Task Force 141

Task Force 141, colloquially referred to as "The One-Four-One," is a multinational special operations unit. Its members serve as the principal protagonists of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, in which their main objective is to apprehend or eliminate Vladimir Makarov, a Russian Ultranationalist responsible for masterminding the Russian invasion of the United States.
==Composition==
Task Force 141 had at least eighty-five known operators that are drawn from various special operations forces of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russian Loyalists. The specific units that contribute operators to Task Force 141 are unknown.
The commanding officer of Task Force 141 appears to be Lieutenant General Shepherd, a U.S. Army officer who spearheads the Task Force's operations. SAS Captain John "Soap" MacTavish served as the Task Force's Company/Field Commander between 2013 and 2016. Additional soldiers from the Special Air Service such as Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley and Sergeant Gary "Roach" Sanderson were recruited to serve as operators during field missions. After his liberation from the Petropavlovsk Gulag, Captain John Price of the Special Air Service served as another field commander.
==Disavowed==
During the events of Modern Warfare 2, Lieutenant General Shepherd betrayed Task Force 141; subsequently all the remaining members were either eliminated or on the run, the rogue Shepherd was then killed by John "Soap" MacTavish at the conclusion of the crisis and Task Force 141 was disavowed. In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the few 141 survivors such as John Price and Soap reunited with Nikolai and his group of Russian Loyalists, they continued to operate with support from the current SAS Baseplate operative and former colleague of Price, MacMillan, to resume their main objective.
===Names Cleared===
After rescuing Russian President Boris Vorshevsky and his daughter Alena from a diamond mine in eastern Siberia, Task Force 141 was reinstated (signified by the Disavowed status on the Task Force 141 emblem being removed) by NATO, with even Russia itself approving their actions. They then began to concentrate their efforts to hunt down Makarov once again, eventually locating and killing him three months later in the United Arab Emirates.
==List of Known Members ==
==Equipment==
===Assault Rifles===
M4A1 menu icon MW3.png|M4A1
ACR menu icon MW2.png|ACR
SCAR-H menu icon MW2.png|SCAR-H
TAR-21 menu icon MW2.png|TAR-21
M16A4 menu icon MW2.png|M16A4
AK-47 menu icon MW3.png|AK-47
G36C menu icon MW3.png|G36C
SCAR-L menu icon MW3.png|SCAR-L
Commando menu icon BO.png|Commando (Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish)
===Submachine Guns===
MP5 menu icon MW3.png|MP5
MP5k menu icon MW2.png|MP5K
UMP-45 menu icon MW2.png|UMP45
Vector menu icon MW2.png|Vector
Mini Uzi menu icon MW2.png|Mini-Uzi
===Light Machine Guns===
M240 menu icon MW2.png|M240
AUG HBAR menu icon MW2.png|AUG HBAR
RPD menu icon MW2.png|RPD
PKP Pecheneg Menu Icon MW3.png|PKP Pecheneg
MK46 menu icon MW3.png|MK46
===Machine Pistols===
G18 menu icon MW2.png|G18
===Shotguns===
W1200 3rd Person MW2.png|W1200 (Mile High Club and Museum)
M1014 menu icon MW2.png|M1014
Ranger menu icon MW2.png|Ranger
AA-12 menu icon MW2.png|AA-12
Shotgun attachment menu icon MW3.png|Underbarrel Shotgun
SPAS-12 menu icon MW2.png|SPAS-12 (Museum)
===Sniper Rifles===
M14 EBR menu icon MW2.png|M14 EBR
Intervention menu icon MW2.png|Intervention
Barrett .50 menu icon MW2.png|Barrett .50cal
RSASS Menu Icon MW3.png|RSASS
===Handguns===
USP .45 menu icon MW3.png|USP .45
.44 Magnum menu icon MW2.png|.44 Magnum
M1911 3rd person MW2.png|M1911 .45
M9 menu icon MW2.png|M9
Desert Eagle Create-a-Class MW3.png|Desert Eagle
Five Seven menu icon MW3.png|Five Seven
P99 menu icon MW3.png|P99
P226 Menu Icon CoDG.png|P226 (Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish)
===Launchers===
Grenade Launcher menu icon MW3.png|M203
FGM-148 Javelin menu icon MW2.png|FGM-148 Javelin
GP25 MW3.png|GP-25
AT4 menu icon MW2.png|AT4
Thumper menu icon MW2.png|Thumper
RPG-7 menu icon MW2.png|RPG-7
== Notable military operations==
===Between 2011 and 2013===
*Hostage rescue in Ukraine.
===2013===
*Joint operation with U.S Delta Force to apprehend Kingfish (Vladimir Makarov).
===Between 2013 and 2016===
*Hostage rescue on a hijacked airplane.
===2016===
*Infiltrating a Russian airbase in the Tian Shan Mountain Range in Kazakhstan to retrieve an ACS module.
*Capturing Alejandro Rojas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and escaping from the favelas.
*Eliminating hostiles and rescuing hostages on the Vikhorevka 36 Oil Platform.
*Rescuing Prisoner #627 from the Petropavlovsk Gulag.
