Captain America’s shield is his primary weapon. The most well-known of his shields is a disc-shaped object with a five-pointed star design in its center, within blue, red, and white concentric circles. This shield is composed of a unique combination of Vibranium, steel alloy and a unknown third catalyst, that has never been duplicated, called Proto-Adamantium. It is virtually indestructible. It is as much an offensive weapon as a defensive one for Captain America. Cap uses it against his enemies, mainly, by throwing it at them and can perform mindbogglingly impossible tricks with it.
Captain America’s primary weapon is his shield, a concave disk 2.5 feet in diameter, weighing 12 pounds. The shield is made of a unique Wakandan vibranium and Proto-Adamantium alloy that has never been duplicated. Its atomic structure is possibly unique in the universe; Molecule Man stated that although Thor’s hammer Mjolnir and the Silver Surfer’s surfboard were bound together by strange forces, the shield was even stranger.
The shield has great aerodynamic properties: it is able to slice through the air with minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. Its great overall resilience, combined with its natural concentric stiffness, enables it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular momentum. It is, pretty much, virtually indestructible: it is resistant to penetration, temperature extremes, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum of radiation. The only way it can be damaged in any way is by tampering with its molecular bonding.
The shield is not only nearly indestructible, but it absorbs a great deal of kinetic energy from impacts because of its Vibranium component. is why the Hulk and Thor can pound it while Cap is holding it, without simply sending him into the ground or the air. Cap has also used the shield to cushion the force of impact when dropped from several stories by standing on the shield.
The only vulnerable component that can be affected by convention weapons are the shield’s internal holding straps; the master blade wielding mercenary, Machete, managed to once in a trick-shot throw of his blades to sever them while Cap was wielding his shield. While this made the weapon much more cumbersome to use since it forced Cap to hold it by its rim, he was able to drive off the assailant so he could replace the straps at home.
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