loyalist forces throughout the game when playing as "Soap" MacTavish of the SAS who helps the loyalists throughout the game. Sergeant Kamarov is the leader of the Russian Loyalist unit that the player fights alongside. The Russian Loyalists appear to be more well-equipped than the Ultranationalists, but for the most part use the same weapons such as AK-47's, AK-74u's, RPD's, Dragunov's and RPG-7's, however, they also use G36C rifles and M9 pistols. Both the Russian Loyalists and Ultranationalists have armor and air support in the form of BMP-2's, T-72's, Mi-24 Hind's and Mi-28 Havoc's. The Loyalists are dressed in Gray uniforms and wear black ZSH-1 helmets equipped with night-vision goggles or Russian ushankas. Russian Loyalists are featured in the single player levels such as "Blackout", "Safehouse", "Sins Of The Father" and "Game Over".
==Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2==
Sometime between the events of the two games, the central government fell to the Ultranationalists. According to Soap MacTavish during the briefing of The Gulag, he mentions that the prison contains the losers from the last war, "...which I swore I thought we'd won." The game features conventional Ultranationalist troops and Spetsnaz units, which are part of the vast Russian invasion that devastates the United States and are playable in Multiplayer. They mobilize BTR-80 APC's, and Mi-28 Havoc's and use a mix of new and old equipment, while making limited use of Russian firearms. According to a newspaper found in Makarov's safe-house in Loose Ends, it stated that the Loyalist government was backed by the United States.
== Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ==
In Modern Warfare 3, the Loyalists are once again seen, but this time as a independent military faction stationed in Northern India, where they probably fled after the Ultranationalists gained control of Russia. To generate funds as well as means to survive they operated as a Private Military Company. When Nikolai rescues Price and Soap at the end of the previous game, he takes them to the Loyalist safehouse in India. Loyalist soldiers also appear as allies in the mission Persona Non Grata and Return to Sender. After the war between the United States/NATO and Russia ended, President Vorshevsky started to reconcile with the Loyalists, assuring them that their safety was guaranteed and offering them some key positions for prominent members in the newly established Ultranationalist-Loyalist coalition government. His assurance allowed the Loyalists to safely return to Russia which strengthened the revived friendship and peace between the United States, Russia and NATO with the new Ultranationalist-Loyalist government.
== Equipment ==
The Loyalists use combat equipment that is of comparable or better quality than that of their Ultranationalist enemies. One main difference between the Loyalists and the Ultranationalists is the fact that the Loyalists seem to have a standard uniform that is grey in color; as opposed to the Ultranationalists, whose units use varied uniforms. The Loyalists also make use of night vision goggles both binocular and monocular, (which have not been seen widely in-use by the Ultranationalists,) as well as ballistic helmets. Some Loyalists like Kamarov choose to not wear body armor and instead simply use load bearing vests/chest rigs.
In Modern Warfare 3 their appearance greatly changes after their defeat at the hands of the Ultranationalists. Instead of looking like a professional army like they once were, Loyalists had to adopt a more traditional PMC look in terms of tactical clothing and gear. Because body armor plates and kevlar vests are expensive Loyalist troops had to make due with tactical vests, chest rigs and load bearing gear. In terms of vehicles the Loyalists have some Jeep Wranglers at their disposal as well as a UGV. All this would seal these exiled Loyalists as soldiers with no country to call their own.
=== Weapons ===
==== Loyalists ====
*AK-47
*AK-74u
*RPD
*Dragunov
*GP-25
*RPG-7
*G36C
*M9
==== Loyalists (Modern Warfare 3) ====
*AK-47
*G36C
*PKP Pecheneg
*MG36
*MK46
*SPAS-12
*USP .45
*Desert Eagle
*M14 EBR
*M203
*M4A1
*AK-74u
== Vehicles ==
* Mi-8
* Mi-28
* Mi-24 Hind
* Jeep Wrangler
* UGV
== Known Members ==
===Known Members from Modern Warfare 3===
==Gallery==
===Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare===
File:CoD MW Reflex Combat.jpg|Russian Loyalists fighting in a Russian village.
Loyalist-1.jpg|Russian Loyalist Trooper.
Loyalist-2.jpg|Russian Loyalist with night vision goggles.
Loyalist.png|A more modern looking Russian soldier.
File:Loyalist-01-01F.jpg|Russian Loyalist aiming his AK-47.
Dimitri Petrenko CoD4.jpg|A Russian Loyalist aiming down his G36C.
===Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Remastered===
File:LoyalistsMWR1.jpg|Variants of Loyalist soldiers.
File:Loyalists 2.jpg|More variants of Loyalist soldiers.
File:LoyalistRE1.png|Meeting Kamarov in "Blackout".
File:LoyalistRE2.jpg|Kamarov´s men in "Blackout".
File:LoyalistRE3.jpg|Meeting with Kamarov´s liaison in Amsar, Azerbaijan.
File:LoyalistRE4.jpg|A Russian Loyalist aiming down his G36C.
File:LoyalistRE5.jpg|Preparing with the Loyalists the attack on the checkpoint in Uzlovoy, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
File:LoyalistRE6.jpg|Russian Loyalist in urban fighting in Uzlovoy, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
File:LoyalistRE7.jpg|Loyalist aiming his AKM.
===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3===
Loyalists in combat MW3.png|Russian Loyalist rebels engaged in street fighting.
Loyalist helping civilian MW3.png|A Russian Loyalist rebel helping a civilian.
Loyalist Wounded MW3.png|A Loyalist rebel tending to a wounded comrade.
Loyalist Street Fighting MW3.png|Nikolai and other Loyalists rebels protecting an injured Soap.
Loyalist with a Spas-12 MW3.png|A Loyalist rebel with a SPAS-12.
Loyalists Character models MW3.jpg|Loyalist characters models.
==Trivia==
*As seen in some early trailers of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, there was going to be a number of missions where the player would get to play as a Loyalist fighting the Ultranationalists. One trailer featured the player escorting a tank while fighting off Ultranationalists.
*Even though loyalists are a Russian faction, in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 they share a name pool with the Czech Resistance.
*Some of the loyalists in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare have ushankas with the Hammer and Sickle emblem on them instead of the Russian Federation flag.
== References ==
ru:Лоялисты
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