War Machine Armor
The War Machine Armor was created for fighting and combat. Rhodes found it and used it to take the Iron Man armor to Tony Stark and help him fight the Mandarin and Fin Fang Foom.
History
After the Stark compound was destroyed by the Tong and nearly all of the Armory's suits were destroyed, James Rhodes found the War Machine armor and used to deliver Tony's armor to him and aid him in fighting the Mandarin and the fifth ring's guardian, Fin Fang Foom. He had trouble in space, but he succeeded in delivering the armor, and as a side effect, he revealed Iron Man's true identity to Gene Khan.
They tried to fight Fin Fang Foom, but they didn't have much success. After Gene let himself get eaten to pass the test, he revealed himself as the Mandarin and easily took Rhodey down. Rhodey was knocked out cold for awhile during which Tony and Gene continued their battle. He stopped Gene from killing Iron Man and Gene tried to kill Rhodey and Pepper, but was stopped by Iron Man and was eventually defeated by him. Gene got away and Rhodey used the armor to fly him, Tony, and Pepper home.
Rhodes now uses the armor to help Iron Man with his superhero duties in Season 2. His first solo night was stopping a small-time robbery of jewels by the Maggia, Killer Shrike, and Unicorn. He later brought an injured Tony Stark to a hospital, under the cover story that he was in a car accident.
Capabilities
The War Machine isn't as fast as the Iron Man armor, but it has more weapons, including more powerful weapons. The repulsors and unibeam are red in color instead of white.
- Superhuman Strength: War Machine can lift massive weights. He could push the giant dragon Fin Fang Foom into a wall, disorienting him for a short period of time.
- Enhanced Durability: This armor is highly durable. He can withstand being hit by a missile and a blast from Gene Khan, although the latter knocked him out for a moment.
- Flight: The War Machine armor can fly by the use of jet thrusters on its boots, thighs, and its back.
- Repulsor Gauntlets: The gauntlets have the abilities of:
- Repulsors: War Machine is equipped with more powerful versions of the repulsors. One blast can destroy a helicopter.
- Force Field: The armor can project a force field around itself to defend against attacks.
- Unibeam: It is equipped with a more powerful version of the unibeam.
- Missile Launchers: It sports shoulder-mounted missile launchers that shoot rockets and Sidewinder missiles.
- Gatling Guns: It has arm-mounted gatling guns that are strong enough to incapacitate a helicopter.
Other Features
- Voice Filter: This is used to hide his voice, it makes it slightly deeper and gives it a mechanical filter.
- Artificial Intelligence: War Machine has access to the same operating system that Iron Man relies on in his armor, it provides him information on opponents, surroundings, and other thing that he requires. The computer's voice is provided by Lisa Ann Beley.
Weaknesses
- The War Machine armor isn't as fast as the Iron Man armor
- It wasn't designed for operation in the coldness of space and depths of underwater.
Trivia
- The code to disengage the safety protocols is "Howard01".
- This armor's HUD color is light red in Season 2.
- It is odd that Tony would make this armor in this series, as he has displayed a severe dislike of creating weapons throughout the series.
- Rhodey has demonstrated a much darker personality when using the armor, such as threatening to drop Xin from the sky if he did not reveal the location of his friends.