Taskforce 141 is the name of a multinational special forces group under the command of Lt. Gen.😄 Shepherd. It's recruits come from multiple special forces units around the world including the S.A.S, 75th Ranger Regiment and Canadian😄 Special Operations Regiment.

In the game, task force 141 was a multi-national task force😄 that was formed to hunt down Makarov and it was compromised mainly from SOF soldiers. The only real life equivalent😄 is Task Force 88 (anti-terrorist unit) , an anti-terrorist outfit that hunted down high value targets and either captured them😄 or killed them.