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Task Force Vanguard
Arthur Kingsley
Sergeant/Lieutenant Arthur Kingsley
- Voiced by: Chiké Okonkwo
- A Father to His Men: He takes things to heart and harbors deep empathy for those close to him.
- Knee-capping: His MVP animation has him kneecap a German soldier with a burst from the Sten.
- The Leader: Of the "Headstrong" variety. His multiplayer intro spells it out, going back and forth between scenes of leading his men during training and on the frontline.
- Meaningful Name: Who better to lead a team than a man who has both "King" and "Arthur" in his name?
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Sidney Cornell.
- Omniglot: He knows many languages, such as English, German, French, Russian, Portuguese, and Bantu, both the Equatorial and Northern dialects.
- Red Oni: Arthur is this to Richard's Blue Oni.
- Sherlock Scan: Is shown doing this frequently, such as deducing that Freisinger is a Rhinelander from his accent, or that Richter is a weaselly bureaucrat from the fact he has a high rank insignia but no combat medals.
- Take Me Instead: When the squad is captured in Hamburg, Arthur tries to goad Friesinger into directing his ire at him specifically, by speaking to him in German and mocking him for being from Neustadt (and thus growing up under French occupation of the Rhineland). Unfortunately, Friesinger sees right through it and beats Novak to death instead while Arthur and the squad are Forced to Watch.
- Theme Naming: Both Arthur and Richard are names of English kings - one mythological, one historical.
- Token Minority: He is an Afro-British soldier hailing from West Africa.
Polina Petrova
Lieutenant Polina Borisovna Petrova
- Voiced by: Laura Bailey
- Action Girl: And a very deadly one at that.
- Blood Knight: A rather tragic example— she lives for combat because she has nothing else. When Kingsley attempts to rally the squad's morale with a discussion of what they'll do when they get home, Polina bitterly replies that her family and friends are dead, her home is a pile of rubble, and the only thing she has left in the world is killing Nazis.
- Chummy Commies: A Red Army sniper fighting alongside a U.S./Commonwealth special operations team. Downplayed in that the Soviet Union's political system is never addressed at all; for example, amid all of the Gratuitous Russian in Polina's levels, no Soviet characters are even once addressed as tovarisch or "comrade".
- Cold Sniper: A very vengeful and deadly Action Girl who uses a sniper rifle as her weapon. With fellow Russians, she's much more of a Friendly Sniper.
- Doomed Hometown: She was born and raised in Stalingrad, a city soon to become host to the deadliest battle in human history.
- Emergency Weapon: Uses a kitchen knife recovered from her family home in Stalingrad to kill up close.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Inverted. Polina, who joined the team primarily to get revenge on the Nazis for destroying Stalingrad, doesn't seem to like the other members of Vanguard very much, although by the end of the game she clearly respects Arthur quite a lot.
- Missing Mom: Her mother died a decade before the events of the game.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Lyudmila Pavlichenko
. - Red Baron: Lady Nightingale.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: She was a nurse before the Nazis destroyed her hometown and killed her father and brother. Then she picked up a rifle and slaughtered her way across the Eastern Front before joining up with Vanguard.
- Russian Girl Suffers Most: She is extremely vengeful due to her losing her family in the Battle of Stalingrad.
- Tragic Keepsake: Her Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle doubles as a memento from her deceased father.
Lucas Riggs
2nd Lieutenant Lucas Riggs
- Voiced by: Martin Copping
- Almighty Janitor: He never rose above the rank of private despite his meritorious service because his incompetent and abusive commanding officer, Major Hamms, bore prejudice against the enlisted Australians under his command... and because he slugged Hamms in the face after the Battle of El Alamein. It's not until joining the Vanguard he gets promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.
- Awesome Aussie: As the Australian protagonist of the game, he naturally is.
- Berserk Button: Anyone who dares disrespect his fallen comrades will get a right hook from him. It doesn't matter if you're his commanding officer. Major Hamms finds out the hard way that his rank will protect him no longer from the one most victimized by his racism.
