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WW3 Absurdity: Explosive Dogs, Riot Shield Squads, MW3

Posted on Tuesday, August 9 @ 12:29:13 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

Today's new Modern Warfare 3 trailer from Activision, Infinity Ward, and Sledgehammer Games has me scratching my head. Let's take a look at some new details confirmed by the latest Spec Ops Survival Mode trailer:

First up, we've got some exploding dogs. Exploding... Dogs.... What kind of hell is this? Summoning attack dogs in the middle of multiplayer wasn't enough. Modern Warfare 3 has gone and strapped plastic explosives to the poor creatures. If PETA doesn't get all over this, Cooking Mama will be pissed.

Modern Warfare 3's Horde-inspired Spec Ops mode will also allow you to call in a team of elite, Delta Force operatives. Just when you thought you had your backs in the corner and there was no way out, you can call in the US military for assistance to the tune of only $3000. Riot Shields are more expensive to produce, but even those expendable human lives will run you the low, low price of $5000. Pffffftttttt... and the government expects us to believe that the war is costing billions of dollars a month?!

An automatic grenade launcher? I may not be Major General Sargeant danielrbischoff (oh wait I am), but I've never heard of such a weapon. Let's just hope it has the devastating force you'll need when repeatedly firing grenades at a Juggernaut's nuts.

Another weapon I didn't know existed, but now I do and I totally want one give it to me-- the FMG9 folds out at the end of the Spec Ops survival trailer in time to see fourzerotwo eat the violent end of an AC-130 round.

Armor will be appearing in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3's Spec Ops mode, but it isn't yet known if the extra padding will make it's way into the competitive multiplayer.

My favorite multiplayer weapon, the Riot Shield, will also be returning to Modern Warfare 3.

At least in MW3's Spec Ops mode, you'll be able to signal an AC-130 to strike a specific landmark with this cloud of purple smoke. Will different colors of smoke refer to different types of orbital attacks?

What other absurdity will Modern Warfare 3 pack in the lead up to it's showdown with Battlefield 3? Look below to see the complete Spec Ops Survival trailer:

Related Games: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Tags: Call of Duty, Activision

Comments

Bretimus_v2
Joined: Jan 2009

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Pffffftttttt... and the government expects us to believe that the war is costing billions of dollars a month?!

^This brought the lolz.

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Delta47
Joined: Feb 2008

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 2:40 pm
I think the Auto Grenade Launcher is a turret that shoots at enemies like a sentry gun, not necessarily an automatic grenade launcher

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UpAndAtThem
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
So shouldn't it be Post-Modern Warfare now?

Oh well, I guess it's not the first time a game has contradicted it's own title.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Final Fantasy

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213EDD
Joined: Sep 2007

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
*shakes head disappointedly*

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TheJx4
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Folding Machine Gun. I was wondering when that was going to show up.

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TheJx4
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
You can also scroll through Pointstreaks & Killstreaks.
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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Aug 9th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
GR sure has gone to the dogs today.

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Amorphis
Joined: Dec 2010

Posted: Aug 10th, 2011 at 7:40 am
Exploding dogs?

I guess it's only a matter of time before the media uses that as a scape goat the next time a mentally disturbed human does something tragic.

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Stickyellowsock
Joined: Oct 2009

Posted: Aug 10th, 2011 at 7:46 am
The folding machine gun lookes like a modified Super V smg.

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DarthDiggler
Joined: Mar 2011

Posted: Aug 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Is anyone really excited for this? You all do remember Black Ops right? How COD fans can keep going back to the well year after year and hand over $90 per COD game (with DLC) a year is beyond me when they do so little to deserve your money.

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oneshotstop
Joined: Sep 2008

Posted: Aug 10th, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Never heard of an automatic grenade launcher? We use the "Mk 19" in the military. It's a 40mm grenade launcher (same size as the m203) that fires fully automatic. You think a chain of .50 BMG is intimidating? Try a chain of 40mm High Velocity rounds. You can take down buildings in no time with that thing.

And I'm happy to see the FMG9 here. That thing can fit in your back pocket! I want one.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Aug 13th, 2011 at 9:08 am
nominated for the people speak

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SILENTBOB_180
Joined: Aug 2011

Posted: Aug 11th, 2011 at 3:49 am
The russians used attack dogs with explosives in world war 2 to destroy german tanks by getting under them. Wasn't very succesful tactic mind you dogs kept running back to handlers as they were scared of the tanks when they were moving.

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