He is the bad-ass weapons specialist of the Autobots, and his alt form is a GMC TopKick c4500. He has more guns than a
small third-world country, and he may or may not have blown up a planet with
said guns.
Ironhide doesn't always see optic to optic with Optimus Prime, despite their friendship. He's perhaps the more practical of the two, and more than a little trigger
happy.
Ironhide:"You have a
rodent infestation. Shall I terminate?"
Sam Witwicky:"No! No! He's not a
rodent, he's a chihuahua! This is my chihuahua! We love chihuahuas, don't we?"
Ironhide:"He's leaked lubricants all over my
foot!"