Iron Curtain

For the achievement of a similar name, please 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
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	200
Reload type:	No Reload
Available Qualities
Unique
Loadout Stats
Iron Curtain 1 - 100 ( Achievement Item: Not Tradable )

“

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 appears to be 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.

This weapon 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.

Related Achievements

 Heavy

Heavy Industry Fire $200,000 worth of minigun rounds in a single life. Marxman Kill 10 enemies in mid-air with the minigun.

Permanent Revolution Kill 5 enemies without spinning down your gun.

Poker Night at the Inventory

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 Unlock The Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory.

Update history

November 19, 2010 Patch

• The item was added to the game.
• [Undocumented] Made crafted Poker Night promotional items untradable.

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

• The Iron Curtain could no longer be obtained via the Item Drop System or Crafting.

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.

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.

Trivia

• The name of this weapon is a reference to a quote from British Prime Minster Winston Churchill, in which he said the "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.
• According to Poker Night at the Inventory, the Iron Curtain is a modified version of Sasha.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

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  The Iron Curtain as it appears in Poker Night at the Inventory.

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  Unlock window from Poker Night at the Inventory.

See also

• Iron Curtain strategy

External links

• TF2 Official Blog: "Shh. Sascha is asleep." – November 3, 2010