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M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun

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M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun
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Production overview

Type:

Rotary machine gun[1]

Specifications

Ammunition type:

12.7×99mm Armor-Piercing[2]

Service history

In service:

 

The M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun,[4] abbreviated M41 ELAAG[4] or M41 ELAAGat[5] is a weapon operated by the United Nations Space Command, particularly on the OF92 Booster Frame.[6]

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Design details[edit]

Main article: M41 Vulcan

The M41 ELAAG is a design alteration of the venerable M41 Vulcan Light Anti-Aircraft Cannon commonly in service on M12 Warthog Light Reconnaissance Vehicles. The ELAAG variant is designed to operate in a space warfare environment, firing specialised gas-jacketed, armor-piercing depleted uranium 12.7x99mm rounds[2] with pressurised atmospheric contents to ensure an explosive percussion in a vaccuum or other challenging environments.[5]

The weapon is mounted in the rear of the Booster Frame, where it can be operated by another serviceman.[1]

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Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo Legends - The Package (animated short)
  2. ^ a b Halo: The Flood, chapter 3: Given the M41 ELAAG is an altered variant of the M41, it almost certainly fires the same ammunition
  3. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 5
  4. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 266
  5. ^ a b Halo Waypoint (Xbox 360 app-only), Booster Frame [archive]
  6. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 161