War Machine Armor: Mark IV

The Mark IV War Machine Armor was the fourth armor used by James Rhodes during the Battle of Wakanda. It was created sometime after the Avengers Civil War, as a replacement to the Mark III War Machine Armor, which was damaged by Vision at the Clash of the Avengers.

Creation
The armor was built by Tony Stark sometime after the Avengers Civil War. As a result of the injuries James Rhodes had suffered during the conflict, the Mark IV armor was significantly more armored around the torso and lower back than its predecessor so as to allow its pilot to walk and better protect the Arc Reactor.

Battle of Wakanda
When Thanos began collecting all of the Infinity Stones, Heimdall sent Bruce Banner back to Earth so as to warn the planet. After Doctor Strange had been abducted for the Time Stone, Banner went to the New Avengers Facility to warn Rhodes before a wounded Vision arrived in tow with the rogue Avengers. Needing to safely separate the Mind Stone from Vision, the group made their to Wakanda for Princess Shuri's aid. Though Shuri confirmed she was capable of doing so, the intricacy of its connection to Vision's body meant that the process would take a significant amount of time.

When the Black Order arrived with an army, Rhodes donned his armor and served as a frontline aerial soldier performing bombing raids on the Outriders and unleashing his artillery on the troop transports. Bolstered by the arrival of Thor, the Earth forces began beating back the invaders and slay the Black Order. The concurrent Battle of Titan however had gone poorly with Thanos managing to claim the Time Stone and soon arriving to claim the last stone. War Machine unleashed his weapons at the warlord only to have his projectiles vaporized by the Space Stone's energy field before the same stone created powerful compression forces around the armor, grounding it.

After Thanos used all six stones to wipe out half of all life in the universe, Rhodes had recovered enough to rejoin his fellows in shock at the scope of their failure.

Capabilities

 * Flight: Standard since the second Iron Man armor, the Mark IV War Machine armor possess advanced flight capabilities capable of outpacing both the EXO-7 Falcon and the Wakandan hoverbouts.
 * Built in walking aid: Allows for semi-paralysed Rhodey to walk.
 * Enhanced Durability: Owing to the gold/titanium composition, the armor gives its user an enhanced durability. During the Battle of Wakanda, the Mark IV armor was durable enough to withstand the firepower of advanced alien weapons, melee attacks from the Outriders and a crash landing with no damage to the pilot. Its durability was best exemplified however when it remained operational following being subjected to the power of the Space Stone.
 * Enhanced Strength: The armor amplifies its pilot's strength to superhuman levels.

Weapons

 * Repulsors: The War Machine Armor MK IV has repulsors in the palms and Arc Reactor.
 * Bomb Dispensers: The War Machine Armor MK IV has bomb dispensers in the back of the armor
 * Machine Guns: The War Machine Armor MK IV also has multiple machine guns in the armor's gauntlet, and the back.

Trivia

 * The War Machine MKIV Armor bears an insignia of the United States Air Force on the legs of the armor.
 * Similar to the models before it, the Mark IV has its numerical designation painted onto the right arm.