- The Big Guy: The largest and strongest member of the team, with the ability to carry a dozen grenades or more at once, and "a mean right hook" to boot.
- Demolitions Expert: His specialty, he even has special abilities in the campaign that allows him to aim the trajectory of his grenade throw and carry more grenades and explosives than any other characters.
- Farm Boy: He collected wool along his family before the war.
- Hero with Bad Publicity: For his notorious insubordination and being looked down upon by Major Hamms for his nationality, Riggs had it rough.
- Jumped at the Call: He signed up for combat in World War 2 even before conscription was implemented in his area. (Although it’s worth noting that conscripts only served in the militia for home service in Australia, at least until the Papua New Guinea campaign.)
- Hot-Blooded: Is described as being highly combustible in his method of dealing with problems.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Charles Upham, although Upham was a New Zealander.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: When Major Hamms decides to replace the Australian flag with the Union Jack on the hill Lucas claimed to honor his fallen comrade, Lucas decides he's had enough of Hamms' tyranny and bullying that he punches him out. Rank be damned.
- Tragic Bigot: The tie-in comics reveal that he harbors prejudice against Brits because his British commanding officer, Major Henry Hamms was a corrupt, abusive racist who treated him like crap. As such, he believes all Brits are as bad as him, and as far as Riggs was concerned, there was no difference between Brits and Germans. When Lucas got thrown in prison for assaulting Hamms, he refused to ever work for or with a British soldier ever again when Carver Butcher came to recruit him. Those events revitalized his resolve to serve the Allies again. Even in the game itself, he’s somewhat at odds with Kingsley (a British soldier) because of how he does things, but his prejudice has more or less faded.
Wade Jackson
Lieutenant Wade Jackson
- Voiced by: Derek Phillips
- Ace Pilot: He is said to be more at home in the skies than on the ground.
- Aura Vision: Has a special "focus" mechanic that outlines enemy silhouettes through walls and cover, and allows the player to automatically lock on to targets while it's active.
- Batter Up!: His finishing move involves beating the opponent with a baseball bat, and his highlight animation has him swing his Type 100 submachine gun like a bat.
- Blood Knight: He really enjoys fighting this war, due to his Thrill-Seeking nature.
- Brooklyn Rage: He is an impulsive and headstrong New Yorker prone to reckless actions and arguing, fighting in the war. He even mentions being a Dodgers fan during a mission.
- Dynamic Entry: His multiplayer intro. Starts with him Coming in Hot, then has Wade jump from a crashed plane to a Japanese staff car going full on Deadfoot Leadfoot, drive the car right into a command room and give one of the Japanese soldiers a Pineapple Surprise, and ends with an Unflinching Walk.
- I Work Alone: Downplayed. While he prefers working alone, he doesn't mind working with people he sees as competent.
- Named After Someone Famous: "Wade" comes from Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., the Air Group commander for USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway. It was him who led the carrier's dive bomber (VB-6) and scout bomber (VS-6) squadrons on a surprise attack, simultaneously with USS Yorktown's dive bomber squadron (VB-3) led by Maxwell F. Leslie, against the Imperial Japanese Navy's four fleet carriers that resulted in what the Japanese would later dub the Five Minutes of Death, wherein three of those carriers sustained fatal damage within that span of time.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Vernon L. Micheel, who was attached to the aforementioned VS-6 and flew sorties during the Battle of Midway, including the aforementioned "Five Minutes of Death". Fittingly enough, Wade himself also was attached to VS-6 during the in-game representation of said battle.
- Politically Incorrect Hero: He calls Novak "The Bohunk."*
- Thrill Seeker: He started chasing thrills from the age of 16 onwards. He joined the war for this purpose too, much to the displeasure of his copilot.
Richard Webb
Sergeant Richard Webb
- Voiced by: Simon Quarterman
Kingsley's right-hand man.
- Blue Oni: Richard is this to Arthur's Red Oni.
