Fanvid: There's a fan-made music video that sets clips from the film to the song "Hill 3234" by Sabaton, which is about the same events.
Playing Against Type: Aleksey Chadov is associated with playing tough guys, usually in action films. His Vorobey is a male equivalent of Shrinking Violet.
Real-Life Relative: Konstantin Kryukov (Gioconda) is nephew of Fyodor Bondarchuk, director of this film.
Dummied Out: Normally helicopters are only used as part of support, however with cheats (Holding ALT then pressing number keys, which spawn units.) it's possible to spawn an unfinished playable helicopter unit.
The normally unusable Lee-Enfield and M16 have full stats (including Weight, which only applies to the player when selecting a loadout before a mission) indicating they may have once been usable.
Screenshots often depict troops wielding grenade launchers and rocket launchers alongside handguns, while they can only have one of the three in the final game. They're also shown wearing bandanas, which aren't present at all.
There's an unused playable Helicopter Pilot accessible via cheats.
The game's files contain references to a cut PPSH-41 SMG weapon.
that sets clips from the film to the song "Hill 3234" by Sabaton, which is about the same events.