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For other uses of "141", see 141.
For the organization in the reboot, see Task Force 141 (Reboot).

"Welcome to the 141. Best handpicked group of warriors on the planet."
Shepherd to Joseph Allen.


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[]

The Task Force 141 logo after the murder of General Shepherd.

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[]

Main article: Task Force 141/Members

Equipment[]

Assault Rifles[]

Submachine Guns[]

Light Machine Guns[]

Machine Pistols[]

Shotguns[]

Sniper Rifles[]

Handguns[]

Launchers[]

Notable military operations[]

Between 2011 and 2013[]

2013[]

Between 2013 and 2016[]

2016[]

2017[]

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[]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3[]

Multiplayer[]

Task Force 141 is a playable faction in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer. They appear in:

Multiplayer Maps[]

Emblems[]

Gallery[]

Campaign Models[]

Desert[]

Brazil[]

Woodlands[]

Arctic[]

Wetsuits[]

Multiplayer Models[]

Desert[]

Arctic[]

Videos[]

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 with 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!"
  • It is unknown how many other operator's were killed during Shepherd's Shadow Company. It has been speculated that by the time of Loose Ends, the Task Force had only a handful of operators were left due to previous conflicts. This is however unconfirmed.
  • While Bravo Team was the tip of the spear in terms of the Task Force, it is possible there were other fireteams that were either pulled back to the war in America or if they were deployed as support elements during the in game missions.
  • 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.[1]
  • 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.[2]. This was deemed as an easter egg rather than a connection between Modern Warfare 3 and Infinite Warfare.[3]
  • Some of the members have US Army Third Infantry Division patches inexplicably.

References[]

  1. [1]
  2. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Developer's Handbook, Page 87. (Part of the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Collector's Edition Strategy Guide)
  3. https://twitter.com/taylorkurosaki/status/797491968104218624
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