Rat Patrol
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Rat Patrol is the name of an Army CID Team, Team 01 lead by Meryl Silverburgh. Meryl stated that they were investigating private military activity for the United States Army Criminal Investigation Department (unknowingly under Patriot orders). Like the PMCs, Rat Patrol uses SOP so that they could share each others senses and operate more efficiently as a single unit. The FOXHOUND patches they wear during operations hide their real purpose. The standard issue weapon for the members of the Rat Patrol, bar Meryl, is the XM8, developed by the small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch (H&K). Although each individual has a different variant of the rifle. Ed, who serves as sniper of the team, is equipped with the sharpshooter variant of the XM8. Johnny "Akiba" Sasaki utilized the XM8 sub-carbine. Jonathan uses the standard carbine with the XM320 Grenade Launcher attachment. Meryl, however does not use the rifle. Instead, she uses two versions of the Desert Eagle: One basic and one with an extended barrel and scope.
The Rat Patrol were assigned as Solid Snake's contacts in the Middle East, and engaged the FROGS army in combat while trying to escape their rendezvous point. They later led the US Army/Marines joint task force to try to capture Liquid Ocelot on the Volta River, but were all incapacitated after he gained control over SOP. They survived the ordeal, and Meryl and Johnny lead an attack on Outer Haven with Snake. Following the ordeal, Ed married Meryl and Johnny, and Jonathan served as the best man.
Drebin revealed to Otacon, that even though Rat Patrol 01 was unaware of it, they too were enlisted to help Solid Snake with his mission by none other than The Patriots, much like Drebin himself. Indeed, the name RAT PT 01, in as anagram of PATR10T.
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- Two members of Rat Patrol, Jonathan and Ed, take their names from Hideo Kojima's 1994 graphic adventure game Policenauts, from which Meryl Silverburgh originally took her name and character design.
- "Rat Patrol" was also the name of a 1966 television series, in which four Allied troops are part of a long range attack team in the North African campaign during World War II.
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