Shadow Company

Shadow Company is the antagonists at the end of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. They are a handpicked, elite unit of United States soldiers (presumably from the Special Operations Command, judging from their insignia), distinguished by their black uniforms, black balaclavas, and goggles worn under their helmets.

Shadow Company takes orders directly from, and only, General Shepherd, serving as his personal body guards and henchmen. They are likely to be another branch of SOCOM that has been asigned directly under Shepherd's command, as can be seen during cutscenes where a person in high command granted him a "blank check". However, Shepherd holds no regard for their lives, which can be seen when he calls fire support (danger close) directly upon their location in attempt to kill Soap and Price.

Weapons
Shadow Company soldiers are heavily armed and very dangerous. Their arsenal of weapons includes:


 * ACR
 * SCAR-H
 * MP5k
 * Riot Shield
 * UMP
 * AA-12
 * M1014
 * WA2000
 * M240
 * Vector
 * SPAS-12
 * TMP
 * G18 - Their standard sidearm.
 * AT4
 * RPD - Used by the Shadow Company members you encounter after Price tells you to pick up a Riot Shield in Just Like Old Times. Oddly, they will not spawn any RPDs after they have been eliminated.

Vehicles
Their arsenal of vehicles includes:
 * Up-armored SUV - Some armed with Minigun.
 * Pickup truck
 * UH-60 Black Hawk
 * Pave Low
 * Little Bird - In both transport - and gunship variant.
 * Zodiac

Trivia

 * They are the first enemies in the Call of Duty series that are American.
 * Shadow Company is a documentary about private military companies and mercenaries.
 * However, the possibility of them being PMCs is eliminated by the fact that every Shadow Company member wear the insignia of USSOCOM (under the US flag patch).
 * Some websites made the mistake of calling Shadow Company US Marines or Army Rangers.
 * Shadow Company may be a reference to the heroin-smuggling mercenaries, also called Shadow Company, in Lethal Weapon.
 * Theoretically, Shadow Company may consist of members of 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as this unit is a part of USSOCOM.