H2:Fuel Rod Gun

Fuel Rod Cannon
The Fuel Rod Cannon in Halo 2 (top) and Halo 2: Anniversary campaign (bottom).
Gameplay role
Faction:	Covenant
Weapon tier (?):	Heavy weapon
Weapon class (?):	Launcher
Weapon type (?):	Explosive
Firing mode:	Semi-auto
Effective range:	Medium
Counterparts:	Human (UNSC) Rocket Launcher Covenant Brute Shot
Gameplay stats
Damage:	100 x0.5 vs shields
Splash damage:	90 out to 0.5 wu, down to 40 at 1.5 wu (radius)
Damage type (?):	Impact: explosion_large Detonation: explosion_largw
Projectile effects:	Tracking (wielded by NPCs only), Detonates on impact, Stuns Ai
Projectile speed:	15 wu/s out to 4.5 wu, down to 6.5 wu/s after 5 wu 2.5% gravity 6 degrees per second turning speed
Hitscan range (?):	0.5 wu
Max range (?):	80 wu
Rate of fire:	0.4s fire recovery time (2.5 rounds per second)
Spread (?):	0 to 0.05 degrees
Magazine size:	5 rounds
Reserve ammo capacity:	25 rounds (5 magazines)
Auto aim (?):	4 degrees out to 25 wu (scales with zoom)
Sticky aim (?):	6 degrees out to 25 wu (scales with zoom)
Zoom:	2x magnification
Melee damage (?):	Smash Melee
Tag name (?):	flak_cannon

The Fuel Rod Cannon, also known as the Fuel Rod Gun or Flak Cannon, is a Covenant heavy weapon featured in Halo 2 and the campaign of its remaster, Halo 2: Anniversary. For information on the separate variant featured in Anniversary multiplayer, see here.

Universe and lore

Main articles: Pez'tk-pattern fuel rod gun, Korva-pattern fuel rod gun

The Fuel Rod Cannon featured in the original release of Halo 2 is the Pez'tk-pattern fuel rod gun. It is a modified Fuel Rod design altered to better-suit the ergonomics of the Unggoy who frequently use the weapon.

In Halo 2: Anniversary the weapon reuses the model of the Korva-pattern fuel rod gun originally from Halo: Reach, the most widespread iteration of the design used by the Covenant.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Brute Shot
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  Rocket Launcher

Campaign

An Elite Zealot holding a Fuel Rod Gun.

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The Fuel Rod Cannon made its debut as a useable campaign weapon in Halo 2. The original weapon in Halo: Combat Evolved was exclusively used by Spec Ops Grunts and would detonate after its operator was killed, and the game's PC port featured a similar weapon with some very distinct gameplay properties. Halo 2's Fuel Rod Cannon takes more gameplay inspiration from the NPC-only campaign variant in the first game, boasting a magazine of five rounds (up from the first game's four) and none of the ba