Mercs

"And remember... no prisoners."

- Merc announcer when beginning a match

The Mercs are a enemy faction that appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops II. They appear to be of international origin, most notably Cuban. They are fought in Cordis Die alongside the drones that turned against the U.S.A. in 2025. They are also a playable multiplayer faction. They face SEAL Team Six on Hijacked, Standoff, and Nuketown 2025, the FBI on Aftermath, Express, and Raid, and the ISA on Plaza and Slums.

Background
During the creation of its parent organization Cordis Die, Raul Menendez needed a private army of highly-trained soldiers to conduct missions which required armed actions against the militaries 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. Most of the mercenaries are former Cuban Military soldiers.

Equipment
Due to the wealth Raul Menendez made during the course of the last thirty years to fund his private army, the Mercs enjoy the most state-of-the-art weaponry, equipment, body armor and, as well as a sizable arsenal of drone weapons. In terms of vehicles, the Mercs employ machine gun mounted Technicals painted in Digital Camoflage, 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 camoflage fatigue which they wear a black balaclava with an advanced HUD and a hood over their heads.

Assault Rifles

 * MTAR
 * Type 25
 * SWAT-556
 * FAL OSW
 * AN-94
 * M27
 * M8A1

Shotguns

 * S12
 * KSG
 * M1216

Light Machine Guns

 * QBB LSW
 * LSAT
 * HAMR

Sniper Rifles

 * DSR 50
 * Ballista

Submachine Guns

 * PDW-57
 * Vector K10
 * MSMC
 * Chicom CQB
 * Skorpion EVO

Handguns

 * B23R
 * Executioner (used by Menendez)
 * KAP-40

Launchers

 * SMAW
 * FHJ-18 AA
 * RPG

Trivia

 * Despite being made up mostly of Cubans in the campaign, in multiplayer they are a mix of American, British, Australian and South African soldiers.
 * An optical camouflage suit in standard Merc colors can be found with the access kit in Celerium, in the entry room just past the compound's inner front door.
 * In multiplayer, the Mercs have green in the uniforms as opposed to all orange urban-camouflaged uniforms they wear in campaign.
 * Their announcer often refers to them as "ladies", "grunts" or "boys", when a match in Multiplayer begins.

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