Smugglers

Two smugglers fighting Manon.

The Smugglers are a band of outlaw privateers, who have their own faction. The Germans have been trying to form an alliance with them, however both sides have been less than pleased with each other. They are all men native to the city Iraklion and speak Greek. They are not very well organised, do not have an official uniform (just civilian clothes) and are not very well equipped with just a few German small arms like the MP40 and Walther P38 pistols. They'll have a gun with both the Player and the Germans.

Medal of Honor: Underground

They appear only in the third mission Undercover in Crete in the first level Getting the Story. They are very unique as they'll have a gun with both the Player and the Germans. As Manon travels through the town, many gunfights will break out between the smugglers and the German Mountain Troopers and this can be used to Manon's advantage as she can run past them as they fight. Despite there heavy appearance in the level, they are not related to any objectives.

Gallery

Smuggler fighting with a German officer

A Smuggler fighting a German soldier taking cover

Design

Trivia

• They are one of the very few instances of a non axis member enemy in the Medal of Honor games before the reboot.
• They are one of the few cases were a faction will fight another faction in a level while neither being allied to the player in the Medal of Honor series.
• It is rather odd the Germans would try to make an alliance with a faction a lot weaker than them that they would deem inferior however it may be that the Germans want them to smuggle artifacts from Knossos out of Crete inconspicuously to Germany as they would not be targeted be the allies as they would appear to them as Greek civilians.