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2 unusual facts about Battlefield: Bad Company


Border Lord

In the video game Battlefield: Bad Company, upon facing a difficult situation one of the player character's squad members asks if "Is this as bad as Kris Kristofferson's third album?" upon which another squad member replies affirmatively, referring to Border Lord.

ZU-23-2

The ZU-23-2 appears in the video games Battlefield: Bad Company, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as a towed weapon and also mounted on a variant of the BMD-3.


An Infamous Army

Seeing this, Colonel Sir John Colborne leads his regiment, the Fighting 52nd, across the battlefield from the right flank and Wellington calls for a general advance of Peregrine Maitland's Grenadier Guards, completing the French rout.

Ashizuri-class combat support ship

The Ashizuri was planned to support for two large-sized carriers (Akagi, Kaga and Shōkaku class) in the battlefield.

Austro-Prussian War

Although the Austrian cavalry and artillery were as well-trained as their Prussian counterparts, with Austria possessing two incomparable divisions of heavy cavalry, weapons and tactics had advanced since the Napoleonic Wars and heavy cavalry were no longer a decisive arm on the battlefield.

Battle of Bakenlaagte

The Bakenlaagte battlefield is located on the Kriel-Kinross road at the intersection of the R547 and R580 roads in Mpumalanga Province, just south of Matla Power Station.

Battle of Curlew Pass

Today the battlefield at Curlew Pass is overlooked by an impressionistic sculpture by Maurice Harron called "The Gaelic Chieftain", unveiled in 1999.

Battle of Nashville

A Battle of Nashville monument was created in 1927 by Giuseppe Moretti, who was commissioned by the Ladies Battlefield Association.

Battle of Prestonpans

He mounted his cannon behind the low embankment of the Tranent colliery waggonway, which crossed the battlefield.

Battle of Shrewsbury

At least part of the fighting is believed to have taken place at what is now Battlefield in Shropshire, England, some three miles north of the centre of Shrewsbury.

Battle of Westport

Because the center of the main battlefield comprises present-day Loose Park and a portion of the lower (Wornall) campus of The Pembroke Hill School, the memorial is at the southern end of Loose Park, along West 55th Street.

Battle of Zieleńce

The victorious Polish army stayed on battlefield until evening and, thereafter, withdrew to Zasław.

Battlefield, Glasgow

The area includes one of Glasgow's main hospitals the Victoria Infirmary and further education institutions, Langside College.

Battlefield, Missouri

Several Battlefield streets, parks, and other landmarks are named for events and people related to the battle - such as Nathaniel Lyon Street, one of the town's main thoroughfares, named for Union General Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general to die in the civil war.

Blar Nam Feinne

Blàr nam Fèinne (Battlefield of the Fingalians) on Cnoc na Moine (Hill of the Peat) in The Aird, to the west of Inverness, is the site of the 11th century battle between Scottish forces led by Maol Chaluim mac Dhonnchaidh (Malcolm III of Scotland) against Norwegian forces led by Thorfinn.

Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site

Union dead from the battle were buried in common graves on the battlefield, but were later reinterred in the Memphis National Cemetery at Memphis, Tennessee.

Buffalo Calf Road Woman

During the Battle of the Rosebud, the Cheyenne and Lakota, allied under the leadership of Crazy Horse, had been retreating, and they left the wounded Chief Comes in Sight on the battlefield.

Cecil Rawling

His remains were removed from the battlefield and buried in The Huts Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery in Dickebusch, near what is now Dikkebus in Belgium.

Centennial Dome

Although the Centennial Dome is now gone, most of the exhibitions it housed have been located since 1970 in the Hall of Valor Museum at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in New Market, Virginia.

Combat Support Hospital

Depending upon the operational environment (e.g., battlefield), a CSH might also treat civilians and wounded enemy soldiers.

Doug Vogt

Woodruff and Vogt received battlefield surgical treatment at the U.S. Air Force hospital south of Balad, Iraq and were evacuated to the United States Army Medical Command hospital at Landstuhl, Germany on Sunday, January 29.

Dubreuillosaurus

The specific name referred to the nearby ancient battlefield of the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes, where William the Conqueror had in 1046 defeated his enemies.

Duncan MacLeod Timeline:1792-1891

On June 18, on the battlefield of Waterloo (present-day Belgium), Duncan carries a sick soldier on his back and meets Immortal Darius on his way.

Elšani

1912: end of Ottoman rule; during the First Balkan War Elšani is occupied by Serbs who impose recruitment on local men and 13 of them killed on battlefield

Gigantomania

Albert Speer reports in his memoirs that Hitler's irrational obsession for the gigantic was also demonstrated in his demand for super-heavy tanks, which had limited usability in the battlefield.

