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|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]]<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Assault Rifle''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314221127/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1 Archive.org])</ref> | |manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]]<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Assault Rifle''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314221127/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1 Archive.org])</ref> | ||
|series=[[MA series]] | |series=[[MA series]]<ref name="waypoint"/> | ||
|type=[[Wikipedia:bullpup|Bullpup]] [[Wikipedia:assault rifle|assault rifle]] | |type=[[Wikipedia:bullpup|Bullpup]] [[Wikipedia:assault rifle|assault rifle]] | ||
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|ammotype=[[.390]] caliber<ref name="TFoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75'' (2001); ''page 100'' (2010)</ref> | |ammotype=[[.390]] caliber<ref name="TFoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75'' (2001); ''page 100'' (2010)</ref> | ||
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The '''MA2B Individual Combat Weapon System''' ('''ICWS''') is a firearm used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that is part of [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[MA series]], and is described as a cut-down version of UNSC's standard-issue [[MA5B assault rifle]]. | The '''MA2B Individual Combat Weapon System''' ('''ICWS''') is a firearm used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that is part of [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[MA series]], and is described as a cut-down version of UNSC's standard-issue [[MA5B assault rifle]].<ref name="TFoR"/> The rifle sees sparse service among [[UNSC Special Forces]] units.<ref name="waypoint"/> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
=== | ===Specifications=== | ||
Like the other models of the MA series, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It features electronic targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can fire 900 rounds per minute (fifteen rounds per second) and uses [[.390|.390 caliber ammunition]], which is considerably larger than the [[7.62x51mm|7.62mm round]] used by the [[MA5 series]]. | Like the other models of the MA series, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It features electronic targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can fire 900 rounds per minute (fifteen rounds per second) and uses [[.390|.390 caliber ammunition]], which is considerably larger than the [[7.62x51mm|7.62mm round]] used by the [[MA5 series]].<ref name="TFoR"/> The MA2B can utilize "penetrators", special armor-penetrating rounds with copper jackets and depleted uranium cores.<ref name="SoR2">''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]], Chapter 2''</ref> It is also compatible with extended magazines.<ref name="TFoR9">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Chapter 9''</ref> | ||
==Service history== | ==Service history== | ||
The MA2B is an old weapon, dating back to the Insurrection. | The MA2B is an old weapon, dating back to the Insurrection.<ref name="SoR2"/> [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] used MA2Bs when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission. [[Blue Team]] used MA2Bs on [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|their first combat mission]] to capture [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] of the [[United Rebel Front]].<ref name="TFoR"/><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 106-109'' (2010)</ref> In [[2559]], Major [[Eznik Van Houte]] kept an MA2B as an emergency weapon in the cockpit of the [[Owl|Owl dropship]] he flew, putting it to use in [[Blue Team]]'s mission to [[Reach]] after a crash landing. He used the weapon with penetrator ammunition, prompting [[John-117]] to note that he was "a man who believed in putting holes in what he hit."<ref name="SoR2"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR2|HSoR|Chapter=2}} | *''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR2|HSoR|Chapter=2}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{UNSC rifles}} | {{UNSC rifles}} | ||
[[Category:Assault rifles]] | [[Category:Assault rifles]] | ||
