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M12G1 Gauss Warthog

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M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle
M12 with M68 variant 1
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M12 w/ M68 variant 2
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M12B w/ M68
Halo 4 press kit image featuring a M12G1 Gauss Warthog.
M12B w/ M70
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Production information

Manufacturer:

AMG Transport Dynamics

Product line:

Warthog

Model:

M12G1

Technical specifications

Length:

6 metres (20 ft)[1]

Width:

2-3 meters

Mass:

Approx: 3.5 tons

Armament:

M68 Gauss cannon (1) (pre-October 2558)
M70 Gauss cannon (1) (October 2558-present)

Crew:

  • 1 driver
  • 1 gunner
  • 1 passenger
Usage

In service:

Human-Covenant War
Post-Covenant War conflicts

Role(s):

  • Reconnaissance
  • Light anti-vehicular
  • Anti-tank[2][3]
  • Anti-air[4][5]
  • Anti-fauna[6]
  • Anti-personnel[6]

Affiliation:

UNSC Defense Force
Liang-Dortmund Corporation

 

The M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle (M12G1 LAAV), commonly known as the Gauss Warthog, is a United Nations Space Command ground vehicle.[4] The M12G1 is a variant of the M12 Warthog FAV armed with a mounted Gauss cannon, with the M68 serving as standard during the Human-Covenant War and the M70 coming into use in the following years.

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

The M12G1 LAAV is one of the UNSC's anti-armor vehicles. It is primarily designed to quickly and efficiently defeat lightly armored vehicles such as the Barukaza Workshop Chopper and Karo'etba-pattern Ghost, but can also be a threat to Zurdo-pattern Wraiths. The Gauss Warthog is almost exactly the same in every detail to the M12 Chaingun Warthog except that it is equipped with a mounted M68 Gauss Cannon, which fires a 25mm hypersonic projectile by means of magnetic acceleration. It takes about a half a second to recharge between cannon shots. Although it appears more rarely than the standard Warthog, its capabilities make it a fearsome, agile and powerful vehicle to use.

Usage[edit]

Gauss Warthogs are typically employed by the UNSC Army and UNSC Marine Corps, serving primarily in an anti-tank/ anti-armor role during the Human-Covenant War.[2] During the conflict, Gauss-equipped Warthogs were able to use rugged terrain to its advantage to pick off Covenant vehicles, whose propulsion drives were slowed by foliage.[3] However, Gauss vehicles assigned to more remote outposts would additionally be expected to serve in an anti-aircraft role, and the driver and gunner team would drill for both tasks.[5] Specialised Gauss Warthogs are also employed by the Office of Naval Intelligence,[7] who developed and tested prototype Gauss technology during the Requiem Campaign.[8]

Outside of the UNSC, some corporate entities such as the Liang-Dortmund Corporation have been permitted to purchase Gauss Warthogs - among other milspec equipment - for defense against dangerous megafauna on alien worlds. However, these vehicles often end up deployed for riot suppression against crowds.[6]

Operational history[edit]

Numerous Gauss Warthogs were used by the UNSC during the Harvest Campaign. Sergeant John Forge used a Gauss Warthog during the battles of Arcadia and the Etran Harborage.[9]

In the opening actions of the Fall of Reach in July 2552, Noble Team members Catherine-B320 and SPARTAN-B312 drove a Gauss Warthog when returning to Sword Base after clearing out Covenant hostiles in Sword Base's outposts Airview Base and Farragut Station. They used the Warthog to destroy a number of Revenants and other troops guarding the gate of the base.[10]

During the Battle of Mombasa, Gunnery Sergeant Stacker drove a Gauss Warthog and offered it to MCPO John-117 in Kilindini Park Cultural Center, New Mombasa. John-117 used Stacker's Warthog to fight his way through Covenant heavy armor and reach a UNSC Marine command post in Sector B.[11] As the Battle of Mombasa drew to a close, ODSTs Edward Buck and