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Iron
Grenadiers are Destro's elite ground forces, the
backbone of his personal army of the same name. Lured from the world's
finest military institutions by the promise of wealth and power, Destro
delivers both to those skilled enough and greedy enough to make the cut.
The Iron Grenadiers are handpicked from Destro's personal bodyguards for their
endurance, tenacity, and pure meanness. They are the key to the
expansion of the armament business that Destro governs and the spearhead of
his incursions into new territory.
The Iron Grenadier is an obnoxious salesman with guns.
Intensely trained in both economics and warfare, they are equally prepared to
sell M.A.R.S.* armaments and armor to even the most reticent customer, or use
those same arms to utterly conquer them. This group is capable of
infiltrating anywhere virtually undetected. The Iron Grenadiers, acting
as agents, provocateurs, saboteurs, or outright terrorists, spread panic and
chaos, undermine authority, encourage disagreements, and impel an unsuspecting
country towards chaos and turmoil, thereby creating new markets for Destro's
weapons where none existed before. They are the de facto standard of
elite trooper, more efficient and feared than
Crimson Guard troops.
Their pay is a percentage of gross sales. In fact, his pay is a
commission on the armaments that are sold because of his efforts. The
Iron Grenadier gets special incentive points for starting riots, encouraging
armed revolts, and igniting brush wars.
The 2003 Iron Grenadier deployments featured a radically redesigned uniform
and carried the Cobra designation of sub-contracted Iron Grenadiers. It
also appears that Destro may have changed some of the physical requirements of
his troops as 2003 through 2004 deployments of the Iron Grenadiers are
particularly tall individuals. Later deployments of upgraded Iron
Grenadiers in 2005 returned to a much more average height compared to the
deployments of this two-year period. The 2003 Iron Grenadier has been
carried through three different uniform colorations. The Iron Grenadier
of Venom operations wore a distinctly urban camouflaged uniform.
"We are the
Iron Grenadiers
We have no hearts, we have no fears
We'll sell you guns, we'll sell you spears
We'll make you pay for years and years
We are the Iron Grenadiers!"
- Marching Song of the Iron Grenadiers
* Military
Armaments Research System
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