It all started with someone saying that Kurgan is literally 😳.
Uses Twitter emoji because these are the same that Discord uses.

Icon	Emoji	Why
Kurgan	😳	Hides his face behind a gas mask. Shy boy
Sterling	😎	Wears sunglasses
Wolfgang	🧐	Eyepatch
Rivet	🤠	'Merica
Assault	😡	Rage
Insurgent	🐰	Fast
Demolitions	🎉	Explosions
Recon	🗿	🗿🗿🗿
Berserk	♾️	Infinite ammo
Untouchable	🏃‍♂️	Speed
Ignition	💥	Explosions
Sharpshooter	🎯	Accuracy
Carrying planks	🪵	Wood
Carrying gold	👑	Is that... GOLD!?
Carrying shell	🚀	Close enough
Carrying painting	🖼️	Painting
Carrying spy	🕵️	sus
Carrying bag	👜	There are bags in this game?
Carrying dead body	💀	i forgor 💀
Lockpicking	🔓	It's an open lock
On mounted gun	🔫	Pew pew
Dead	☠️	So sad :<
Host	🚁	Original icon is H in a circle. Like helipad
Coin	🪙	Coin
Yes	👍	Leave a like, comment, subscribe for more funny mods
No	👎	Dislike counter is not displayed now :)
Found it	✌️	W
Wait	✋	STOP!
Not here	🙌	I actually forgot
Follow me	👋	It's like when you say hello
Assistance	🙏	I BEG YOU
Enemy	👉	Yep, right there
Cursor	🔺	Triangle
Single fire	▶️	Makes sense once you look at full auto
Full-auto	⏩	Now it makes sense!
Seated	💺	Seat down
Objective not complete	❌	Fission Mailed
Objective complete	✔️	That right there is why you are the best, Boss
Briefcase	💼	Video of Ilija drawing a briefcase
Gas can	🛢️	Closest I found
Empty gas can	🛢️‍‍‍❌‍	Had to cheat here. Sowwy
Parachute	🪂	I'm flying! Bombs away!
Dynamite	🧨	Why do you have to wait for so long for it on Wiretap?
Bag of dynamite	💣	We have 4 of these on Odin's Fall. Why can we only use 1?
Crowbar	⛏️	Closest I found
Mine	🪤	It's a trap!
Thermite	🔥	It's pretty 🔥🔥🔥
Code book	📒	Pretty close
Enigma	⌨️	Beep boop
Special equipment	🧰	Mein gott, zey are climbing da towr!
Safe key	🗝️	It's a key, alright
Key	🔑	Still a key!
Gold	💶	Can you even obtain that anywhere?
Recording device	🏭	Original icon looks like a factory
Audio tape	🎞️	That stuff that officers drop on clear skies
Truck weight indicator	🔹	Because yeah, that's a thing