Iron Bomber

Iron Bomber
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Basic Information
Used by:	Demoman
Slot:	Primary
Contributed by:	_Kilburn
Released:	December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)
Availability:	Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #103 (Strange) or War Paint (Decorated)
Tradable:	Yes
Giftable:	Yes
Craftable:	Yes
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Medieval:	No
Ammo
Ammo loaded:	4
Ammo carried:	16
Reload type:	Single
Available Qualities
Unique Strange Decorated
Loadout Stats
The Iron Bomber Level 1 - 99 Grenade Launcher Grenades have very little bounce and roll -30% fuse time on grenades -15% explosion radius

“

In your language; 'Eat lead, laddies!' Click to listen — The Demoman on heavy grenades

”

The Iron Bomber is a community-created primary weapon for the Demoman. It is a quad-barreled grenade launcher with longer barrels, a wooden foregrip and stock, and a large, circular, flip-up front sight.

The grenades fired by the Iron Bomber are spherical in shape, glow, and do not bounce or roll much at all, leaving them to explode in mostly the same place as where they first collided with an object (aside from the effects of gravity). In addition, they have a 15% smaller blast radius (except for the Demoman who fired it) and a 30% shorter fuse time, allowing players to create short-term ground traps with the Iron Bomber's grenades.

The Iron Bomber's grenades have a team-colored band around each of them: if fired on a slope, grenades can often roll in the direction of the band; otherwise, grenades tend to stay in one place.

The Iron Bomber was contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Damage and function times

See also: Damage

Damage and function times
Shot type		Projectile
Damage type		Explosive
Ranged or Melee damage?		Ranged
Damage
Base damage	100%	100 60
Critical		300 180
Mini-crit		135 81
Splash damage
Minimum splash	50%	2.4m
Damage reduction		1% / 2.44
Self-damage		38-73
Function times
Attack interval		0.6 s
Reload (first)		1.24 s
Reload (consecutive)		0.6 s
Values are approximate and determined by community testing.

Crafting

See also: Crafting

Blueprint

Reclaimed Metal		Reclaimed Metal		Air Strike		Iron Bomber
	+		+		=

Class Token - Demoman		Slot Token - Primary		Scrap Metal		Possible Results
	+		+		=

Strange variant

Strange variant information

Strange Iron Bomber Strange Grenade Launcher - Kills: 0 Grenades have very little bounce and roll -30% fuse time on grenades -15% explosion radius

Compatible Strange parts Strange Part: Damage Dealt Strange Cosmetic Part: Fires Survived Strange Part: Allied Healing Done Strange Part: Allies Extinguished Strange Part: Scouts Killed Strange Part: Soldiers Killed Strange Part: Pyros Killed Strange Part: Demomen Killed Strange Part: Heavies Killed Strange Part: Engineers Killed Strange Part: Medics Killed Strange Part: Snipers Killed Strange Part: Spies Killed Strange Part: Cloaked Spies Killed Strange Part: Low-Health Kills Strange Part: Posthumous Kills Strange Part: Kills While Übercharged Strange Part: Defender Kills Strange Part: Underwater Kills Strange Part: Critical Kills Strange Part: Gib Kills Strange Part: Kills While Explosive Jumping Strange Part: Headshot Kills Strange Part: Airborne Enemies Killed Strange Part: Burning Enemy Kills Strange Part: Medics Killed That Have Full ÜberCharge Strange Part: Unusual-Wearing Player Kills Strange Part: Point-Blank Kills Strange Part: Long-Distance Kills Strange Part: Domination Kills Strange Part: Revenge Kills Strange Part: Full Moon Kills Strange Part: Halloween Kills Strange Part: Kills During Victory Time Strange Part: Kills with a Taunt Attack Strange Part: Buildings Destroyed Strange Part: Sappers Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Giant Robots Destroyed Strange Part: Robot Spies Destroyed Strange Part: Tanks Destroyed Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween Strange Part: Projectiles Reflected Strange Cosmetic Part: Freezecam Taunt Appearances Strange Part: Killstreaks Ended Strange Part: Player Hits

Related achievements

 Demoman

Blind Fire Destroy an Engineer building that you can't see with a direct hit from your Grenade Launcher. Bloody Merry Provide an enemy player with a freeze cam of your smiling face.

Laddy Macdeth Kill 50 enemies with direct hits from the Grenade Launcher.

 Sniper

Eagle Eye While using The Classic, kill a rocket/grenade jumping enemy in midair with a full charge, no-scope headshot.

Jumper Stumper Kill a rocket or grenade-jumping enemy in midair with your Sniper Rifle or the Huntsman.

Update history

December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)

• The Iron Bomber was added to the game.

February 11, 2015 Patch #1

• Fixed missing Killstreak sheen effects for the Iron Bomber.

July 2, 2015 Patch #1 (Gun Mettle Update)

• Changed attributes:
  • Removed damage penalty on self-detonate (was -10%).
  • Reduced radius penalty from -20% to -15%.

February 29, 2016 Patch

• [Undocumented] Updated the Iron Bomber's explosion sounds.

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

• Decreased the fuse time to 1.4 seconds (from 2.0).
• Added Strange quality.

November 10, 2016 Patch

• Fixed seeing the wrong custom projectiles for grenade launchers like the Iron Bomber when the wielder has recently changed loadout.

December 21, 2017 Patch (Smissmas 2017)

• Added Festivized variant.

July 7, 2022 Patch

• Fixed the Iron Bomber's projectile collision size not matching other projectile collision sizes.

Unused content

• The Iron Bomber has a set of three unused explosion sounds that have existed since the weapon's release.

Bugs

• The Iron Bomber uses the same reload animation as the Grenade Launcher, and shows bombs being inserted into the bottom left of the chambers and not actually being inserted into the slots.
• Due to how the model is rigged, the Iron Bomber's barrels do not spin during the firing animation.

Trivia

• While the Iron Bomber's projectiles appear visually with a spherical shape, they interact with the world with a cylindrical shape identical to the Grenade Launcher's projectiles. This is most noticeable when the grenades are fired onto ramped surfaces. This also means that the Iron Bomber's projectiles travel in the same arch as the Grenade Launcher's projectiles.

Gallery

• 

  First-person view.

• 

  RED Festivized variant.

• 

  BLU Festivized variant.

• 

  RED projectile.

• 

  BLU projectile.

• 

  The Iron Bomber as appeared in the blog.

• 

  Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Iron Bomber.

See also

• Iron Bomber strategy