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{{hatnote|For the achievement of a similar name, please see [[Heavy achievements]].}}
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{{Other uses|for=the achievement of a similar name|Heavy achievements}}
 
{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
| type             = weapon
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| type         = weapon
| image           = Iron_Curtain_Guy.png
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| image       = Iron Curtain_Guy.png
| used-by         = [[Heavy]]
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| used-by     = {{used by|Heavy}}
| slot             = primary
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| slot         = primary
| released         = [[November 19, 2010 Patch]]
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| released     = {{Patch name|11|19|2010}}
| availability     = [[Promotional items|Promotional]]
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| availability = {{avail|promotional-unlock}}
| trade           = no
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| trade       = no
| gift             = yes
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| gift         = no
| ammo-loaded     = 200
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| numbered    = no
| ammo-carried     = N/A
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| ammo-loaded = 200
| reload           = No Reload
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| ammo-carried = {{common string|N/A}}
| loadout         = yes
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| reload       = No reload
   | loadout-prefix = none
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| loadout     = yes
   | level         = Level 5 Minigun
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   | item-kind  = {{item kind|Minigun}}
   | item-flags     = Not Tradable
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   | item-level = 5
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   | item-flags = {{attribute|AchievementItem}}
 
}}
 
}}
{{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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{{Quotation|'''Iron Curtain''' publicity blurb|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.}}
  
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 '''Iron Curtain''' is a [[Promotional items|promotional]] [[Weapons#heavyprimary|primary weapon]] for the [[Heavy]]. It is a {{botignore|minigun}} made out of wood and metal, with identifiable features such as a [[w:Hammer and sickle|hammer and sickle emblem]] visible on the ammo casing and a smoking vent on the side. It was supposedly crafted by the Heavy himself.  
  
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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This weapon functions identically to the [[Minigun]].
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This item 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. As of May 23, 2019, the game has been removed from sale. However, owners of that game may still obtain its promotional items.
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The kill icon for the Iron Curtain was contributed by {{Steamid|76561197976113694}}.
  
 
== Damage and function times ==
 
== Damage and function times ==
 
{{Damage table
 
{{Damage table
| type              = [[Hitscan]]
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| identical        = [[Minigun]]
| | identical          = [[Minigun]]
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| type            = [[Hitscan]]
 
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| damagetype       = Bullet
| damage            = yes
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| rangetype       = Ranged
|  base              = 9 / per bullet
 
|  fall off          = 4.5 / per bullet
 
|  ramp up          = 13.5 / per bullet
 
| point blank       = {{tooltip|50-54 / per 1 ammo|108 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|500-540 / per second|1080 / critical damage}}
 
| medium range      = {{tooltip|5-30 / per 1 ammo|27/54/81/108 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|50-300 / per second|540 / critical damage}}
 
|  long range       = {{tooltip|5-10 / per 1 ammo|27/54 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|50-100 / per second|270 / critical damage}}
 
|  crit              = 27 / per bullet
 
|  minicrit          = 12 / per bullet
 
  
| function times     = yes
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| damage          = yes
|  attack interval   = 0.1 s
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|  base            = 9 / bullet
|  windup time       = 0.87 s
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|  fall off        = 4.752 / bullet
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|  ramp up        = 13.5 / bullet
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|  point blank    = {{tooltip|50-54 / 1 ammo|108 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|475-513 / second|1026 / critical damage}}
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|  medium range    = {{tooltip|5-30 / 1 ammo|27/54/81/108 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|48-285 / second|513 / critical damage}}
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|  long range      = {{tooltip|5-10 / 1 ammo|27/54 / critical damage}}<br/>{{tooltip|48-95 / second|257 / critical damage}}
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|  pellet spread  = 25
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|  crit            = 27 / bullet
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|  minicrit        = 12-18 / bullet
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| function times   = yes
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|  attack interval = {{tooltip|0.105|4 bullets fired with each shot}}
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|  windup time     = 0.87 s
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
{{Weapon Demonstration}}
 
{{Weapon Demonstration}}
  
==Related Achievements==
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== Related achievements ==
==={{Class link|Heavy}}===
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=== {{class link|Heavy}} ===
 
{{Achievement table
 
{{Achievement table
 
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Heavy Industry}}
 
| 1 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Heavy Industry}}
 
       {{Show achievement|Heavy|Marxman}}
 
       {{Show achievement|Heavy|Marxman}}
 
| 2 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Permanent Revolution}}
 
| 2 = {{Show achievement|Heavy|Permanent Revolution}}
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      {{Show achievement|Heavy|Rationing}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
===[[File:Poker Night Icon.png|20px|link=Poker Night at the Inventory{{if lang}}]] ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]''===
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=== {{Achiev type link|pokernight}} ===
 
{{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]] ===
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=== {{update link|The Great Steam Treasure Hunt}} ===
 
{{Achievement table  
 
{{Achievement table  
| {{Show achievement|Treasure hunt|Up the Ante}}
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| 1 = {{Show achievement|Treasure hunt|Up the Ante}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
'''[[November 19, 2010 Patch]]'''
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{{Update history|
* The item was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|11|19|2010}}'''
* {{Undocumented}} Made crafted ''Poker Night'' [[Quality|promotional]] items [[Trading|untradable]].
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* The Iron Curtain was added to the game.
 
