CoD4 Trailer Intel

Jock Yitch, (c) 2004
BASH Intelligence Officer and Director of Oxymoron Operations

We have reviewed the 480p HD Call of Duty 4 Trailer, which you can download form charlieoscardelta.com, in an attempt to identify some of the military hardware that will be used in Activision's new game.

Here is what we have found:

6 sec: Boat interdiction, rain, nighttime.

What appears to be a UH-60 Black Hawk (or variant) flying at night in heavy rain comes across a ship at sea. Are these British Counter-terrorism SAS commandos inside the chopper? They appear to be wearing a one-piece assault suit, with knee and elbow pads and the soldiers also appear to have respirators. This would be in keeping with CT SAS. However, the chopper is American (you can barely make out the word "STATES" on the tail) and the SAS do not have Black Hawks in their arsenal. So this is a curious opening sequence.

8 sec: Boat interdiction, rain, nighttime.
Close up of one of the suspected British commandos dangling out the side of the helicopter.

9 sec: Forest, twilight.
Mi8 Hip lowering a group of what looks like Russian(?) Spetsnaz troops into forested mountainous terrain. The troops are carrying heavy assault weapons.

12 sec: Camo-force in tall grass, broad daylight.

Logo in the background suggests a hammer and sickle similar to that used on the old U.S.S.R. flag. Soldier waves unseen comrades forward. He's carrying what looks like a variation of an M4 carbine with silencer.

15 sec: Urban assault force, night.

View through night vision goggles. Soldier with a shotgun and night goggles breaks down a door in a middle east(?) town.

16 sec: Boat interdiction, rain, nighttime.

Helmeted, commandos (presumably from helicopter) have landed on the cargo ship and are combing through the vessel. They are armed with heavy assault weapons. Their faces are covered and are wearing padded vests and knee/shin protectors.

18 sec: Helicopter assault, daylight in a sea-side Middle Eastern town.

Eight UH-60 Blackhawks enter from the left of the screen in a scene reminiscent of Acopalypse Now! Side close-up of a U.S. soldier on the side of one of the helicopters. Three soldiers carrying assault weapons can be seen already on the ground moving left to right, weapons pointed.

20 sec: Middle Eastern Town, twilight.

Helmeted soldiers of what appears to be middle-eastern descent are getting into a vehicle. A red and white keffiyeh appears around their necks. The soldiers are carrying AK-47's. From the audience point of view, you are ushered into the back seat of the car and summarily beaten with the stock of an AK-47 by a ski-masked soldier (2-way radio in his pocket suggests the soldier may be the group's leader).

22 sec: Empty airliner

Helmeted, commandos (dressed similar to those who attacked the cargo vessel) walk slowly through a wide body airliner. This is either a very large business jet or the first class cabin of a commercial airliner. The aircraft seems empty. Most seem to be using MP4 variants and one appears to be armed with an MP5A3.

23 sec: Star and Sabres on red background.

Flag similar to former Soviet union flag. Sabres lend an islamic twist to the symbolism. Whose flag is this?

24 sec: Forest, twilight.
Airborne assault troops meet resistance. Trip mine?

24 sec: FLIR image from AC130 Spectre.

Eight man (platoon?) of enemy combatants visible in a FLIR image taken at nighttime. Aircraft appears to be 6003 feet above ground level. We are assuming this is from an AC130 given the three gun selections available on the scope. 25mm, 40mm and 105mm.

28 sec: Middle Eastern Town, twilight.

Two arab gunmen enter picture. Lead gunman appears to be hit by a projectile and somersaults.

28 sec: Forest, twilight.
Special forces ranger (Russian?) shoots older man in head with pistol.

30 sec: American attack on arab position, twilight.

American foot soldiers attack Arab gunmen in an urban setting. AH-1 Huey Cobras are in support. Multiple RPG's are fired from the Arab side (apartment complex). The soldiers must be Marines, they're the only ones who operate Cobras.