- Boom, Headshot!: How he's ultimately dispatched courtesy of Richter in order to demoralise the other members of Vanguard. He barely has a moment to process the gun aimed at his face before it happens.
- The Consigliere: He is this to Kingsley, who relies on him for his level-headed nature and planning abilities.
- The Cynic: He isn't exactly described as an overtly positive person.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: See Boom, Headshot!.
- Gentleman and a Scholar: He is an academic, now fighting for the British in World War 2.
- Knight in Sour Armour: He knows his country needs him for the war, but he sees no honor in the duty. Rather, he sees soldiering as a job that must be done if there is any hope of life returning to normalcy.
- Never My Fault: The other Character Flaw of his besides his Pessimistic nature.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Terence Otway, except Otway lived until 2006 while Webb was executed by Richter in 1945.
- Refusal of the Call: Assumed that his nature as an academic would help him stay away from the war. Sadly for him, that isn't the case.
- Theme Naming: Both Arthur and Richard are names of English kings - one mythological, one historical.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Gets some development and a major part in Kingsley’s story, but ultimately is unceremoniously executed by Richter.
Miloš Novak
Miloš Novak
Novak in the Vanguard Comic.
The sixth member of Task Force Vanguard.- Bludgeoned to Death: With a chair no less.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: He's bludgeoned to death by Freisinger, who uses a chair to brutally break his head open. The player is force to watch this happen from his perspective.
- Embarrassing Nickname: He is called "The Bohunk" by Wade Jackson in the comics.Info
- Flat Character: The only pieces of personal information we learn about him in the game before he is killed are his name and that he can pick locks.
- His characterizations expanded quite a bit in the official Vanguard comics which reveals him to be a Serbo-Croatian descent and former covert operative for the Yugoslav partisans.
- La Résistance: The comics reveals that he used to be an undercover agent within the Wehrmacht occupation forces in Serbia for the Yugoslav National Liberation Army.
- Red Shirt: Serves as a third-person introduction to the main characters, then dies to establish the villain.
- Silent Protagonist: Not a single word from his mouth from beginning till end.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies at the end of the prologue.
Antagonists
Hermann Freisinger
SS Untersturmführer Hermann Wenzel Freisinger
- Voiced by: Dan Donohue
- Almighty Janitor: He's an Unterstürmführer, equivalent to a second lieutenant. Despite this, he's still leader of the Gestapo and the ringleader of Project Phoenix.
- Bad Boss: He threatens to have Richter killed if he disappoints him.
- Berserk Button: Arthur Kingsley mocks Freisinger for being a Rhinelander, and thus growing up under occupation by French troops— including black troops ("Walking through your streets... marrying your women."). Rather than lashing out at Kingsley, however, Freisinger beats Novak to death while Vanguard Squad can only watch helplessly.
- Big Bad: The leader of The Gestapo who wants to bring back the Reich.
- Chairman of the Brawl: Beats Novak to death with a chair.
- Fourth Reich: He wants to bring back Germany as this.
- Government Conspiracy: His ultimate plan, to create a Fourth Reich from the shadows.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on Heinrich Müller.
- As an interesting inversion, Erwin Rommel is explicitly listed as one of his co-conspirators.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: As you’d expect of a Nazi; he’s deeply dismissive of Kingsley because of his race, and Nazis were definitely hostile towards Blacks.
- The Starscream: Ultimately plans to usurp Hitler and start a new Reich, with himself as the Führer. Though Hitler took his life before this could happen. At one point he responds to the typical "Heil Hitler" with a noncommittal "Ja".
- Secret Police: He is the leader of The Gestapo.
- Smug Snake: Even when finally captured by Vanguard, he's supremely overconfident they won't kill him because of the covert intel he has, even bragging that he'll likely be a well-treated prisoner in America in exchange for his cooperation with the Allies. It gets him clubbed over the head by Polina with her rifle butt, doused in gasoline and set ablaze by Kingsley.
- Villainous Breakdown: When he realises Vanguard Squad are going to forgo the value of the information he has for the satisfaction of killing him.
