Ammunition Codex

The IRON NEST Arsenal

IRON NEST features a deep table of unlockable shells — each with its own ballistics, fuzing and battlefield role. This is the working reference for what to chamber and when. Details are based on the demo and developer material and marked expected until launch confirms them.

Armor-Piercing

Armor-Piercing ● Confirmed

Armor-Piercing Shell

Anti-armor / hardened targets

The IRON NEST armor-piercing shell trades blast for penetration, built to punch through tanks, bunkers and reinforced emplacements. Here's when to load it and how to land it.

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Armor-Piercing ● Expected

Concrete-Piercing Shell

Fortifications / bunkers

The IRON NEST concrete-piercing shell is built to defeat hardened fortifications — delayed-action penetration for bunkers and reinforced positions that shrug off ordinary rounds.

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High-Explosive

High-Explosive ● Confirmed

High-Explosive Shell

Soft targets / area effect

The IRON NEST high-explosive shell is your versatile workhorse — blast and fragmentation for infantry, soft targets and grouped threats. Forgiving, broadly useful, and a staple loadout.

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High-Explosive ● Expected

Shrapnel Shell

Airburst anti-personnel

The IRON NEST shrapnel shell is an airburst anti-personnel round that rains fragments over exposed targets — devastating against troops in the open, weak against armor and cover.

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Chemical

Chemical ● Confirmed

Chemical Shell

Area denial (order-restricted)

The IRON NEST chemical shell is a grim, situational area-denial round reserved for orders that specifically call for it. A reflection of the game's bleak, alternate-history setting.

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Incendiary

Incendiary ● Expected

Incendiary Shell

Fire / flushing entrenched targets

The IRON NEST incendiary shell starts fires — ideal against flammable targets and for flushing out entrenched positions where blast and penetration fall short.

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Smoke

Smoke ● Confirmed

Smoke Shell

Concealment / sightline control

The IRON NEST smoke shell deals no damage — it controls what can be seen. Use it to screen movement, blind the enemy and shape the battlefield to your advantage.

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Special

Special ● Expected

Illumination Shell

Night observation / star shell

The IRON NEST illumination shell lights up the battlefield — a star shell that hangs over a target area so you can observe, range and correct in low visibility.

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