35 sec: Gritty Middle Eastern urban scene (laundry hanging)

Two Mig-29's fly low over urban scene as an American soldier walks past. The problem here is that the two aircraft that fly overhead are air-superiority fighters - not tactical fighters. What are they doing so low? Also, the lead and wingman are nearly at each others 3-9 line (line-abreast). Why would they fly line-abreast over the FLOT (forward line of troops). This is clearly a dangerous area they are flying in and they are very l-o-w! U.S. doctrine over Kosovo for example forbade pilots to fly below 10,000 ft. These two Sierra-Hotel pilots are just waitin' to get their butts waxed. 10 points for the flyover effect IW - but minus 5 for realism.

37 sec: Middle Eastern Town, twilight.

Dead bodies of keffiyeh wearing soldiers are strewn around scene. Black garbed militia man (no keffiyeh) armed with AK-47 staggers past.

38 sec: Forest, twilight.
Three special forces soldiers climb hill. Snow is falling.

39 sec: Twilight, Rocket launcher base.

Hatch opens on what is presumably a nuclear launch tube. High hilly ground surrounds launcher.

40 sec: German Shepherd dogs patroling.

42 sec: Helicopter assault, daylight in a sea-side Middle Eastern town.
Americans repel from Black Hawks into town.

44 sec: Helicopter assault, daylight in a sea-side Middle Eastern town.
Arab militaman with RPG attacks American troops.

46 sec: Arab courtyard.

Leatherjacketed bald man hands silver pistol to bearded commander of what appears to be an elite Arab force. The pistol could be a Desert Eagle 0.50 calibre.

46 sec: Armored assault.
American tank deflects RPG and then crushes an automobile.

48sec: American attack on Arab position, twilight.
U.S. infantryman goes down after being hit in right hip.

51 sec: Gritty Middle Eastern urban scene

U.S. infantryman points M-16A2 towards unseen highrises. Mig-29 overflight heads off into distance.

51 sec: Arab guards, nighttime.
Arabs carrying multiple RPG's lit up by laser scopes and shot.

54 sec: Armored assault.
Closeup of American troops assaulting Arab held town with heavy armor backup: M1A1 Abrams in background.

55 sec: American attack on Arab position, twilight.
AH-1 shot down.

56 sec: Twilight, Rocket launcher base.

Appears to be a Russian setting...difficult to tell. Vehicle explodes just to the right of a missile silo and to the left of Hangar 6. Soldier walking past open hatch of missile silo. Was a Russian silo taken over by terrorists? Soldier goes down as vehicle explodes.

58 sec: Mi-8 assault.
Russian(?) soldiers repel from Mi-8 helicopters while being fired on by Arab militia with RPG's hiding in a bus.

59 sec: Night scope view.
Arab looking soldier wearing keffiyeh and carrying an AK-47 leg sweeps an American soldier and shoots him with a pistol. The point of view is from someone on the ground through a night scope.

1:01: American attack on Arab position, twilight.
American soldier carrying a light machine gun does a baseball-slide to avoid gun-fire.

1:02: Middle Eastern Town, twilight.
Abrams fires a round into a built up area.

1:04 sec: Boat interdiction, rain, nighttime.
Front view of helicopter and cargo ship.

1:05 sec: FLIR image from AC130 Spectre.
AC130 fires 40mm cannon into target.

1:06 sec: Air to ground missile.

Air to ground missile strikes a tank and blows it up. The missile does not appear to be an anti-tank weapon (seems more like an air-to-air missile).

1:17 sec: Nuclear strike aftermath.
Was this caused by terrorists?

1:26 sec: Boat interdiction, rain, nighttime.
Back to the SAS(?) special forces soldier on the helicopter as he is about to board the cargo ship he slips on his respirator.

Please let us know if you can ID any of the hardware on the trailer.
Post corrections and/or comments below or email me at jockyitch@devil-dogz.com

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