- Visionary Villain: He has the grand plan of bringing back the Reich.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Freisinger disposes of officers that are no longer useful to him as he makes his escape. If Richter’s theory is correct, he may have done this to Hitler himself.
Jannick Richter
SS Hauptsturmführer Jannick Richter
- Voiced by: Dominic Monaghan
- Break Them by Talking: He's enlisted to do this to Task Force Vanguard, but he's so jittery and inexperienced that they're able to turn the tables and do it to him instead.
- Desk Jockey: Kingsley immediately notices that Richter has a high rank insignia but no combat medals, and immediately pegs him as a spineless bureaucrat.
- Fantastic Racism: Like his boss Freisinger, Richter makes several racist jibes at Kingsley and Polina.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Wears round spectacles and is a dedicated Nazi.
- Oh, Crap!: His reaction when he walks into his interrogation room and sees the pile of officers Freisinger has had killed.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Knows nothing about Project Phoenix at the beginning of the story, and grows steadily more paranoid and alarmed as he discovers more about it.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Kingsley's monologue marks Richter as the perfect patsy as soon as he sees him— but Richter is still dangerous enough to blow Webb's brains out without warning.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When he realises Freisinger has hung him out to dry, Richter declares he'll use Polina as a bargaining chip with the Soviets to ensure his safety. He doesn't get the chance to act on it when Lucas breaks out of custody and overpowers Richter.
- Villains Want Mercy: Pleads for his life when he's at the mercy of Vanguard Squad. It doesn't do him any good.
- Villainous Breakdown: He grows subtly more disheveled as he realises just how bad his situation actually is.
Leo Steiner
SS Oberst-Gruppenführer Leo Steiner
- Voiced by: Ray Proscia
The antagonist in the sixth mission, "Lady Nightingale".
- Bald of Evil: A Nazi commander without a hair on his head.
- Boss Battle: You lose your weapons shortly before confronting him one-on-one, so similarly to Russian soldier J-12 from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) you have to sneak around and avoid him in order to backstab him 3 times. He's much more cunning than J-12 was and will use various environmental tricks to distract you and lure you out of hiding.
- Disney Villain Death: Downplayed: Polina flings him off the roof of a building in Stalingrad, but Steiner was already dead from the multiple times she'd stabbed him before he hit the ground.
- Early-Bird Cameo: He's heard in the previous Polina mission at the start of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- Evil Is Hammy
- Large Ham
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: As an SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, he's based on either Sepp Dietrich or Paul Hausser, who were the only two soldiers to hold that rank.note As commander of German forces in Stalingrad, he takes the place of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, who survived the battle and thus earned the ignominious distinction of being the first field marshal in German history to be taken prisoner.
- Praetorian Guard: Has a few Jagermorders acting as his personal bodyguards.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking : He's the SS equivalent of a four-star general and skilled with a sniper rifle and a shotgun, putting up a decent fight even after being stabbed multiple times. He's also skilled enough in hand-to-hand that you can't just run up to him and stab him and must sneak attack him, and is hardy enough to throw you off multiple times after being stabbed.
6th Airborne Division
Thomas Jones
Corporal Thomas Jones
A young NCO under Kingsley’s command.- Boom, Headshot!: How he meets his very sudden demise.
- Killed Mid-Sentence
- Red Shirt
Phillip Evans
Henry Baker
Captain Henry Baker
- Killed Offscreen
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He appears once on the plane and is not seen again; when Kingsley links up with Webb, he learns that he’s been killed.
Red Army and Partisans
Boris Petrov
Boris Petrov
- Defiant to the End: Mocks the SS firing squad about to kill him, insisting the Nazis will fail in their attempt to conquer Russia.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: Taught Polina to shoot, and was murdered by the SS.
- Old Soldier: A veteran, presumably of either the First World War or the Russian Civil War.
Misha Petrov
Mikhail Borisovich Petrov
- Taking You with Me: In order to cover Polina's escape, he blows himself up along with the German soldiers chasing her.
