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Latest revision as of 02:10, 8 October 2004
The Integrated Recoilless Infantry Support powered battle armor (IRIS) is a heavy exoskeleton unit, one of the largest and most powerful such suits released to date by Tahar Joblis. The Tahar Joblissan Marines say that it stretches the limits of the utility of the humanoid design, being of similar visibility in many situations to a light vehicle. The suit measures fully nine feet tall standing straight up and has an operational combat mass of approximately a ton. It is slower than the ORO or UBU, being hampered by the large size/musculature necessary to mount its weaponry.
Although the Marines are somewhat displeased with the large size and requisite energy consumption of the fully loaded IRIS, they are quite pleased by its support firepower characteristics. Tahar Joblissan infantry doctrine has centered around small, mobile forces, primarily light vehicles supporting powered armor infantry. The IRIS is designed to adapt the full support firepower characteristics of many light vehicles onto a powered armor suit, freeing up vehicles for transport, supply, and coordination operations.
The IRIS's main firepower comes from a pair of 106mm recoilless rifles. Although the ORO can mount a robust 50mm high velocity Tahar Joblissan recoilless rifle or, in a relatively popular refit, the Carl Gustav 84mm lightweight recoilless rifle, its standard armament is a 20mm cannon, and the sheer firepower of the 106mm recoilless allows the IRIS to ambush main battle tanks reasonably well. The 106mm rifles can also be used for heavy anti-infantry support and for flushing snipers out of buildings in urban fighting. Quick reload slots allow the IRIS to recharge, refuel, and reload ammunition in a hurry, returning to the front in short order. Quick release hatches allow the IRIS to discard the rifles in an emergency and move quickly. 0.50 caliber machine guns on the inner arms provide for emergency close firepower, and six light anti-air missiles in back-shoulder vertical tubes provide for light anti-air support.
