User blog comment:Chaosian/Primary source for Tower Pack DLC/@comment-76.175.195.131-20130908224636

If artyom was born about 5-7 years before ww3, and the war took place 7 years after ww3. That would make Artyom 12-14 when he discovered D6. I doubt that this is remotly possible with the type of physique that artyom has. Another posibiliy is that they did have a war in the book bettween Hansa and the red line.