Scouting Squadron Six
93rd Infantry Division
9th Australian Division
Des Wilmot
Private Desmond ‘Des’ Wilmot
Lucas’ best friend and companion.- Bash Brothers: With Lucas. Until he dies at El Alamein.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Is frequently seen swigging from a hip flask.
- Mildly Military: Doesn’t really care much for military discipline.
Robert Jacobs
Lieutenant Robert Jacobs
- Foil: To Major Hamms. Unlike him, Jacobs is reasonable and respectful towards the Australians, and eventually becomes friends with Lucas and Des.
Henry Hamms
Major Henry Hamms
- Ambition Is Evil: It's clear Hamms only cares about getting medals and a promotion, that he will go as far as Stealing the Credit from his Australian subordinates, and doesn't care about how many people die from his incompetence.
- Arc Villain: Of the Australian missions.
- Asshole Victim: Nobody’s likely to feel sorry for him when Lucas punches him. Even the British soldiers who arrest him don’t look particularly concerned for Hamms, arresting Riggs more out of duty than in anger.
- Bad Boss: If you so much as take one of his personal belongings, you're dead. Considering his treatment towards the Australians, the way Lucas says it implies this is Not Hyperbole and likely will kill you.
- Beard of Evil: Hamms has a mustache, and he's a cruel officer to Lucas and his comrades.
- Dirty Coward: Hamms mostly hides behind his tanks, men and rank, all of which he's nothing without. He led an attack on El Alamein, and when it was not going well, he stubbornly insisted on holding the line, hiding in while his men get mercilessly torn and pummeled. It really shows when he couldn't defend himself against Lucas punching him out.
- Faux Affably Evil: Major Hamms does speak politely at times, but everything that comes out of his mouth is condescending at best, or downright nasty at worst.
- General Failure: His poor command abilities get dozens of Australian infantryman and British tankers killed, including Des.
- Hated by All: Not just amongst the Australians, but by his fellow Brits too.
- It's All About Me
- Majorly Awesome: Not even slightly.
- Never My Fault: Blames the Australians for his mistakes.
- Patriotic Fervor: To the point where even Jacobs gets sick of it.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Against Australians.
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: His reason for his treatment of others? According to Bluey, he's a major and thus, can get away with what he wants. Everyone under him only exists to do his bidding.
- Upper-Class Twit
- Villain with Good Publicity: It's heavily implied Hamms has the respect of Allied Command, but he's a racist, selfish bastard who denies credit to his Australian soldiers and yet he gets away with doing with them as he pleases. After Lucas punched him out, it is spun as Riggs assaulting his superior rather than him standing up to racism.
’Bluey’ Smith
Private ‘Bluey’ Smith
- The Eeyore: A little more downbeat than his comrades.
- Mauve Shirt: Doesn’t get as much focus as the others.
Multiplayer Operators
Task Force Hellhounds
Daniel
Daniel Take Yatsu
- Facial Capture: Kobe ShimadaVoiced by: JB Tadena
Japanese-American auto mechanic from California, Daniel's family was sent to an internment camp when the US entered the war, and Daniel himself was drafted to fight in Italy.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Shows them off in his introductory video, providing covering fire to a medic carrying a wounded soldier to safety. At night, using iron sights only, he pulls off several headshots in quick succession, then detonates a dropped grenade and finally drops a church bell on a German truck by shooting the rope that holds the bell on top of the church tower.
- No Historical Figures Were Harmed: Based on US Senator Daniel Inouye.
Halima
Halima Zambardi
- Facial Capture: Djaka SouareVoiced by: Candice Renee
The daughter of an Italian fascist and a Somali woman, Halima decided to join the Somali resistance instead of escaping to Italy with her parents.
- Defector from Decadence: Her father served Mussolini, but she took up arms against the Italians.
Task Force Sentinel
Constanze
Constanze Trude Muller
- Facial Capture: Olivia Rose KeeganVoiced by: Anna Ewelina
Forced to join the League of German Girls, Constanze kept bucking against authority until she finally defected after falling in love with a Polish resistance member.
