Colonel Kandler is a minor character in Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
History[]
Kandler was a German officer who was part of Commander Masataka Shima's plan for overthrowing the German and Russian governments. He was being driven to the summit Shima was hosting when Sgt. Joseph Griffin and Maj. Phillip Andrew Bromley sabotaged his car with caltrops. Griffin stole his uniform and used it to impersonate Kandler at the summit. Kandler soon woke up, ran to the summit and exposed Griffin. He ran away unharmed and is never seen or mentioned again.
Trivia[]
- Kandler is the first German enemy encountered, but all German enemies use his character model.
- Instead of recycling a German skin from Medal of Honor: Frontline, Kandler's model is exclusive to Rising Sun.
- Despite being identified as a Colonel, Kandler appears to be a General and part of a general staff, based on his red and gold collar litzen and the red lampasse stripes on his trousers.
- Kandler's uniform has a black Iron Cross Second Class ribbon with 1939 clasp, meaning he is a WWI veteran. The badges on his breast pocket are a Panzer Assault Badge in bronze, meaning he is in an armored unit, and a Wound Badge in gold, meaning he was wounded at least five times.
- The theft of Kandler's uniform, along with discovery of a fraud, is similar to the level, On Track, from Medal of Honor: Frontline, in which a German reveals that Patterson stole his uniform. He too wears boxers with hearts on them.
- In the secret storyboard, the player steals a German uniform from Wolfgang Schmidt.