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Soldiers (Marines, Grunts)
Soldiers are the most versatile enemies in the game. They can have a variety of weapons. Generally, soldiers carry Mp5's and standard issue grenades. Some soldiers carry shotguns and some carry Mp5 grenades in addition to their Mp5 machine gun. Occasionally, soldiers will have special or mounted weapons such as rocket launching platforms; high-powered, floor-mounted machine-guns; and firebombs.
Soldiers will always work in squads. They will cover vast amounts of terrain looking for you. They know where to look and how to sneak up on you. Once they find you, they will work to out-flank you by breaking apart into two groups, to flush you out of hiding by banking grenades around corners, and to get into those hard to reach areas by rapelling out of helicopters. Soldiers will duck in and out of cover and they will watch, listen, and react to anything that occurs. They make for some very interesting opponents.
You tend to have much more health than the average soldier does, so you will almost always win a face-to-face firefight against a single soldier. Be careful when you are dealing with entire squads, though. Always concentrate fire on a single soldier until he goes down. Don't try spraying the entire squad; you will waste a lot of ammo and only do a little damage. Any weapon will work, but the Mp5 will generally be the best bet, as it takes a bit of fire power to kill a soldier, and you want to do so quickly.
