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** The Korean Black Eagle aircraft in ''RA2'' is probably named on the real Black Eagle air force aerobatic team of South Korea. Too bad the real Black Eagle planes are painted white, though. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Eagles_aerobatic_team\]
** The series' resident [[Tank Goodness]] incarnate, the Mammoth Tank, is a nod to the Nazi German super-heavy tank [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus Panzer VIII Maus], the largest [[WW 2]] tank to reach the prototype stage; it was captured by the Soviets before it ever managed to hit the production lines. How is that relevant? It was going to be named ''Mammut''<ref>[[Captain Obvious|That's German for "mammoth"]].</ref>, at one point. Possibly continuing this, the Mammoth Tank returns in ''Red Alert'' as the Soviets' biggest tank.
** The War Bear may well be a shout out to
** ''Red Alert 2'' had a shout out to the Orca Aircraft in the Tiberium series when Eva comments on the absurdity of the Attack Dolphins.
{{quote| Intelligence informed me that effective countermeasures involves specially-trained dolphins which are now at your disposal. What's next, killer whales?}}
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