M65 Gauss cannon

M65 Gauss cannon
Production overview
Type:	Gauss cannon
Specifications
Operation:	Coilgun
Service history
In service:	Insurrection

The M65 Asynchronous Linear Induction Motor is a gauss cannon employed by the Colonial Military Authority, in particular the CMA Marine Corps. The weapon was later supplanted by the M68 Gauss cannon - a weapon which was put into wide use throughout the United Nations Space Command. Unlike the M68, the M65 features no built-in frontal armour to protect the operator, and has an optics module off-centre.^[1]

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^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 181

v • d • e Heavy armaments of the UNSC

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M65 Gauss cannon

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