CE:Rocket Launcher
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| Rocket Launcher | |
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  The Rocket Launchers in Halo: Combat Evolved (top) and Anniversary (bottom). | |
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Faction: |
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Firing mode: |
Semi-automatic |
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Effective range: |
Medium |
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Counterparts: |
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| Weapon stats | |
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Splash damage: |
300 to 330 (random) out to 0.5 wu, down to 80 at 2 wu (radius) |
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Projectile effects: |
Detonates on impact |
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Projectile speed: |
12 wu/s out to 0 wu, down to 10 wu/s after 100 wu |
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0.4 wu | |
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128 wu | |
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Rate of fire: |
0.5 rounds per second |
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0 degrees | |
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Magazine size: |
2 rounds |
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Reserve ammo capacity: |
8 rounds (4 magazines) |
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0 degrees out to 35 wu[Note 1] | |
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12 degrees out to 35 wu | |
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Zoom: |
2x magnification |
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The Rocket Launcher is a weapon featured in Halo: Combat Evolved and its remaster, Combat Evolved Anniversary. It is one of the most common weapons throughout the game, and has since gone on to appear in nearly all subsequent games in the series.[2][3][4]
Information on the Rocket Launcher found in Halo: Campaign Evolved can be found here.
Universe and lore[edit]
- Main article: M41B SPNKr
The M41 "SPNKr" Surface-to-Surface Rocket launcher, also informally known as the M19 Surface-to-Surface Missile launcher, is the model of rocket launcher featured in the original Halo: Combat Evolved. It is a 2 round, shoulder-fired rocket launcher, with a magnified optic, used by the United Nations Space Command.[5] Original 2001-era sources such as the game manual refer to the weapon as the M19 SSM, which is in fact the ammunition it fires.[2][3][4] In game the ammunition boxes, and the weapon itself, are correctly labeled M19 and M41 respectively. In modern canon, this variant of Rocket Launcher has specifically been designated the M41B SPNKr.
In Anniversary graphics, the weapon's model was replaced with that of the standard M41 SPNKr from Halo: Reach.
Gameplay[edit]
Counterparts[edit]
Fuel Rod Gun (campaign)
Fuel Rod Gun (multiplayer)
Campaign[edit]
The Rocket Launcher first appears in the Halo campaign on the level The Silent Cartographer as part of a weapon cache at the site of the wreckage of the downed Pelican Bravo 022. After that it appears sporadically throughout the rest of the campaign, typically as a pickup found on the map - with Assault on the Control Room particularly notable for containing the most Rocket Launchers in the entire game. They are never used by Marines, but may be wielded by enemy Flood Combat Forms.
Multiplayer[edit]
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Damage Modifiers[edit]
| dirt | sand | stone | snow | wood | metal (hollow) | metal (thin) | metal (thick) | rubber | glass | force field | grunt | hunter armor | hunter skin | elite | jackal | jackal energy shield | engineer | engineer force field | flood combat form | flood carrier form | cyborg | cyborg energy shield | armored human | human | sentinel | monitor | plastic | water | leaves | elite energy shield | ice | hunter shield |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Skins[edit]
In the Combat Evolved component of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, there are a number of weapon skins for the Rocket Launcher.
| Rocket Launcher | ||||||
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| Icon | Name | Description | Unlock requirements | |||
| Default | Default skin. | Unlocked by default | ||||
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Desert | Looks very stylish with a poncho. | Series 2, Tier 13 ( 1)
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Hunter's Blood | Well armed. Well armored. | Series 2, Tier 32 ( 1)
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Corrosion | The Oxidation Sensation. | Series 2, Tier 77 ( 1)
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Production notes[edit]
- The weapon's name and dual tube design is a direct homage to the SPNKR SSM Launcher from Marathon.
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Gallery[edit]
Halo: Combat Evolved[edit]
The HUD icon of the M41B rocket launcher.
An in-game profile view of the M41B.
Multiple M41B SPNKr and their ammunition case in the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's armory.
John-117 using an M41B SPNKr against a Banshee on Installation 04.
John-117 using an M41B SPNKr against a Wraith on Installation 04.
A Spartan carrying an M41B SPNKr on Battle Creek.
A first-person view of the M41B.
A view through the 2× scope of the M41B.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary[edit]
The M41.
A profile view of the M41.
A first-person view of the M41.
View through the 2× scope of the M41.
The Rocket Launcher in the Library codex.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Auto-aim angle is described as 'the maximum angle that autoaim works at full strength' in degrees. There is still a gradual drop off in aim assist strength beyond 0 degrees.
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Editing Kit, game file
tags\weapons\rocket launcher\rocket launcher.weapon - ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved manual, page 19
- ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets, page 20-21
- ^ a b Bungie.net, Guides: Weapons (Retrieved on Oct 28, 2004) [archive]
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 176
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