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Ground War (modern)

Ground War is a game mode featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Mobile, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

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Ground War is a game mode featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Call of Duty: Mobile, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

Unlike the classic Ground War, the modern Ground War take features five control points instead of three and a time limit of 20 minutes. A team that secures a control point can spawn anywhere at that location. When a team managed to capture all five control points and hold them for 45 seconds, a Tactical Nuke will be automatically called in, resulting in a victory for the team.

Within Ground War, vehicular combat returns in an all-new refined state, with a variety of vehicles to customize, find, drive around bigger maps, and kill players with, either by ramming them, shooting through a passenger seat or leaning out (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II onward), or using a equipped turret or cannon attached to the vehicle. Armored vehicles work as a mobile respawn point for a team when it is not in combat and has more than 10% health.

In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Ground War features 32v32 matches on specific large maps with vehicular transportation and combat, and a squad spawning mechanic. In Call of Duty: Mobile, Ground War features 9v9 matches with vehicular transportation and combat with up to 12v12 matches in Ground War: Skirmish matches.

1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

1.1 Rules

1.2 Vehicles

1.3 Maps

1.4 Variants

1.4.1 Realism

1.4.2 Boots On The Ground War

2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

2.1 Rules

2.2 Vehicles

2.3 Maps

3 Call of Duty: Mobile

3.1 Maps

3.2 Variants

3.2.1 Skirmish

3.2.2 Breach

4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

4.1 Rules

4.2 Vehicles

4.3 Maps

5 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

5.1 Maps

6 Videos

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare[]

"large-scale conflict featuring vehicles. Capture and hold objectives to score. Captured objectives open forward spawning locations for your team."

— Playlist Description

Rules[]

Game mode: Domination

Points to Win: 250

Vehicles[]

Ground War features 7 vehicles varying across its maps.

Vehicle

Seats

Maps

ATV

1 Driver + 1 Passenger

All

SUV

1 Driver + 3 Passengers

Tavorsk District

Heli

1 Pilot + 4 Passengers

Karst River Quarry

Port of Verdansk

Tavorsk District

Verdansk Riverside

Cargo Truck

1 Driver + 1 Flat Bed

Port of Verdansk

Verdansk International Airport

Tac Rover

1 Driver + 3 Passengers

Karst River Quarry

Krovnik Farmland

Port of Verdansk

Verdansk International Airport

Verdansk Riverside

Zhokov Boneyard

Infantry Assault Vehicle

1 Driver + 1 Gunner

Aniyah Palace

Karst River Quarry

Krovnik Farmland

Port of Verdansk

Tavorsk District

Verdansk International Airport

Verdansk Riverside

Zhokov Boneyard

APC

1 Driver + 5 Passengers

Barakett Promenade

Karst River Quarry

Krovnik Farmland


Source: https://callofduty.fandom.com/wiki/Ground_War_%28modern%29. This is an independent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 reference page.