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{{Quotation|Official Description|The Heavy has spared no expense in crafting this historic tribute to the mother land. Forged from Soviet iron and inlaid with the remaindered mahogany from Alexander II's favorite chair, each kill is not only for "pride of team," but for the Republic.}}
 
{{Quotation|Official Description|The Heavy has spared no expense in crafting this historic tribute to the mother land. Forged from Soviet iron and inlaid with the remaindered mahogany from Alexander II's favorite chair, each kill is not only for "pride of team," but for the Republic.}}
  
The '''Iron Curtain''' is a promotional [[primary]] weapon for the [[Heavy]]. It appears to be a {{botignore|minigun}} made out of wood and metal, with identifiable features such as the Communist Hammer and Sickle emblem visible on the ammo casing and a smoking vent on the side.
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The '''Iron Curtain''' is a [[Promotional items|promotional]] [[primary]] weapon for the [[Heavy]]. It is a {{botignore|minigun}} made out of wood and metal, with identifiable features such as the Communist Hammer and Sickle emblem visible on the ammo casing and a smoking vent on the side. It was supposedly crafted by the Heavy himself.  
  
This weapon was supposedly crafted by the Heavy himself. The weapon functions in exactly the same way as the standard [[Minigun]].
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The weapon functions in exactly the same way as the standard [[Minigun]].
  
 
It is awarded to players of ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'' for defeating the Heavy during a round in which he has bought in with the item instead of cash.
 
It is awarded to players of ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'' for defeating the Heavy during a round in which he has bought in with the item instead of cash.
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| 2 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Permanent Revolution}}
 
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===[[File:Poker Night Icon.png|20px|link=Poker Night at the Inventory{{if lang}}]] ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]''===
 
===[[File:Poker Night Icon.png|20px|link=Poker Night at the Inventory{{if lang}}]] ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]''===
 
{{Achievement|Special Item: The Heavy|Knock out The Heavy after he's bought in with his special item.|Pokernight heavy.png|width=50%}}
 
{{Achievement|Special Item: The Heavy|Knock out The Heavy after he's bought in with his special item.|Pokernight heavy.png|width=50%}}
 
 
=== [[The Great Steam Treasure Hunt]] ===
 
=== [[The Great Steam Treasure Hunt]] ===
 
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==Bugs==
 
==Bugs==
*The muzzle flash coming from the end of the Iron Curtain is further out than the actual barrel.
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* The muzzle flash coming from the end of the Iron Curtain is further out than the actual barrel.
*In the view model there is a slight clipping issue between the handle of the Iron Curtain and the Heavy's hand. This is noticeable when spinning down the weapon.
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* In the view model there is a slight clipping issue between the handle of the Iron Curtain and the Heavy's hand. This is noticeable when spinning down the weapon.
*When spinning the barrel sometimes it won't show the spinning animation.
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* When spinning the barrel sometimes it won't show the spinning animation.
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*The name of this weapon is a reference to a quote from British Prime Minster {{W|Winston Churchill}}, in which he said the {{W|Iron Curtain|"Iron Curtain"}} would divide the Soviet Union's territory from the Western Democracies.
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* The name of this weapon is a reference to a quote from British Prime Minster {{W|Winston Churchill}}, in which he said the "{{W|Iron Curtain}}" would divide the Soviet Union's territory from the Western Democracies.
*The first person view model of the Iron Curtain, as well as that of the [[Brass Beast]], are based on the actual scale of the weapon models. This is in contrast to the [[Minigun]] and [[Natascha]], which used separate skewed models to present more of the weapons on the screen.
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* The first person view model of the Iron Curtain, as well as that of the [[Brass Beast]], are based on the actual scale of the weapon models. This is in contrast to the [[Minigun]] and [[Natascha]], which used separate skewed models to present more of the weapons on the screen.
*According to ''Poker Night at the Inventory'', the Iron Curtain is a modified version of Sasha.
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* According to ''Poker Night at the Inventory'', the Iron Curtain is a modified version of Sasha.
  
 
==Gallery==
 
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{{Promo nav}}
 
{{Promo nav}}
 
{{Allweapons Nav}}
 
{{Allweapons Nav}}
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{{Heavy Nav}}
 
{{Heavy Nav}}
 
[[Category:Poker Night at the Inventory promotional items]]
 
[[Category:Poker Night at the Inventory promotional items]]

Revision as of 04:46, 14 April 2011

For the achievement of a similar name, please see Heavy achievements.
The Heavy has spared no expense in crafting this historic tribute to the mother land. Forged from Soviet iron and inlaid with the remaindered mahogany from Alexander II's favorite chair, each kill is not only for "pride of team," but for the Republic.
— Official Description

The Iron Curtain is a promotional primary weapon for the Heavy. It is a minigun made out of wood and metal, with identifiable features such as the Communist Hammer and Sickle emblem visible on the ammo casing and a smoking vent on the side. It was supposedly crafted by the Heavy himself.

The weapon functions in exactly the same way as the standard Minigun.

It is awarded to players of Poker Night at the Inventory for defeating the Heavy during a round in which he has bought in with the item instead of cash.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Identical to: Minigun
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 13.5 / per bullet
Base damage 100% 9 / per bullet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 4.5 / per bullet
Point blank 50-54 / per 1 ammo
500-540 / per second
Medium range 5-30 / per 1 ammo
50-300 / per second
Long range 5-10 / per 1 ammo
50-100 / per second
Critical 27 / per bullet
Mini-crit 12 / per bullet
Function times
Attack interval 0.1 s
Wind-up time 0.87 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Demonstration

Related Achievements

Leaderboard class heavy.png Heavy

Heavy Industry
Heavy Industry
Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life.


Marxman
Marxman
Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.
Permanent Revolution
Permanent Revolution
Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun.

Poker Night Icon.png Poker Night at the Inventory

Special Item: The Heavy
Special Item: The Heavy
Knock out The Heavy after he's bought in with his special item.

The Great Steam Treasure Hunt

Up the Ante
Up the Ante
Unlock The Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory.


Update history

November 19, 2010 Patch

Item-drop and Crafting servers updated - November 19, 2010

December 7, 2010 Patch

  • Fixed a bug that enabled players to weapon switch away from the Iron Curtain during spin down.

January 7, 2011 Patch

  • This weapon was given a unique kill icon.
  • [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.

January 19, 2011 Patch

  • Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.
  • [Undocumented] The textures of the Iron Curtain were updated.

Bugs

  • The muzzle flash coming from the end of the Iron Curtain is further out than the actual barrel.
  • In the view model there is a slight clipping issue between the handle of the Iron Curtain and the Heavy's hand. This is noticeable when spinning down the weapon.
  • When spinning the barrel sometimes it won't show the spinning animation.

Trivia

  • The name of this weapon is a reference to a quote from British Prime Minster Template:W, in which he said the "Template:W" would divide the Soviet Union's territory from the Western Democracies.
  • The first person view model of the Iron Curtain, as well as that of the Brass Beast, are based on the actual scale of the weapon models. This is in contrast to the Minigun and Natascha, which used separate skewed models to present more of the weapons on the screen.
  • According to Poker Night at the Inventory, the Iron Curtain is a modified version of Sasha.

Gallery

See also

External links