"Tank" Dempsey

"Ah, the M16. 5.56 millimeter magazine-fed gas-operated sweetness... just like me."

- Tank Dempsey

Tank Dempsey was a Marine Raider and is a playable character in the Nazi Zombies game mode. He is only seen in Shi No Numa and Der Riese in Call of Duty: World at War (he was at Verruckt, but this was unconfirmed until Call of Duty: Black Ops), but in Call of Duty: Black Ops he appears in all four original zombie maps, as well as Kino der Toten and Ascension. He is voiced by Steve Blum.

Biography
"Tank Dempsey: American hero. Give him a loaded weapon, a good woman, and something to shoot at and he’s happy. Cross him and he’ll rip your guts out and use them as a bandolier. Dempsey was selected for this mission after he showed his true grit at the battle for Peleliu. His unit was captured during the early raids before the main invasion, and he spent two weeks in a rat infested bamboo cage submerged in malarial water. Eventually, he gnawed his way through the cage, and then gnawed his way through his captors armed only with a Bobby pin and his Medal of Honor which he keeps secreted in various body cavities. There is no before the war for Dempsey, there is no after. There is only the legend of Tank Dempsey, and how he won the war for the rest of us. Leaving behind a wake of destruction and meat sacks wherever he goes, Dempsey is the man to have on your side when faced with an undead apocalypse".

Dempsey was originally the leader of a Marine Recon Team whose mission was to recover Peter from the Group 935 station at Verruckt as it was feared Peter's identity had been compromised. It is unknown if his team reached Verruckt before or after the zombie outbreak. Somehow he became one of the subjects of Dr. Maxis's and Dr. Richtofen experiments with Element 115. He did however experience a complete memory wipe but retained his personality. Richtofen was then ordered to keep them under observation.



Trivia

 * Dempsey appears to like the Monkey Bomb.
 * Dempsey hates Quick Revive because of the fishy taste.
 * His favorite Perk-A-Cola seems to be Juggernog.
 * Dempsey is based around a stereotypical, exaggerated American war hero.
 * Dempsey is voiced by Steve Blum, the voice of Captain Foley from Call of Duty.
 * Dempsey bears a resemblance to Polonsky, although he appears to be slightly more muscular. This is just the result of the developers re-using existing character models.
 * Though the player never sees him, he fought at Peleliu during the Marine Raiders landings.
 * Dempsey hates Richtofen, mocking him throughout in Shi No Numa, Der Riese, Kino der Toten, and Ascension.
 * Dempsey shows the most respect for Takeo Masaki.
 * Dempsey completly ignores all of Nikolai's quotes.
 * Dempsey seems to like German heavy weaponry, such as the MG42.
 * Dempsey often calls the Wunderwaffe DG-2 the “Wonder Waffle”. In Ascension he expresses his love in Waffles even more, by mocking the famous "Leggo my Eggo" quote.
 * Very rarely, whilst using the Pack-A-Punch machine, Dempsey will sing the jingle for the Juggernog vendor.
 * In the Cold War era, Dempsey enjoys using the M16.
 * Dempsey was featured in Treyarch's Shi No Numa example map, nazi_zombie_kyassuru.
 * By the time of Kino der Toten, Dempsey has grown a small beard, and by the time of Ascension he is covered in dirt and blood.
 * In a file on the Call of Duty: Black Ops computer terminal, it says that in part of Dr. Maxis' super-soldier experiments were Dempsey, Nikolai, and Takeo.
 * When Pack-A-Punching a weapon he may say. "I'm sure I've seen Richtofen before all this. He's got something to do with this. But... I just can't remember!" referring to his memory being wiped.
 * Treyarch confirmed that he was in the raid on Verruckt.
 * Dempsey, much like Takeo, doesn't like prunes.