History of unmanned combat air vehicles

However, in the summer of 2003 a UAV "airshow" of sorts was conducted, in which a Firebee was displayed carrying two Hellfire anti-armor missiles, as well as a pod for dispensing remote battlefield sensors; apparently Northrop Grumman was running the idea up a flagpole to see if anyone would salute.

Information Processing Techniques Office

Deep Green: U.S. Army battlefield decision-making support system

Israel B. Richardson

Nicknamed "Fighting Dick" for his prowess on the battlefield, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Jake Boritt

In 2010 he wrote and produced the "The Gettysburg Story: Battlefield Auto Tour" performed by actor Stephen Lang ('Avatar', 'Gettysburg').

Josef Rölleke

Josef Rölleke (23 August 1924 - 6 October 2011) was an Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Knight's Cross

Knight's Cross (German language Ritterkreuz) refers to a distinguishing grade or level of various orders that denotes bravery and leadership on the battlefield.

Langside

Langside is part of Glasgow City Council Ward 7 which also include the areas of Battlefield, King's Park and Mount Florida.

Langside College

Langside College is a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow.

Narasimhavarman I

Narasimhavarman I is claimed to be one of the nine Indian kings who never lost on the battlefield to their enemies, the others being Ajatashatru, Chandragupta Maurya, Karikala Chola, cheran senguttuvan of the Sangam age, Samudragupta, Rajaraja Chola I, his great warrior son Rajendra Chola and Rana Kumbha of Mewar.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Michigan

These listings include a lighthouse, statue, four houses, trading post, former factory, battlefield (Battle of Frenchtown), and six historic districts — one of which is an undeveloped archeological district.

Needle gun

In the following year it made its first appearance on the battlefield at Mentana on 3 November 1867, where it inflicted severe losses upon Giuseppe Garibaldi's troops.

Ohio Army National Guard

The 1st Ohio Volunteers comprised part of the army under Gen. Zachary Taylor and took part in the battlefield victories of Monterrey and Buena Vista.

Regimental Aid Post

In the British Army, Canadian Forces and other Commonwealth militaries, the RAP is a front line military medical establishment incorporated into an infantry battalion or armoured regiment and designed for the immediate treatment and triage of battlefield casualties.

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

The first step toward promotion to the national level was the River Raisin National Battlefield Act (H.R. 401.IH), which was passed by the House of Representatives of the 111th Congress on January 9, 2009.

Samuel Garland, Jr.

In 1993, the Central Maryland Heritage League, owners of parts of the Fox's Gap battlefield (part of the South Mountain State Battlefield Park, erected and dedicated a commemorative marker near the spot of Garland's death near the earlier 1889 marker erected by Union soldiers of the IX Corps to Gen Jesse L. Reno on Reno Monument Road.

Scaled Composites ARES

In 1981, the U.S. Army Aviators Jim Kreutz and Milo Burroughs requested that a study be undertaken for a Low Cost Battlefield Attack Aircraft (LCBAA), as there was a lack of adequate number of Close Air Support aircraft to support the U.S. Army operations.

Shimazu Tadatsune

Like his father and uncle, he was known for bravery on the battlefield, and during the latter half of Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea, fighting beside his father, he helped drive off the Ming army of over 100,000 men with only 8000 men.

Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet

Her father, Sir Edward Belknap, was active both on the battlefield and as a court official during the 16th and 17th centuries.

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Battlefield, Shropshire, England.

Sunosaki-class combat support ship

The Sunosaki was planned to support for two medium-sized carriers (Sōryū and Hiryū) in the battlefield.

The Demon under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor’s Heroic Search for the World’s First Miracle Drug

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug is a 2006 nonfiction book about the discovery of Prontosil, the first commercially available antibacterial antibiotic and sulfanilamide, the first commercial antibiotic.

Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier

The remains were discovered in late 1979 by Ben Akselson of Beaumont Tx member of the SCV and Rick Forte, Chairman of the Combined Boards of Beauvoir on a battlefield of the Vicksburg Campaign.

Walter Mason Camp

Camp visited the Little Bighorn Battlefield many times, in the company of such notable participants as Curley, Peter Thompson, Gen. Edward S. Godfrey, Sgt. Daniel Knipe, Stanislaus Roy, George Herendeen, and others.

Wanjialing

The region is famously known as the battlefield of the 1938 Battle of Wanjialing where the Chinese Army achieved decisive victory over Japan.

William H. Tipton

He became quite popular as an outdoor portrait photographer, taking thousands of photographs of visitors to the Gettysburg battlefield, where he established Tipton Park.

Zvečan Fortress

During the reign of Grand Prince Vukan of Raška (by the end of the 11th century), the area of Kosovska Mitrovica was the battlefield in Vukan’s campaign against Byzantine and his brother Tihomir winning at last near the village of Pantina.


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