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Iron Anvil paratroopers are Destro's elite airborne commandos. They are only used when brute force is necessary to complete a hostile take-over by the M.A.R.S. (Military Armaments Research Systems) Corporation. These specialized assault troopers are sent in ahead of the ground forces to overwhelm enemy defenses. Their primary missions focus on the subversion of major economic and military installations by either destroying them, or putting them out of action. Iron Anvil troops have a tactical advantage in that they can appear on the battlefield anywhere that aircraft can deploy them. However, they prefer to be dropped from low-flying helicopters and like their namesake, make small impact craters wherever they land.
Each trooper wears a self-contained bio-suit that is protected by layers of composite and reactive plated body armor that acts like a shock absorber for their earthbound landings. This suit is an updated and redesigned version of the Viper uniform Cobra deployed in 1994 and still features reinforced bio-hinges and armor plated, blast resistant helmets with built-in night vision visors and oxygen filters. The "hard-landing" tactic has both a psychological impact as well as demoralizing effect on their adversaries. Once on the ground, Iron Anvil troopers engage in close quarter combat using their expert hand-to-hand fighting skills to apprehend prisoners for slave labor in one of Destro's new factories.
Unlike the rest of the the Iron Grenadier air forces, Iron Anvils require a method of airborne transport to insertion points. After "hitting the ground", Iron Anvils become infantry commandos until extraction and redeployment. This makes the Iron Anvils the least flexible of the Destro's air arm, but one of the his fiercest combat units. Iron Anvils know that unless they complete their primary objective, the rest of the Iron Grenadiers won't be able to come in to pull them out.
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intelligence gatherings: "Destro (an international arms dealer) is always expanding his M.A.R.S. (Military Armaments Research Systems) Corporation to create new weapons factories all around the world. He has set his sights on several secret industrial complexes in the former Soviet Union and is using his inside man (General Mayhem, a former Spetsnaz officer and brilliant strategist), to execute his plan. With his new Iron Grenadiers and elite brigade of Iron Anvil Paratroopers led by Metal Head, Destro’s forces have invaded a former Soviet Bloc toy factory and plan to ship weapons systems under the toy brand of Destr-uct-o Blocs. Under this cover, they believe that they will be able to distribute their products globally, unnoticed by the western world."
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