Cut Halo 5: Guardians weapons
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During the development of Halo 5: Guardians, a number of various weapons were concepted and prototyped by 343 Industries for inclusion in the game, though were ultimately cut for various reasons.
Human weapons[edit]
Arm-mounted railgun[edit]
Concepted by Paul Richards, the "UNSC Arm-Mounted Railgun" appears to be a railgun weapon intended for mounting in the back compartment of a D79H Pelican. The weapon is equipped with an arm connected to the dropship, as to support the Spartans holding it.[1]
Glass cutter[edit]
The glass cutter was likely intended to be a turret weapon based around the concept of a tool developed for cutting through the glass on Meridian. The weapon was concepted by David Bolton.[2]
Concept art of the cutter with a pointed end.
Concept art of the cutter with an open end.
A marine holding a version of it.
A marine holding another version.
Grenade launcher CLUSTER[edit]
The Grenade Launcher CLUSTER is an unused REQ weapon that can be found within the files of Halo 5: Forge. The weapon appears to have been fully modelled, textured, and functionally implemented in-game based on the existing Grenade Launcher. It is unknown why it was cut from the game.[3]
Like other M319 grenade launchers, it can be fired immediately or held down to manually detonate on release. Additionally, manual detonation results in an EMP effect. Upon detonation, the projectile will split into 8 separate projectiles dealing damage in an area. Due to the spread and EMP effect, the secondary fire could be useful in disabling air vehicles. The splinters attempt to assemble into the same shape made by splinters of the traditional splinter grenade. Said shape is a plus-shape viewed from one side and a horizontal hexagon viewed perpendicular to that side.[3]
The Grenade Launcher CLUSTER.
First-person view of the weapon
The projectile shortly after exploding
Another view of the projectiles. Note that the projectiles are trying to form the aforementioned shape.
Other weapons[edit]
Other weapon silhouettes were produced by Paul Richards.
Covenant weapons[edit]
Early Needler design[edit]
This cut Needler design was originally prototyped by artist Can Tuncer for use in Halo 4 - but was ul