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Battlefield Argo

A Stark-Chobham armor, a composite of carbon nanotubes and reinforced ceramics skinned with adamantium, this armor was built to take it--whatever it is.  Presumably, a battlefield version of Iron Man tech would be packed full of hardware like War Machine, but we don’t know its offensive capabilities for certain.  We do know that it was outfitted with a limited stealth and camo system.

Project Argonaut

Submariner Argo

Greenish yellow with clawed hands and feet, looking as though it was based on the Creature of the Black Lagoon, this armor had a deep sea range of at least 2,563 meters; had limited stealth and camouflage modes to assist in sneak attack.  This suit was disabled by Stark and left to sink to the bottom of the ocean near Guam.

More on Iron Man’s Underwater Suits.

Iron Man becomes Iron Men

With his Extremis abilities, Tony Stark had incredible power and potential.  One of the ways he tried to max out on both was Project Argonaut: a peacekeeping team of Iron Men capable of simultaneous, separate missions, all controlled by Stark. If he was successful, it would be a boon to the world.  But, an Iron Army could also be a huge threat.

Spending more than $1.27 billion on it, Stark saw this as the next evolutionary step of Extremis.  A cybernetic team, each with its own dedicated functions: stealth, speed, strength; all of them satellite extensions of him.  He meant these “Argos” to be global peacekeepers, the ultimate extension of his powers and heroic acts as Iron Man.  What he didn’t know was that tucked away in that genius brain of his was an implant his enemies would use to turn Iron Man into a killing machine.  And since the suits were an extension of his will, his foes also gained control of the Argos.  

They all went rogue controlled by Tony’s subconscious, his brain being controlled by a brain implant meant to take-over the billionaire industrialist.

Subterranean Argo

Very big--even larger than the variant 1 Hulkbusters, the “Digger,” so-called because Stark made it a tunneling unit with a shielded antarctic vibranium helmet and a hybrid repulsor-unibeam unit to facilitate subterranean rescues.  The Digger had massive boot thrusters and weighed in north of 68.7 metric tons.  It also had limited stealth and camo modes.  Iron Man hurled it at the Battlefield Argo and smashed both of them to bits.

Stealth Argo

Between its active camo and radar-absorbing skin, this stealth fighter is a ghost.  However, it had to come out of hiding, disengaging each system to fire.  Much like later Stealth Models, Stark was able to work in aggressive weapons systems.  The combo of stealth and weapons made this Argo one tough customer.  It was sliced through by the Human Torch after being tenderized by Iron Man.

Hulkbuster Argo

A variation of the Hulkbuster Module, this giant juggernaut was built to smash and be smashed.  The assembled Avengers couldn’t even take it down.  This Argo was finally knocked out of commission by Iron Man (see Health).  Full design specs are not available; however, we do know that like others, this particular suit had limited stealth and camouflage abilities.