Red Guardian's Shield (Earth-616)

History
The Red Guardian's Shield is the primary weapon used by users of the Red Guardian identity. Red Guardian/Josef Petkus had been trained to use the Shield as a projectile weapon, aimed at the bodies of his opponents. The Shield displays a prominent white star on a red background.

The Red Guardian identity seems to have been modeled on the Captain America identity, and the Guardians were the Soviet Union counterparts to the Captain Americas of the United States of America. The Shield serves as a counterpart to Captain America's Shield. Both shields depict a star as part of their symbols.

Recently the shield had undergone an upgrade, having been cast in Wakandan Vibranium and utilized by Red Guardian's Anton and Nikolai Krylenko. Nikolai utilizing a better augmented version with an onboard computer attuned to his suit, with which he can control it's flight path ordering it to return to him. As well as channel his natural mutant powers through.

Abilities and Uses

 * Vibranium Made: The Shield was later made out of Vibranium, like Cap's shield. This allows it to be lightweight, bulletproof, throwable, practically indestructible, and it can absorb kinetic energy making it ricochet.
 * Combat Worthy: The shield is designed and trained with for combat purposes. It can be thrown at enemies, or used as a melee weapon.

Designs
The Shield has changed in design for the many hosts of the Red Guardian identity.

The "Eagles" Shield
The "Eagles" Design that was previously used was similar to Captain America's original shield, which had a similar shape. The red originally used to be silver before it was changed to red to match the suit. The crest is a two-headed eagle with a shield for a torso. This may reference various crests in Russia that use eagles as their emblem.

The Black/Red Shield
The Black/Red Shield design was brought in later when later hosts like Anton came along. The Shield matches the colour palette of the suit introduced at the same time. The tips of the star hang over the rim of the shield, possibly for an extra form to attack for the user.

The Red/White Star Shield
The Red/White Star Shield wasn't introduced when the Red and White suit for Alexei Shostakov was, but was given to him later down the line. This design is now used for the more recent incarnations of the Red Guardian identity. Its shape remains the same as the last design, only the star is smaller.