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* {{Undocumented}} Made crafted ''Poker Night'' promotional items [[Trading|untradable]].
'''Item-drop and Crafting servers updated - November 19, 2010'''
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* {{Item schema}} The Iron Curtain can no longer be obtained via the [[item drop system]] or [[crafting]].
* The Iron Curtain could no longer be obtained via the [[Item Drop System]] or [[Crafting]].
 
  
'''[[December 7, 2010 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|12|7|2010}}'''
* Fixed a [[bug]] that enabled players to weapon switch away from the Iron Curtain during spin down.
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* Fixed a [[Exploit|bug]] that enabled players to weapon switch away from the Iron Curtain during spin down.
  
'''[[January 7, 2011 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|1|7|2011}}'''
* This weapon was given a unique [[kill icon]].
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* The Iron Curtain was given a unique [[kill icon]].
 
* {{Undocumented}} The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.
 
* {{Undocumented}} The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.
  
'''[[January 19, 2011 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|1|19|2011}}'''
* Updated model with optimizations and new [[LOD]]s.
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* Updated model with optimizations and [[Level of detail|LODs]].
 
* {{Undocumented}} The textures of the Iron Curtain were updated.
 
* {{Undocumented}} The textures of the Iron Curtain were updated.
  
==Bugs==
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'''{{Patch name|6|3|2011}}'''
*The muzzle flash coming from the end of the Iron Curtain is further out than the actual barrel.
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* Added community contributed response rules to the Iron Curtain.
*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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*When spinning the barrel sometimes it won't show the spinning animation.
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'''{{Patch name|2|7|2014}}'''
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* Added [[Killstreak Kit]]s for this weapon.
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'''{{Patch name|6|18|2014}}''' ([[Love & War Update]])
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* All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.
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'''{{Patch name|7|8|2014}}'''
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* Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.
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'''{{Patch name|2|11|2015}} #1'''
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* Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.
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'''{{Patch name|7|2|2015}}''' ([[Gun Mettle Update]])
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* Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
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* {{Undocumented}} Made the Iron Curtain obtainable by crafting.
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'''{{Patch name|7|3|2015}}'''
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* Fixed being able to obtain the Iron Curtain by crafting.
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'''{{Patch name|10|20|2017}} #1''' ([[Jungle Inferno Update]])
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* The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
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* Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.
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== Bugs ==
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* The muzzle flash coming from the end of the Iron Curtain is further out than the actual barrel.
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* If a player's internet connection is lost then regained while the Iron Curtain is being wound up, the sound of the Iron Curtain being wound up is heard, but the barrel does not spin up.
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** This can easily be corrected by winding up the Iron Curtain again.
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* Immediately revving after [[Taunts|taunting]] causes the barrel to not spin. This can be fixed by firing the gun.
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* When holding the primary fire button during a taunt, the Iron Curtain's muzzle flash turns invisible.
  
==Trivia==
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== 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 item's name is a reference to a quote from the former British Prime Minister [[w:Winston Churchill|Winston Churchill]], in which he said the "[[w:Iron Curtain|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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* In ''Poker Night at The Inventory'', the Heavy refers to ''this'' gun as Sasha (as opposed to the [[Minigun|default Minigun]]) when buying in with it, saying; "I have no choice but to buy in with Sasha, so I can keep honor."
*According to ''Poker Night at the Inventory'', the Iron Curtain is a modified version of Sasha.
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* In the official blog post it is stated that Iron Curtain is Heavy's first Minigun and also his first love.
  
==Gallery==
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== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
File:Iron Curtain 1st person.png|First-person view.
 
File:Iron Curtain 1st person.png|First-person view.
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File:Steamad pokernight+visor.png|Promotional image of the Heavy with the [[Dealer's Visor]] and Iron Curtain.
 
File:Iron Curtain Prototype.png|The Iron Curtain as it appears in ''Poker Night at the Inventory''.
 
File:Iron Curtain Prototype.png|The Iron Curtain as it appears in ''Poker Night at the Inventory''.
 
