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*The [[M739 SAW|M739 Light Machine Gun]]<ref name="H4VGSAW"/> | *The [[M739 SAW|M739 Light Machine Gun]]<ref name="H4VGSAW"/> | ||
*The [[M247 machine gun|M247 General Purpose Machine Gun]]<ref name="EVGMG">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', Machine Gun Turret</ref> and [[M247T machine gun|M247T Medium Machine Gun]]<ref>''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', Scorpion</ref> | *The [[M247 machine gun|M247 General Purpose Machine Gun]]<ref name="EVGMG">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', Machine Gun Turret</ref> and [[M247T machine gun|M247T Medium Machine Gun]]<ref>''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', Scorpion</ref> | ||
*The [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]]<ref name="ENC331">''[[Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe|Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe (2011 edition)]]'', Page 331</ref> | |||
*The machine guns of [[ONI Wasp|AV-49 Wasps]] used by [[ONI]] security teams<ref name="CFBH"/> | |||
Weapons chambered for 7.62×51mm ammunition, such as the [[MA5B assault rifle]], are considered to be powerful by UNSC soldiers.<ref name= "Flood1"/> | Weapons chambered for 7.62×51mm ammunition, such as the [[MA5B assault rifle]], are considered to be powerful by UNSC soldiers.<ref name= "Flood1"/> | ||
== Variants == | == Variants == | ||
===M118 FMJ-AP=== | ===M118 FMJ-AP=== | ||
M118 FMJ-AP ([[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_metal_jacket_bullet|full metal jacket]], [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor-piercing_bullet|armor-piercing]]) rounds are the standard-issue ammo type employed by the [[MA5 series|UNSC's assault rifles]],<ref name="EVGAR">[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]], Assault Rifle</ref> the [[M392]]<ref name="EVGDMR">[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]], DMR</ref> and [[M395]] DMRs,<ref name="H4VGDMR">[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]], DMR</ref> | M118 FMJ-AP ([[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_metal_jacket_bullet|full metal jacket]], [[wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor-piercing_bullet|armor-piercing]]) rounds are the standard-issue ammo type employed by the [[MA5 series|UNSC's assault rifles]],<ref name="EVGAR">[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]], Assault Rifle</ref> the [[M392]]<ref name="EVGDMR">[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]], DMR</ref> and [[M395]] DMRs,<ref name="H4VGDMR">[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]], DMR</ref> the [[M739 Light Machine Gun|M739 LMG]],<ref name="H4VGSAW">[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]], SAW</ref> and the [[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun|AIE-486H HMG]].<ref name="ENC331"/>The projectile's armor-piercing capabilities stem from its specially hardened construction.<ref name= "Flood1">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', Chapter 1</ref> [[UNSC Marine Corps Battle Dress Uniform|UNSC infantry combat armor]] is capable of preventing lethal penetration at close range from a limited burst at the cost of bruising and significant discomfort,<ref name="TML">''[[Halo: Evolutions]]'', ''[[The Mona Lisa]]'', section ">Lopez 1527 hours"</ref> though infantry and even light vehicles or aircraft such as un-shielded [[Covenant]] [[Banshees]] are susceptible to fatal damage under sustained, accurate fire.<ref name="Flood2">''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', ''Chapter 2''</ref> [[Energy shielding|Energy shields]] drastically reduce the ammunition's stopping power, as a great deal of concentrated fire from multiple weapons - or an extended period of continuous automatic fire from a single weapon - is needed to overwhelm them.<ref name= "Flood1"/> | ||
===Shredder=== | ===Shredder=== | ||