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[[File:Anti-Air Fire.jpg|thumb|250px|A Covenant anti-air Wraith fires at a UNSC Hornet.]] | [[File:Anti-Air Fire.jpg|thumb|250px|A Covenant anti-air Wraith fires at a UNSC Hornet.]] | ||
In support of both infantry and armored units, both sides also deployed a number of artillery units. Though the Wraith could be, and frequently was, used as a main battle tank, it excelled as long-range artillery, bombarding positions with plasma mortars. It was supplemented in the role by the {{Pattern|Shua'ee|Locust}}, which used a powerful directed energy weapon to destroy stationary targets but was vulnerable to enemy armor. The UNSC employed a number of artillery vehicles, such as the [[SP42 Cobra]] and the experimental [[M145D Rhino]], though the role was usually filled by aerial or orbital missile or [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] support. The [[M9 Wolverine]] served as a dedicated anti-air missile launcher, but was able to use its missiles as a volley to hit ground targets, particularly useful against structures. The Covenant used [[ | In support of both infantry and armored units, both sides also deployed a number of artillery units. Though the Wraith could be, and frequently was, used as a main battle tank, it excelled as long-range artillery, bombarding positions with plasma mortars. It was supplemented in the role by the {{Pattern|Shua'ee|Locust}}, which used a powerful directed energy weapon to destroy stationary targets but was vulnerable to enemy armor. The UNSC employed a number of artillery vehicles, such as the [[SP42 Cobra]] and the experimental [[M145D Rhino]], though the role was usually filled by aerial or orbital missile or [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon|MAC]] support. The [[M9 Wolverine]] served as a dedicated anti-air missile launcher, but was able to use its missiles as a volley to hit ground targets, particularly useful against structures. The Covenant used [[Type-52 Anti-Aircraft Wraith|a dedicated Wraith variant]] for anti-air defense, equipping them with powerful fuel rod cannons that served as effective flak. | ||
For theaters that offer the most difficult and violent of ground combat, both the UNSC and the Covenant utilize extremely powerful, 'line breaker' assets to overwhelm and punch through heavily fortified defenses. The UNSC is known to utilize the [[M510 Mammoth]] as both a mobile command center, a siege breaker and a formidable anti-air/anti-ship areal denial weapon, whilst the smaller [[M313 Elephant]] acts as an important support and recovery vehicle as well as another mode of mobile command and control. The Covenant use civilian mining vehicles such as the [[Scarab]]s as a dual-use asset that can both excavate Forerunner artefacts and drill through the most heavily fortified walls. Moreover, the Covenant is also known to utilize absurdly large ground vehicles - akin to warships on land - for campaigns so large and well defended that not even the Covenant armada could pacify conventionally. Landcrafts such as the [[Zashk-pattern Draugr]] and [[Shuul'se-pattern Kraken]] behave like mobile fortresses and command centers meant to punch through the most violent battles, whilst the [[Za'zayara-pattern Harvester]] can excavate the most stubborn of earth or armour with ease. | For theaters that offer the most difficult and violent of ground combat, both the UNSC and the Covenant utilize extremely powerful, 'line breaker' assets to overwhelm and punch through heavily fortified defenses. The UNSC is known to utilize the [[M510 Mammoth]] as both a mobile command center, a siege breaker and a formidable anti-air/anti-ship areal denial weapon, whilst the smaller [[M313 Elephant]] acts as an important support and recovery vehicle as well as another mode of mobile command and control. The Covenant use civilian mining vehicles such as the [[Scarab]]s as a dual-use asset that can both excavate Forerunner artefacts and drill through the most heavily fortified walls. Moreover, the Covenant is also known to utilize absurdly large ground vehicles - akin to warships on land - for campaigns so large and well defended that not even the Covenant armada could pacify conventionally. Landcrafts such as the [[Zashk-pattern Draugr]] and [[Shuul'se-pattern Kraken]] behave like mobile fortresses and command centers meant to punch through the most violent battles, whilst the [[Za'zayara-pattern Harvester]] can excavate the most stubborn of earth or armour with ease. |