File:Poker HeavyGun.png|Unlock window from ''Poker Night at the Inventory''.
 
File:Poker HeavyGun.png|Unlock window from ''Poker Night at the Inventory''.
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File:News item 2010-11-18 Poker Night At The Inventory.png|In-game announcement of the Poker Night items' imminent arrival.
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==See also==
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== See also ==
*[[Community Heavy strategy#Minigun .2F Iron Curtain|Iron Curtain strategy]]
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* [[Basic Heavy strategy#Minigun + reskins|Iron Curtain strategy]]
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* ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]''
  
==External links==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4608&p=1 TF2 Official Blog: "Shh. Sascha is asleep."] &ndash; November 3, 2010
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4608&p=1 TF2 Official Blog: "Shh. Sascha is asleep."] &ndash; November 3, 2010
  
{{Promo nav}}
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{{Promo Nav}}
 
{{Allweapons Nav}}
 
{{Allweapons Nav}}
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{{Heavy Nav}}
 
{{Heavy Nav}}
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[[Category:Achievement Items]]
 
[[Category:Poker Night at the Inventory promotional items]]
 
[[Category:Poker Night at the Inventory promotional items]]
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[[Category:Reskins]]
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[[Category:Weapons using the CommunityWeapon material proxy]]

Latest revision as of 17:56, 3 June 2024

For the achievement of a similar name, 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.
Iron Curtain publicity blurb

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 a 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 functions identically to the Minigun.

This item 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. As of May 23, 2019, the game has been removed from sale. However, owners of that game may still obtain its promotional items.

The kill icon for the Iron Curtain was contributed by Psyke .

Damage and function times

See also: Damage
Identical to: Minigun
Damage and function times
Shot type Hitscan
Damage type Bullet
Ranged or Melee damage? Ranged
Damage
Maximum ramp-up 150% 13.5 / bullet
Base damage 100% 9 / bullet
Maximum fall-off 52.8% 4.752 / bullet
Point blank 50-54 / 1 ammo
475-513 / second
Medium range 5-30 / 1 ammo
48-285 / second
Long range 5-10 / 1 ammo
48-95 / second
Pellet spread 25:1
Critical 27 / bullet
Mini-crit 12-18 / bullet
Function times
Attack interval 0.105
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.


Rationing
Rationing
Kill an enemy with your shotgun while you're out of minigun ammo.


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

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

  • The Iron Curtain 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 LODs.
  • [Undocumented] The textures of the Iron Curtain were updated.

June 3, 2011 Patch

  • Added community contributed response rules to the Iron Curtain.

February 7, 2014 Patch

June 18, 2014 Patch (Love & War Update)

  • All mini-guns now have damage and accuracy ramp up after they start firing. Full accuracy and damage is reached 1 second after firing.

July 8, 2014 Patch

  • Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

  • Fixed not being able to switch away from the Minigun while spinning down.

July 2, 2015 Patch (Gun Mettle Update)

  • Minigun damage penalty on Level 2 and Level 3 Sentry Guns slightly decreased. Level 2 Sentry resistance changed from 20% to 15% and Level 3 changed from 33% to 20%.
  • [Undocumented] Made the Iron Curtain obtainable by crafting.

July 3, 2015 Patch

  • Fixed being able to obtain the Iron Curtain by crafting.

October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)

  • The 1-second damage and accuracy penalty now applies to the first second of spun-up time, whether or not the Heavy is firing. Previously, the 1-second damage penalty would only be removed after 1 second of firing.
  • Accuracy and damage penalties now reset when the Heavy spins down, rather than when the Heavy stops firing. This means if you stay spun-up beyond one second, and fire in bursts, damage and accuracy will remain at 100%.

Bugs

  • The muzzle flash coming from the end of the Iron Curtain is further out than the actual barrel.
  • If a player's internet connection is lost then regained while the Iron Curtain is being wound up, the sound of the Iron Curtain being wound up is heard, but the barrel does not spin up.
    • This can easily be corrected by winding up the Iron Curtain again.
  • Immediately revving after taunting causes the barrel to not spin. This can be fixed by firing the gun.
  • When holding the primary fire button during a taunt, the Iron Curtain's muzzle flash turns invisible.

Trivia

  • The item's name is a reference to a quote from the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in which he said the "Iron Curtain" would divide the Soviet Union's territory from the Western Democracies.
  • In Poker Night at The Inventory, the Heavy refers to this gun as Sasha (as opposed to the default Minigun) when buying in with it, saying; "I have no choice but to buy in with Sasha, so I can keep honor."
  • In the official blog post it is stated that Iron Curtain is Heavy's first Minigun and also his first love.

Gallery

See also

External links