Iron Curtain
For the achievement of a similar name, see Heavy achievements.
| Iron Curtain | |
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| Kill Icon | |
| Basic Information | |
| Used by: | Heavy |
| Slot: | Primary |
| Released: | November 19, 2010 Patch |
| Availability: | Promotional (Unlock) |
| Tradable: | No |
| Craftable: | Yes |
| Nameable: | Yes |
| Craft No.?: | No |
| Medieval: | No |
| Ammo | |
| Ammo loaded: | 200 |
| Reload type: | No reload |
| Available Qualities | |
| Loadout Stats | |
 The Iron Curtain |
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| “ | 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
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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 .
Contents
Damage and function times
See also: Damage
Identical to: Minigun
| Damage and function times | ||
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| 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
Heavy
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Poker Night at the Inventory
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Special Item: The Heavy Knock out The Heavy after he's bought in with his special item. |
The Great Steam Treasure Hunt
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Update history
November 19, 2010 Patch
- The Iron Curtain was added to the game.
- [Undocumented] Made crafted Poker Night promotional items untradable.
- [Item schema update] The Iron Curtain can no longer be obtained via the item drop system or crafting.
- Fixed a bug that enabled players to weapon switch away from the Iron Curtain during spin down.
- The Iron Curtain was given a unique kill icon.
- [Undocumented] The spin-up and spin-down animations of the Heavy's miniguns were changed.
- Updated model with optimizations and LODs.
- [Undocumented] The textures of the Iron Curtain were updated.
- Added community contributed response rules to the Iron Curtain.
- Added Killstreak Kits for this weapon.
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.
- Minigun: Winding up via secondary attack now counts toward reducing the one-second accuracy penalty.
- 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.
- 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
First-person view.
Promotional image of the Heavy with the Dealer's Visor and Iron Curtain.
The Iron Curtain as it appears in Poker Night at the Inventory.
Unlock window from Poker Night at the Inventory.
In-game announcement of the Poker Night items' imminent arrival.
See also
External links
- TF2 Official Blog: "Shh. Sascha is asleep." – November 3, 2010
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