- Butch Lesbian: Short-haired, clad in German uniform, defected after falling in love with a girl.
- Little Miss Badass: Born in 1926, she's the youngest of the operators, making her about 19. Yet she not only defected from the Volkssturm, but also prefers to use heavy weapons.
- Small Girl, Big Gun: Her favorite weapon is the MG42 machine gun.
Padmavati
Padmavati Balan
- Facial Capture: Hayden ShingerVoiced by: Natasha Chandel
Daughter of laborers working in a British Raj estate, Padmavati joined the Indian National Army in order to fight against the British occupation.
- Close-Range Combatant: Her favored weapon is the Winchester 1897 combat shotgun, as depicted in her intro.
- Cultured Badass: Her hobbies are music and poetry, and her bio even calls her a Warrior Poet.
- Easily Forgiven: Given that she fought against the British, her showing up in an Allied unit might mean she got off easy. Or perhaps, like Shigenori, she defected in disgust at the atrocities being committed.
- Shotguns Are Just Better: She has a M1897 combat shotgun as her weapon.
Task Force Barbarian
Roland
Roland Zeimet
- Facial Capture: Johnny KostreyVoiced by: Darin De Paul
Forcibly drafted into the Wehrmacht, Roland only served to keep his family safe. After they were sent to a concentration camp, Roland deserted and tried to save them - in vain.
- Blood Knight: His in-game chatter shows off his zeal for fighting and killing.
- The Dog Bites Back: He was forced to join the Wehrmacht in order to protect his family, only for the Reich to haul them off to a concentration camp anyway.
- Inappropriate Hunger: His callout after scoring a direct hit with a thermite grenade:"Got the sizzle, now bring the steaks!"
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He wanted to save his family, but failed and decided to avenge them instead.
- Use Your Head: His MVP animation has him headbutting a helmet-wearing German soldier, and his finishing move involves headbutting the opponent and shoving thumbs in his eyes.
- Younger Than They Look: He was born in 1920, making him about 25, but looks about 40.
Beatrice
Beatrice Mercier
- Facial Capture: Corinne MosherVoiced by: Rini Bell
A French teacher who joined the Resistance after the Germans arrested her fiance.
- La Résistance: Fought with the French Resistance in the liberation of Paris.
Task Force Shadow
Shigenori
Shigenori Ota
- Facial Capture: Jonathan TanigakiVoiced by: Aleks Le
A descendant of a samurai clan, Shigenori joined the Imperial Japanese Navy and, after witnessing the atrocities committed by his peers, was framed for desertion and sentenced to death. Having nothing to lose, he defected and surrendered to the Allies.
- Heel Realization: His disgust with the atrocities committed by the IJA got him in trouble.
- Katanas Are Just Better: His finishing move, "Iaijutsu", involves the katana he carries on his belt. Also, in his intro video, he takes his former commanding officer down in a swordfight.
- Kick the Dog: The victim of this. He suffered abuse at the hands of his commanding officer, culminating in false desertion charges.
- The Dog Bites Back: His intro video shows him leading Australian forces against his old commanding officer and killing him.
- Then Let Me Be Evil: Inverted. He only joined the Allies after being falsely accused of desertion.
Solange
Solange Hardewijk
- Facial Capture: Dara EmeryVoiced by: Ione Butler
Dutch-Aruban physics student and athlete, Solange was evacuated from Amsterdam to London along with the Dutch Jewish population.
- Martial Pacifist: She fights only to bring peace, so she can retire and focus on her scholarly pursuits.
Task Force Trident
Introduced in Season 1 and tied to the Warzone: Pacific theater. Francis
Francis "Kai" Lanakila
- Facial Capture: Jayd Swendseid
The team's leader, Francis is said to be as much of a show-off as Wade.
- Suplex Finisher: His unlockable finishing move is, indeed, a suplex.
