Hitman – two bullets and a cannon. Hitman vs. Real Life Assassinations
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Dr. Silvio Caruso, a leading bioengineer with a neurosis, also an aristocrat, is one of Agent 47's trickiest contracts. But is there something Hitman wouldn't do to stay a while longer in the picturesque Italian Sapienza? In general, it's a good idea to try out every possible way of eliminating Caruso, since this – as never before, I should think – provides a great opportunity to really learn the history and personality of the victim. The most spectacular murder means the use of a historical cannon!
After infiltrating the Caruso estate and trying numerous disguises, we initiate the escape of the scientist in his hydroplane, which Hitman hopes to exploit. If Agent 47 reaches the nearby ruins, he'll find an old cannon – it's still working! Then, you only need to wait patiently, and accurately calculate the moment when the fuse should be lit.
The game, of course, leaves us with some margin of error and alleviates the terrible difficulty of precisely aiming at an airplane from a damn cannon. On the whole, it's pretty impressive – a modern aircraft taken down with a centuries-old cannon! Alternatively, we can also use a cannonball to kill Caruso playing golf near his house, but that's not the same league.
History – Fidel I, the Invincible
When it comes to the most incredible assassination plots, one of the prime examples is the attempt of CIA at killing Fidel Castro. The Cuban leader has allegedly survived more than six hundred frustrated or unsuccessful attempts on his life, becoming a complete obsession of Western agents in the hottest period of the Cold War.
They tried almost everything. From hired goons (who, by the way, were often at the top of FBI's most-wanted lists), slipping explosive cigars, poisoned pens, persuading Castro's mistress to kill the dictator, to the plan of painting of the studio, where he recorded his speeches, with a toxic substance that caused hallucinations. They also tried to use Castro's passion for diving by smuggling a suit infected with a poisonous mycelium. Somebody blew it though, and delivered the wrong suit.
Even before the suit idea was green-lit, the idea of placing a bomb inside a sea shell, painted in colors that were thought pleasing for the dictator, was rejected. Well, too bad. Despite all these attempts, Castro lived for 90 years.
IRON FELIX
A famous assassination attempt also happened in 1918, where the target was Felix Dzerzhinsky, the founder of VChK (later NKVD). While he was sitting in a corner office of the former insurance company on Lubyanka in Moscow, someone threw a grenade through the window. Fortunately for Dzerzhinsky, the room was fitted with a large, bulletproof cabinet. The man ducked down, and when the security arrived on the site, they saw a room in ruins, and their boss without a scratch. This is how he earned his nickname "Iron."
