Sidewinder is the backbone of the Python Patrol. He is highly motivated, superbly trained, and formidably equipped. Due to the Pythonizing Process (a process in which personnel and/or vehicles are outfitted with a primary layer of radar-resistant black-ball paint, then blanketed with a thermal-wave dispersal grid), Sidewinder is equipped with stealth-like capabilites, whereby he can penetrate enemy areas undetected. His combination rifle/grenade launcher has been retro-fitted with a passive, infared seeker and the barrel rifling has been changed to accept hyper-velocity discarding ammunition.