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|type         =Pre-War assoc
|image        =82airborn.png
|focus        =[[United States Armed Forces]]
|locations    =[[United States of America]]
}}

The '''82nd Airborne''' was a [[Associations and organizations|division]] of the [[United States Armed Forces]].

==Background==
The 82nd Airborne Division used [[marksman carbine]]s at the time of the [[Great War]], as the [[All-American]] is a heavily-modified carbine that contains the division's insignia on the side of its magazine well.<ref name="gunpatch">[[:File:All-American.png|The texture file "82airborn.dds" is present on the All-American weapon model]]</ref>

==Appearances==
The 82nd Airborne Division is mentioned only in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]''.

==Behind the scenes==
The 82nd Airborne Division is a real world division of the [[wikipedia:82nd Airborne Division|same name]]. [[Joshua Sawyer]] stated that the 82nd patch on the All-American is due to the rifle's name being the same as the division's nickname.<ref group="Non-game" name="wood">Question: ''Why does the All-American have an 82nd patch on it?''<br/>[[Joshua Sawyer]]: ''The 82nd Airborne Division's nickname is "All-American".''<br/>([[Joshua Sawyer Formspring posts|Formspring reply on June 12, 2012]]; [https://archive.is/VGqCk archived])</ref>

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[[Category:United States Air Force]]
[[Category:Fallout: New Vegas mentioned-only associations]]
[[Category:United States Armed Forces divisions]]