Fougasse

A fougass, is an improvised weapon that generally take the appearance of a barrel, or tube that is buried about a foot beneath the ground. It has Grenades or some other form of propellant in the bottom of it and can be filled with Napalm ("Fire" Fougasses) or spent shell casings and various bits of metal ("Shrapnel" Fougasses). They can be remote detonated, sending fire and shrapnel upwards, cutting down anything above them for up to several meters. Normally, they are used to destroy ground targets, but the Master Chief and his team of Spartans used ten fougasses to destroy five Covenant Banshee fliers during an engagement on Jericho VII.