Editing MA2B assault rifle

{{Status|Canon}}
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|image=[[File:Boot Camp MA2B.jpg|250px]]
|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]]{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}
|type=[[Wikipedia:bullpup|Bullpup]] [[Wikipedia:assault rifle|assault rifle]]
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|service=[[Insurrection]]<br>[[Human-Covenant War]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]<br>[[Created conflict]]
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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|ammotype=[[.390]] caliber<ref name="TFoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75'' (2001); ''page 100'' (2010)</ref>
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|rate=900 RPM{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}}
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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]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}} The rifle sees sparse service among [[UNSC Special Forces]] units.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
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/Reuse|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==
The MA2B is an old weapon, dating back to the Insurrection.{{Ref/Reuse|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 [[Operation: TALON|their first combat mission]] to capture [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] of the [[United Rebel Front]].{{Ref/Reuse|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 [[Operation: WOLFE|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/Reuse|SoR2}}

==Trivia==
In the first three issues of ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'', the MA2B appears as it is depicted on the cover of Issue 4, albeit longer. In the last issue, however, the MA2B closely resembles the [[MA5K carbine]] due to its straighter carrying handle and larger barrel. In some panels in Issue 4, [[John-117]]'s MA2B appears to be much longer than in other panels, making it look almost identical to the [[BR55HB battle rifle]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:KellyRifle.jpg|[[Kelly-087]] wielding an MA2B assault rifle on [[Eridanus Secundus]].
File:BlueTeam.jpg|Blue Team with MA2Bs in the lobby of Watts' hideout.
File:Blueteam_Splash.png|Blue Team wielding MA2B assault rifles to storm Watts' apartment.
File:Eridanus Rebels and UNSC clash.png|MA2Bs employed by [[Insurrectionist]]s.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR2|HSoR|Chapter=2}}
==Sources==
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{{UNSC rifles}}
[[Category:Assault rifles]]