Surface-to-air missile launcher

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Pictures of the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher.
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Diagram of the original High Ground concept model with the Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher and its firing area marked in red.

The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher[1], abbreviated to the SAM Site and colloquially known as the scenery on the map Highground, is a UNSC weapons emplacement. It apears in Halo 3's singleplayer and multiplayer, though only as a background object with no combat capability.

Description

The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher is a large multiple-launch-system emplacement, firing the ASRGAM 10X missile. It is featured in the Halo 3 multiplayer level High Ground and the Campaign level The Storm And in Floodgate. It was thought by some players to be a large mortar device that can fire on upcoming attackers. This was proven false by Bungie which stated it was unusable and is only scenery. Workers at Bungie had tried to have the SAM missile site AI-controlled, so that when player(s) are charging up High Ground, there would be a risk of being killed by the launcher. Bungie had its AI capabilities removed, mainly because there was too much firepower coming down on the attackers.[2]

Appearances

Trivia

The Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher must be effective because right outside the Crows Nest in the beginning of Tsavo Highway there are several downed phantom dropships.

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