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Edited by FearedNightmare: 9/15/2014 8:47:56 PM
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Machine guns named after historical figures

I don't know if anyone noticed but the machine guns (Heavy weapons) are named after historical figures Now I don't know if it's an easter egg or just meant to be that way So far the ones I remember are ARTEMISIA-D XERXES-C SARGON-C GENGHIS-E DARIUS-C HANNIBAL-E Now you can look up the names on wikipedia to see what they did but I'll just post the synopsis right here (nice right) I might be wrong about which one they mean as there are several historical figures that have the same name [quote] Artemisia I of Caria (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτεμισία; fl. 480 BC) was queen of Halicarnassus, a city of Dorian Greeks and Carians in the Achaemenid satrapy of Caria and of the nearby island of Kos, in about 480 BC. She fought for her overlord Xerxes I, King of Persia against the free Greek city states during the second Persian invasion of Greece. She personally commanded her contribution of five ships at the naval battle of Artemisium and in the naval Battle of Salamis in 480 BC. She is mostly known through the writings of Herodotus, who praises her courage and the respect in which Xerxes held her.[/quote] -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria [quote]Xerxes I of Persia (Greek: Ξέρξης [ksérksɛːs]), also known as Xerxes the Great (519–465 BC), was the fourth of the king of the kings of the Achaemenid Empire. Xerxes I is most likely the Persian king identified as Ahasuerus in the biblical book of Esther.[/quote] -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I [quote]Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great "the Great King" (Akkadian Šarru-kīnu, meaning "the true king" or "the king is legitimate"), was a Semitic Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 23rd and 22nd centuries BC. The founder of the Dynasty of Akkad, Sargon reigned during the last quarter of the third millennium BC. Cuneiform sources agree that he was cup-bearer (official in charge of wine) of king Ur-Zababa of Kish, and some later historians have speculated that he killed the king and usurped his throne before embarking on the quest to conquer Mesopotamia. He was originally referred to as Sargon I until records concerning an Assyrian king also named Sargon (now usually referred to as Sargon I) were unearthed.[/quote] -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad [quote]Genghis Khan (/ˈɡɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/ or /ˈdʒɛŋɡɪs ˈkɑːn/,[5][6] Mongol: [tʃiŋɡɪs xaːŋ] ( listen); Traditional Mongolian: ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Chingis/Chinghis Khan; 1162? – 18 August 1227), born Temüjin, was the founder and Great Khan (emperor) of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his demise.[/quote] -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan Feel free to comment your finds and I might update the list I find it cool that they named those destructive weapons after great emperors

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