Recruit

Recruit
Available and reliable.
General information
Organization	Rainbow
Position	Attacker Defender

The Recruit is the default Operator featured in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. The Recruit is available in all playlists except Ranked and Unranked.

The recruit was reworked with the release of the Operation Void Edge expansion.

• Rework
• Original
• Outbreak

Rework

Instead of preset loadouts varying by CTU, attacking and defending recruits can now select different weapons and equipment in a similar manner to Operators.

Attack Recruit

"Available to all, the Attack Recruit has a specific loadout with preset attachments but no unique gadget, designed to learn the basics of an attacking round."
— In-game Description

ATK
Primary Weapon	Secondary Weapon	Primary Gadget	Secondary Gadget
L85A2 Mk 14 EBR M249	P12 Super Shorty C75 Auto	Frag Grenade X 2 Smoke Grenade X 2	Breach Charge x 3 Stun Grenade X 3 Claymore X 1

Defend Recruit

"Available to all, the Defend Recruit has a specific loadout with preset attachments but no unique gadget, designed to learn the basics of a defending round."
— In-game Description

DEF
Primary Weapon	Secondary Weapon	Primary Gadget	Secondary Gadget
MP5K M870	P9 SMG-11	Nitro Cell x 1 Impact Grenade x 2 D.Shield x 1	Bulletproof Camera x 1 Barbed Wire x 2

Original

Gameplay Description

"A Highly Customizable Operator, the Recruit varies between equipment from the five base-game CTUs. As such, the Recruit brings more versatility than any other Operator, but lacks the ability to properly specialize in any particular role."
— In-game Description

• The Recruit is not able to customize their weapons with any sort of attachments or weapon skins.

• This comes to their detriment, as some of the weapons the Recruit can select have iron sights that are more obstructive than others.

• While Operators are limited to one line of secondary gadgets, Recruit can have two different kinds of secondary gadgets. For example, Recruits have access to Barbed Wire, along with either a Deployable Shield or a Nitro Cell.
• The Recruit's speed-armor rating and available weapons vary depending on the selected CTU. Recruits can equip two generic gadgets since they don't have any special ability.

Attacker

Attacker Recruit carries two Drones and a Grappling Hook, just like any other Operator in-game.

ATK
CTU	Armor Rating	Speed Rating	Primary Weapon	Secondary Weapon	Primary Gadget	Secondary Gadget
SAS	●○○	●●●	L85A2 M590A1 AR33	P226 SMG-11	Breach x 2 Smoke x 2	Stun x 3 Frag x 1
FBI SWAT	●●●	●○○	B.Shield	MEUSOC 5.7 USG	Breach x 2 Smoke x 2	Frag x 1 Stun x 3
	●●○	●●○	M1014 R4-C 556xi
GIGN	●●●	●○○	F2 SG-CQB 417 B.Shield	LFP586 P9	Breach x 2 Smoke x 2	Stun x 3 Frag x 1
Spetsnaz	●●●	●○○	AK-12 SASG-12 6P41	PMM GSh-18	Breach x 2 Smoke x 2	Frag x 1 Stun x 3
GSG 9	●○○	●●●	AUG A2 M870 552 C. G8A1	P12	Breach x 2 Smoke x 2	Frag x 1 Stun x 3

Defender

The Defender Recruit can use Barricades on doors and walls, just like any other Operator in-game, but carries only one Reinforcement for walls and trapdoors.

DEF
CTU	Armor Rating	Speed Rating	Primary Weapon	Secondary Weapon	Primary Gadget	Secondary Gadget
SAS	●○○	●●●	MP5K M590A1 FMG-9	P226 SMG-11	Barbed Wire x 2	D.Shield x 1 Nitro Cell x 1
FBI SWAT	●●○	●●○	UMP45 M1014	MEUSOC 5.7 USG	Barbed Wire x 2	Nitro Cell x 1 D.Shield x 1
GIGN	●●●	●○○	P90 SG-CQB MP5	P9 LFP586	Barbed Wire x 2	Nitro Cell x 1 D.Shield x 1
Spetsnaz	●●●	●○○	9×19VSN SASG-12	PMM GSh-18	Barbed Wire x 2	Nitro Cell x 1 D.Shield x 1
GSG 9	●○○	●●●	MP7 M870 416-C	P12	Barbed Wire x 2	D.Shield x 1 Nitro Cell x 1

Outbreak

These Recruits are equipped differently to their PVP counterparts. Along with a different model, they are limited to a different loadout and can customize their weapons with attachments and cosmetics. Additionally, these Recruits have their own set of dialogue and personality, alongside being Recruits of the FBI SWAT.

Loadout
Armor rating	Speed rating	Primary weapons	Secondary weapons	Gadget #1	Gadget #2
●●○	●●○	R4-C M590A1 SIX12 6P41 P90	P226 Mk 25 PMM LFP586	Stun x 2 Smoke x 2 Claymore x 2	Impact x 3 Frag x 2 Nitro Cell x 2

Trivia

• Recruits had a different design during development, wearing a pair of sunglasses instead of goggles. This model can still be found used in promotional trailers and Rook's Operator video.
• The Recruits from the GIGN, FBI SWAT and GSG 9 were the only Operators that have four Primary weapons (including the Ballistic Shield) in their Loadout.
• Recruits had 3 models, each corresponding to 1 armor/speed level. 
• After the Recruit Rework, the Recrit Armor and Speed was relatively 2 Armor and 2 Speed. 
• The M249 the Recruit carries has the same magazine size as Capitao's and not Gridlock's.

Gallery

Icons

Blue Recruit

Blue Recruit (Outbreak)

Green Recruit

Green Recruit (Outbreak)

Orange Recruit

Orange Recruit (Outbreak)

Red Recruit

Red Recruit (Outbreak)

Yellow Recruit

Yellow Recruit (Outbreak)

Recruit Icon From the Closed Alpha

Other

Recruit's profile picture, logo and model used during the Closed Alpha

Alpha recruit model

Alpha recruit profile picture

Recruit model from the Outbreak gamemode

Rainbow Six Siege Operator Locker Room Compilation Ubisoft NA

Patch Changes

Update 5.1.0; March 10, 2020 Patch: Recruit reworked. Weapon selection reworked. Update 5.0; November 17, 2016 Patch: Character models revamped. GSG 9 Recruit Defender's number Barbed Wire is reduced from 3 to 2. Update 3.0; May 10, 2016 Patch: FBI SWAT Recruit is changed to a Heavy Armored Operator when a Ballistic Shield is equipped.