Armourcrusher Iron Guard/profile(old)

## Overview

Armourcrusher Iron Guard

(Allies:PojiaTiewei/Iron Guard)

Designation: Anti-Armour Infantry

Equipment： "Iron Guard" individual fire support system

Mass-Produced at:Infantry Garrison

Key Features:

>> Multilayer nanofiber protective suit (with composite ceramic insert plate)

>> PBFD-5 electrothermal chemical gun

>>Portable lightweight composite shield

>> Light exoskeleton

>> Cross wind and temperature integrated sensor

## Background

After the successful development of the "Long Yan" individual combat system, referring to its design ideas and process, other positioning infantry equipment immediately began to carry out their own modernization process.

Different from "Long Yan", the "Iron Guard" individual fire support system designed for individual anti armor has many options in weapons: plasma-cutter cannon, flak cannon, light missile launcher, etc. These common anti armor weapons can be found in Celestial technical reserves with higher efficiency.

These weapons have their own advantages, but the Celestial ministry of military is not satisfied with them. Plasma-cutter cannons have great attenuation in power. Flak cannons are unable to deal anything with the increasingly heavy armor. The damage principle of missiles determine that the effect of this kind of weapon is very easy to be offset by the newly emerged composite armor when the projectile diameter is small, and its range is not much better than the Ministry of Military's favorite weapon.

This weapon is the individual medium caliber electromagnetic railgun, which is still in the experimental stage. The development experience of CZBD-6 electromagnetic gun makes the Ministry of Military extremely optimistic about the development process of this anti armor weapon, perhaps too optimistic.

The ablation effect of plasma armature on rails of magnetic rail weapon has always been a difficult problem in the development of magnetic rail guns. Different from the electromagnetic gun to bypass this problem, the anti armor electromagnetic railgun with high muzzle velocity must face it directly; and no matter how ingenious the design is, it is ultimately blocked in front of the difficulties of materials.

This setback affected the development process of the individual medium caliber electromagnetic railgun. Finally, when the war was approaching, the "Iron Guard" individual fire support system could only temporarily select the PBFD-5 electrothermal chemical gun, one of the technical reserves, to meet the urgent demand for advanced anti armor weapons.

In the war and training, the use of electrothermal chemical guns has provided valuable experience for the Armourcrusher Iron Guards, the unit equipped with the "Iron Guard" system. When the PBFD-7 electromagnetic railgun entered active service in the war, the Armourcrusher Iron Guards quickly adapted to the new weapon.

In addition to firepower, considering that the Armourcrusher Iron Guards may need to withstand the fire of the enemy's light weapons to suppress armored units, the engineers also prepared a portable protective shield for the "Iron Guard" system to meet the protection needs when the bunker is scarce.

Therefore, when the infantry units supported by light armor units encounter the Celestial infantry battle group with Iron Guards in any terrain, the commanders of all sides will not consider the possibility that armored vehicles can suppress the firepower of celestial infantry in this case unless there is a big difference in number.

For the Celestial Empire, the image of iron guards braving gunfire to destroy enemy vehicles has become one of the best descriptions of infantry's bravery and honor. The Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Military often uses it as propaganda material, which in turn promotes the sense of honor of Armourcrusher Iron Guards.

## Notes From the Field

Battlefield reconnaissance has revealed at least these facts about the Iron Guard.

·Strong armour and powerful gun - Like the Blaze Trooper, the Iron Guards have higher survivability and firepower than the anti armored infantry of other faction, and it takes longer to complete the equipment before deployment.

·Step by step - The Iron gurads can deploy a portable shield, which will greatly improve its survivability and immune to the crushing of most enemy vehicles. For soldiers, such protection is also a tranquilizer, so that they can have leisure to aim at the moving mechanism of the enemy's vehicle and slow down the target vehicle, but the damage to the structure of the vehicle will bewill be reduced to a certain extent.

·Focus on one aspect - Even with the help of exoskeletons, carrying too many kinds and quantities of ammunition will still affect the combat ability of infantry. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Iron Guards will only carry ammunition for attacking ground targets.

Diligent and studious - Although the electromagnetic railgun and electrothermal chemical gun checked and accepted by the Ministry of Military have high reliability, after the battle, the Iron Guards have to work hard to maintain their weapons, otherwise, these new friends will easily go wrong in the next battle. In order to maintain and repair these advanced equipment, the Iron Guards have to study hard on the design and principle of these equipment.

## Notes

This article is an unofficial translated article.

This article may be revised in the future, because Iron Guards can attack flying units after deploying their portable shield in current version.