*Infiltrating the Rybachiy naval base near Petropavlovsk and launching an ICBM aimed at the U.S. to create an EMP to stall the Russian invasion.
*Raiding Makarov's estate and retrieving a DSM on the Georgian-Russian border.
*Escaping from Makarov's and Shepherd's men in the U.S. Vehicle Disposal Yard 437, south west of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
*Infiltrating the headquarters of Shadow Company and killing Shepherd at Site Hotel Bravo.
*Extracting the wounded Soap to Nikolai's safehouse in India.
*Searching for a cargo package belonging to Makarov in Sierra Leone.
*Searching for Waraabe, a man involved in the chemical attacks on Europe, in Somalia.
*Moving through Prague to get to a vantage point, where they attempt to assassinate Vladimir Makarov.
*Infiltrating Karlštejn Castle in Prague, being used by Inner Circle forces as a firebase, with the objective to learn the location of Makarov.
*Joint operation with U.S. Delta Force to rescue Russian President Boris Vorshevsky and his daughter Alena from a diamond mine in eastern Siberia.
===2017===
*Killing Makarov in the Hotel Oasis.
== Special Ops ==
Task Force 141 also appears in Special Ops mode in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. They are a playable faction in missions:
=== Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 ===
Sniper Fi.jpg|Sniper Fi
O Cristo Redentor.jpg|O Cristo Redentor
Evasion MW2.jpg|Evasion
Overwatch (level).jpg|Overwatch
Bomb Squad.jpg|Bomb Squad
Race (level).jpg|Race
Hidden (level).jpg|Hidden
Breach & Clear Campaign.jpg|Breach & Clear
Time Trial Spec Ops.jpg|Time Trial
Snatch & Grab.jpg|Snatch & Grab
Acceptable Loses.jpg|Acceptable Losses
Estate Takedown.jpg|Estate Takedown
Wetwork.jpg|Wetwork
High Explosive.jpg|High Explosive
Armor Piercing.jpg|Armor Piercing
=== Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 ===
Loading Screen Kill Switch MW3.png|Kill Switch
== Multiplayer ==
Task Force 141 is a playable faction in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer. They appear in:
===Multiplayer Maps===
Afghan loading screen MW2.png|Afghan
Derail.jpg|Derail
Estate.jpg|Estate
Favela Map MW2.jpg|Favela
Loadscreen mp quarry.jpg|Quarry
Rundown-prev.jpg|Rundown
Rust.jpg|Rust
Scrapyard.jpg|Scrapyard
Underpass.jpg|Underpass
Wasteland.jpg|Wasteland
Bare Load Screen Crash MW2.jpg|Crash
Bare Load Screen Overgrown CoD4.jpg|Overgrown
MW2 Salvage.jpg|Salvage
MW2 Storm.jpg|Storm
Carnival loadscreen.jpg|Carnival
==Emblems==
Tf141.PNG|The original emblem (before Shepherd's death)
CODOL TF141 Emblem.png|The emblem in Call of Duty Online.
Task Force 141 Disavowed.png|The disavowed Task Force 141 emblem (after Shepherd's death).
Task Force 141 Non-Disavowed.png|Task Force 141, after rescuing Russian President Boris Vorshevsky.
TF 141 unused emblem.png|Emblem that is used on Perk Care Packages and Price's lighter, found in Modern Warfare 3's files.
Soap's Task Force 141 Logo.png|Soap's drawing of the 141 emblem in his journal.
==Gallery==
Extras-1.png|Some of Task Force 141's members with U.S. Army Rangers at Fire Base Phoenix.
Operation Kingfish 2013 group crop.png|Task Force 141 and Delta Force during Operation Kingfish.
Reinforcements MW2G.png|Task Force 141 during a hostage rescue in Ukraine.
Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 3.jpg|Task Force 141 during a hostage rescue on a hijacked airplane.
The Gulag arriving on helicopter MW2.jpg|Task Force 141 and Navy SEALs during the rescue of Prisoner #627.
TF141.ContingencyRocket.MW2CR.png|Task Force 141 launching an ICBM after infiltrating the Rybachi navel base.
