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Firestorm (spelt Fire Storm in Series 3) was a long time competitor on the British show Robot Wars. In total there were five Firestorm robots, but they were all essentially upgraded versions of the same basic machine. The rough design of the robot, which was reused for each one, was a wedge driven by two wheels in the base of the rear, minimizing ground clearance on the front. On the front surface of the robot was a flipper mechanism, a slow bar on the first robot which was superseded by a quicker panel flipper on the later four, which served as the main weapon. The original Fire Storm also featured a set of conveyor belts on the wedge that were removed for Firestorm 2, which had an inverted paint scheme. This was changed back for Extreme 1 and remained the same until Series 7. The Firestorm series of robots competed through Series 3 to 7.

The Firestorm robot was one of the most successful in Robot Wars history, holding the record for the most battles ever won in across the main competition, reaching five consecutive semi-finals. It reached the Grand Final in Series 3, 5 and 6, finishing in third place on each occasion. It was also the only robot that was able to flip over Mr. Psycho, and broke several records - the quickest battle record it set in its first ever battle stood for several years, and its final victory against Mute allowed it to take the record of most Out of the Arena flips from Chaos 2. However, despite this huge amount of success, the team only won one official honour in its history; the Commonwealth Carnage Championship in Extreme Series 2.

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