Maxim Antonov

Maxim Antonov is an Operator of the Warsaw Pact faction featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Call of Duty: Warzone. Antonov was released during the Season Three of Black Ops Cold War on May 11th, 2021 as part of the "Tracer Pack: Antonov Operator Bundle".
==Biography==
Maxim Antonov was born in https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2021/05/Antonov-Operator-Black-Ops-Cold-War-Bio-Bundle on October 1, 1948. At the age of 15, Antonov was a low level member of a street gang in Leningrad taking part in various extortion rackets. As the gang grew in stature, they began contracting their services to a local crime family, and by 1969, Antonov became a paid killer for the local mob.
In 1971, Antonov pleaded guilty to a murder committed by the boss's son during a drug deal. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the Petropavlovsk Gulag. Five years later, the gulag was attacked by Perseus to extract Vikhor Kuzmin. Antonov assisted the guards in repelling the attackers, saving many lives in the process. For his actions, and as a reward for his loyalty and silence, the Leningrad crime family used their influence over several corrupt officials to commute his life sentence to mandatory military service. Antonov was released in 1977.
After three years in the military, Antonov's commanding officer, impressed by his dedication and his physical prowess, put him forward to the Spetsnaz selection exam. While Antonov passed the selection, his criminal past created a distrust by his squad and allies within the Warsaw Pact. As such, Antonov was regularly assigned to tasks and duties no one else wanted, bomb defusal and hazmat work, which he carried out without complaint.
==Personalization==
===Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War===
====Skins====
Name 	Rarity	Image	How to obtain
Dry Brush	 	 	Part of "Guardian" SkinOperator Mission:Get 25 Eliminations with full-auto weapons.
Granite 	 	 	Part of "Guardian" SkinOperator Mission:Get 5 kills or destructions using Launchers.
Guardian 	 	 	Battle Pass Season Six Tier 90
Crusher 	 	 	Split Personality Bundle
Meltdown 	 	 	Tracer Pack: Antonov Operator Bundle
Sickle 	 	 	Mother Russia Bundle
Slasher 	 	 	Split Personality Bundle
==Call of Duty: Mobile==
Antonov was added to Call of Duty: Mobile in January 2023, during Season 1: Reawakening as part of the Turquoise Wings Crate.
==Gallery==
===Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War===
Antonov Select BOCW.png|Antonov's Operator Card.
Antonov Operator Bio BOCW.png|Antonov's bio in Black Ops Cold War.
Antonov Operator Bio WZ.jpg|Antonov's bio in Warzone.
Antonov OperatorCard BOCW.gif|Antonov Operator Intro.
Antonov Operator Intro Still BOCW.png|The still used for the Operator Intro Thumbnail.
Antonov Meltdown WZ.jpg|Antonov in Warzone.
Antonov Guardian in-game WZ.jpg|Antonov's "Guardian" skin in Warzone.
Antonov Promo BOCW.jpg|Promotional image featuring Maxim Antonov.
Antonov Wraith Promo BOCW.jpg|Antonov and Wraith on a Motorbike.
AetherShroud ThirdPerson BOCW.png|Antonov using Aether Shroud.
Antonov Sickle Skin WZ.png|Antonov "Sickle" skin icon in Warzone featuring a Perseus chain.
Antonov Dry Brush Run ThirdPerson BOCW.png|Antonov with his "Dry Brush" skin running.
Antonov Dry Brush Holding Vargo ThirdPerson BOCW.png|Antonov holding the Vargo 52 in Third Person.
Antonov Prone 1911 ThirdPerson BOCW.png|Antonov laying prone with a 1911.
Antonov SeasonSix Promo BOCW.jpg|Antonov in Forsaken.
BakerAntonov Promo BOCW.png|Antonov being executed by John Baker.
Portnova Verdansk BOCW.jpg|Antonov and Portnova in Verdansk.
===Call of Duty: Mobile===
Maxim Antonov Crusher in-game CODM.jpg|Antonov's "Crusher" uniform in-game.
Maxim Antonov Knight's Standard in-game CODM.jpg|Antonov's "Knight's Standard" uniform in-game.
==Trivia==
*Antonov's blood type is B+.
*Although not part of Perseus, Antonov wears a chain with the Perseus logo in his "Sickle" skin in Call of Duty: Warzone. It is not the case in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
*On Antonov's shoulder pad (Meltdown skin) is writted "ЧАЭС". In English ChNPP (Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant), meaning that Antonov is being part of a Spetsnaz unit located in Chernobyl.
*Antonov's original "Meltdown" skin has blue eyes but the "Sickle" skin has brown eyes. His "Slasher" skin revealed his face, confirming Antonov's blue eyes.
*Within the Zombies, Antonov will often make quips about his prior life within the Russian Mafiya and even his time in prison.
*Antonov was emprisoned in the same gulag as Stitch, the Petropavlovsk gulag.
*In Antonov's Intro video, his right hand is clipping with his weapon's mag.
==References==
Category:Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Warsaw Pact Operators
Category:Call of Duty: Warzone Characters
Category:Call of Duty: Mobile Characters