=== Campaign Models ===
====Desert====
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Desert Price.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Desert 1.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Desert 2.png
====Brazil====
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Soap Favela.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Ghost Favela.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Meat.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Royce.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Merlin 1.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Merlin 2.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 1.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 2.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 3.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 4.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 5.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 6.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Brazil 7.png
TF141.Brazil.American.HeadB.png
TF141.Brazil.American.HeadC.png
TF141.Brazil.American.HeadA.png
TF141.Brazil.Canadian.HeadB.png
TF141.Brazil.Canadian.HeadC.png
TF141.Brazil.Canadian.HeadA.png
TF141.Brazil.American2.HeadD.png
====Woodlands====
TF141.Woodlands.American1.HeadA.png
TF141.Woodlands.American1.HeadB.png
TF141.Woodlands.American1.HeadC.png
TF141.Woodlands.American1.HeadD.png
TF141.Woodlands.American2.HeadA.png
TF141.Woodlands.American2.HeadB.png
TF141.Woodlands.American2.HeadC.png
TF141.Woodlands.American2.HeadD.png
TF141.Woodlands.British.HeadA.png
TF141.Woodlands.British.HeadB.png
TF141.Woodlands.British.HeadC.png
TF141.Woodlands.British.HeadD.png
====Arctic====
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Arctic Soap.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Arctic Ghost.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Arctic Price.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 8.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 9.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 10.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 11.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 1.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 2.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 3.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 4.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 5.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 6.png
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 141 Arctic 7.png
TF141.Arctic.British.HeadA.png
TF141.Arctic.British.HeadB.png
TF141.Arctic.British.HeadC.png
TF141.Arctic.British.HeadD.png
TF141.Arctic.American2.HeadA.png
TF141.Arctic.American2.HeadB.png
TF141.Arctic.American2.HeadC.png
TF141.Arctic.American2.HeadD.png
TF141.Arctic.American1.HeadA.png
TF141.Arctic.American1.HeadB.png
TF141.Arctic.American1.HeadC.png
TF141.Arctic.American1.HeadD.png
TF141.Arctic.Australian.HeadA.png
TF141.Arctic.Australian.HeadB.png
TF141.Arctic.Australian.HeadC.png
TF141.Arctic.Australian.HeadD.png
==== Wetsuits ====
TF141.Wetsuit.British2.Head4.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British2.Head7.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British2.Head3.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British2.Head2.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British1.Head4.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British1.Head7.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British1.Head3.png
TF141.Wetsuit.British1.Head2.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head4.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head7.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head3.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head2.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head1.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head5.png
TF141.Wetsuit.American.Head6.png
===Multiplayer Models===
====Desert====
TF141 Desert Assault A MW2.png|Assault Model A
TF141 Desert Assault B MW2.png|Assault Model B
TF141 Desert SMG MW2.png|SMG Model
TF141 Desert Shotgun MW2.png|Shotgun Model
TF141 Desert LMG MW2.png|LMG Model
TF141 Desert Sniper MW2.png|Sniper Model
TF141 Desert Riot MW2.png|Riot Shield Model
TF141 Desert Head A MW2.png|Head Model A
TF141 Desert Head B MW2.png|Head Model B
TF141 Desert Head C MW2.png|Head Model C
TF141 Desert Head D MW2.png|Head Model D
====Arctic====
TF141 Arctic Assault A MW2.png|Assault Model A
TF141 Arctic Assault B MW2.png|Assault Model B
TF141 Arctic SMG MW2.png|SMG Model
TF141 Arctic Shotgun MW2.png|Shotgun Model
TF141 Arctic LMG MW2.png|LMG Model
TF141 Arctic Sniper MW2.png|Sniper Model
TF141 Arctic Ghillie Suit MW2.png|Ghillie Suit Model
TF141 Arctic Riot MW2.png|Riot Shield Model
==Videos==
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 TF141 Victory Theme|Task Force 141's victory theme.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - TF141 Defeat Theme|Task Force 141's defeat theme.
== Trivia ==
*The full Task Force 141 theme tune is played during the mission "Contingency".
*While the Americans, Australians, British and have their flags in their colors and on their shoulder patches, the Canadians have their flag on their back in green.
*In multiplayer, choosing an Assault Rifle or an SMG will make the player generate an American or British flag, choosing an LMG will make the player spawn with an Australian flag, and choosing a Sniper Rifle will make the player spawn with an American flag unless the player has unlocked the Ghillie Suit.
**There are no Canadian Task Force 141 models in multiplayer despite models being in the campaign.
*Task Force 141 (along with the Heartbeat Sensor) is jokingly referenced in a conversation between two characters in the 2010 video game Battlefield: Bad Company 2. After discovering the team has to go on a hunt for an HVT, Sarge says, "I should clear this with Braidwood," to which Sweetwater replies, "No! No, no, no! He'll just send some special ops douche-bags, with pussy-ass heartbeat monitors on their guns, instead of us!"
*In Modern Warfare 3, some Delta Force soldiers will have the same name as some of the Task Force 141 members. There is little indication they are connected/the same.
*By the end of Modern Warfare 3, Price and Nikolai are the last known remaining Task Force 141 members.
*In Modern Warfare 3, the old and new Task Force 141 logo can be unlocked in Multiplayer.
*The old Task Force 141 emblem is seen on Perk Care Packages from Survival Mode.
*Task Force 141 is referenced in the 2012 video game Far Cry 3. During the level "Fly South", Willis says that he must join Task Force 141 to go to Russia.
*The numeral designation of the SWC-141 Retribution from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was recommended by representatives of the Russian Federation in remembrance of the Task Force's heroic actions in rescuing Russian President Boris Vorshevsky.Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Developer's Handbook, Page 87. (Part of the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Collector's Edition Strategy Guide). This was deemed as an easter egg rather than a connection between Modern Warfare 3 and Infinite Warfare.https://twitter.com/taylorkurosaki/status/797491968104218624
*Some of the members have US Army Third Infantry Division patches inexplicably.
==References==
sv:Task Force 141
es:Fuerza Operativa 141
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