- Wild Samoan: His Season 1 "Awoken" skin plays it to the hilt, consisting of a loincloth, a feathery cape and a skull mask.
Lewis
Lewis Howard
- Voiced by: Russell Richardson
The team's sniper.
- Actor Allusion: He mentions having a brother fighting in Europe, referencing Marcus Howard from Call of Duty: WWII, also portrayed by Richardson.
- BFG: His favored weapon is the PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle.
- Expy: Of Mace from Modern Warfare 2019, particularly his "Tombstone" skin.
- In the Hood: Wears a hooded cloak as part of his camouflage.
Isabella
Isabella Rosario Dulnuan Reyes
- Facial Capture: Melissa ChristineVoiced by: Jenn Wong
Filipina freedom fighter and the team's CQB specialist.
- Dual Wielding: Carries two barong machetes on her back.
Task Force Yeti
Introduced in Season 2, Armored War Machines. Anna
Anna Drake
- Facial Capture: Keeley BrightVoiced by: Marcella Lentz-Pope
Thomas
Thomas Bolt
Gustavo
Gustavo dos Santos
Task Force Executioners
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar "Snoop Dogg" Broadus Jr.
- Voiced by: Himself
A rapper from Long Beach, California and media personality, Snoop Dogg has chosen to fight in Vanguard as an operator.
- Ascended Extra: Snoop previously provided his vocal talents for an announcer pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts.
- Anachronism Stew: Born 10/20/1971 and somehow fighting in World War II. Don't question it.
- Cool Shades: Every single one of his operator skins has them.
- The Stoner: It's Snoop Dogg. This was a given. He even has an MVP highlight where after he stops a German soldier from shooting him, he offers him a toke of his joint.
Task Force Harpy
Introduced in Season 3, Classified Arms. Mateo
Mateo Hernandez
- Voiced by: Christopher Rivas
Florence
Florence Carter
- Voiced by: Andia Winslow
Kim
Kim Tae Young
- Voiced by: Judy Alice Lee
Task Force Immortal
Introduced in Season 4, Mercenaries of Fortune. Butcher
Carver Butcher
- Voiced by: Ron Bottitta
Callum
Callum Hendry
- Voiced by: Neal Polister
Ikenna
Ikenna Olowe
- Voiced by: Ike Amadi
Task Force Terminators
T-800
T-800
- Voiced by: Arnold Schwarzenegger (reused audio)
T-1000
T-1000
- Voiced by: Robert Patrick (reused audio)
Task Force Tyrants
Introduced in Season 5, Last Stand. Raul
Raul Menendez
- Voiced by: Kamar de los Reyes
The charismatic, vengeful Nicaraguan leader of Cordis Die.
- Arch-Enemy: Frank Woods, for (accidentally) murdering his beloved sister, Josefina. Promotional images for Last Stand even has them staring each other down.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: Dons his iconic white suit, and can be swapped for different colors and even patterns of your liking.
- Big Bad Ensemble: He leads Task Force Tyrants, alongside Khaled Al-Asad, Gabriel T. Rorke, and Seraph.
- Expy: His eyepatch, which he never wore in Black Ops II, makes him look a lot like Big Boss, especially in the promotional image for Last Stand. Just like Big Boss, he is a tyrannical, yet charismatic leader of whom countless people are unwaveringly loyal to.
- Eyepatch of Power: Wears one as he did in Black Ops 4 and Mobile.
- Ray Gun: Not to be confused with the Ray Gun, which he can actually use in Zombies, his favorite weapon is the EX1. Could count as
Fridge Brilliance considering he comes from a techno-future. - Rule of Cool: What's a man from 2025 doing fighting in World War II with a laser rifle? This very trope.
- Silver Fox: Old age, burn scars, and a missing eye have done nothing to make him less attractive.
Khaled
Khaled Al-Asad
- Voiced by: Michael Benyaer
Seraph
He "Seraph" Zhen-Zhen
- Voiced by: Judy Alice Lee
Gabriel
Gabriel T. Rorke
- Voiced by: Kevin Gage
