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M510 Mammoth

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This article is about the UNSC vehicle. For the mammoth-like alien creature, see Mammoth (Installation 00).
M510 Mammoth
Halo 4 press kit image.
Halo 4 press kit image featuring the M510 Mammoth.
Production information

Manufacturer:

Acheron Security[1][2][3][4]

Technical specifications

Length:

68.3 meters (224.2 ft)[2][3][4]

Width:

32.8 meters (107.6 ft)[2][3][4]

Height:

27 meters (89 ft)[2][3][4]

Mass:

439.1 metric tons (432.2 LT; 484.0 ST)[3][4]

Maximum speed:

74 kilometers per hour (46 mph)[3]

Armament:

Crew:

3[1][3][4]

Complement:

Usage

Year introduced:

2553[3]

In service:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

Role(s):

  • Mobile anti-aircraft/anti-warship platform
  • Mobile anti-armored/anti-vehicle platform
  • Siegeworks/ultra-heavy assault platform

Affiliation:

UNSC Marine Corps

 

"Well. Someone's overcompensating."
— Cortana commenting on the size of the Mammoth.[5]

The Mobile Anti-Aircraft Weapons Platform M510 Siegework/Ultra-Heavy, commonly known as the Mammoth, is a heavy wheeled vehicle used by the United Nations Space Command in the wake of the Human-Covenant War.[6] This weapon platform is currently the largest known terrestrial armored fighting vehicle employed by the UNSC, dwarfing even the similar "Elephant" HRVs in size.[2]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Nearly seventy meters in length, the Mammoth is a six-wheeled siegeworks ultra-heavy vehicle that fulfills the dual roles of anti-aircraft and anti-warship weapons platform; it is designed for the elimination of hostile vessels, weapons, and fortifications in terrestrial and orbital positions.[3] As with the Elephant, the Mammoth possesses an internal storage bay for smaller vehicles such as the M12 Warthog and the M274 Mongoose and their variants, which are normally stored via magnetic grapples running along the roof of the bay and can exit through the vehicle's front or back ramp. The Mammoth sports a single Mark 2457/35cm HRG "Mini-MAC" turret on the topside, two large openings towards the back, as well as two smaller ones near the vehicle's cockpit.[1][7] Two M79 MLRS emplacements are mounted on both the port and starboard side for close-in defense. It is generally painted in a camel brown scheme.

Despite its powerful weaponry, Mammoths generally require an infantry and vehicle escort for localised defence.[2]

Usage[edit]

Mammoths were originally adapted from expeditionary machines used by Unified Earth Government civilian sectors on