Jovokada Workshop brute shot
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| Jovokada Workshop Death Lobber | |
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  Type-25 (top) and Type-25B (bottom) brute shots.
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17.0 centimeters (6.7 in)[5] |
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57.4 centimeters (22.6 in)[5] |
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52mm[4] Type-25 Exotic/High-Explosive Antipersonnel Grenade[5] |
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Belt-fed[5] | |
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The Jovokada Workshop Death Lobber (UNSC Type classification: Type-25 Grenade Launcher, T-25 GL),[6] also known as the brute shot, is a Jiralhanae-employed grenade launcher developed by the Jovokada Workshop.[3][1] It was manufactured by the Sacred Promissory in the Covenant,[3] and Jovokada Foundry in the Banished.[1] It is nicknamed Brute Gun, Gerbil Shooter, and Gerbil Launcher.[6]
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Design details[edit]
The brute shot is a Jiralhanae-designed projectile weapon that is most closely analogous to a UNSC automatic grenade launcher.[4] However, the brute shot features a sharply curved stock-mounted hilt bayonet on its underside,[1] which is a powerful melee weapon made of tungsten-alloy.[2] In the hands of a strong, experienced warrior, the bayonet can easily cut through armor and flesh,[3] allowing the wielder to cleave its victim in two with ease.[1] Despite the brute shot's comparatively large size at six feet long, the Jiralhanae use it more like a rifle than a support weapon;[2] the Jiralhanae carry it low, holding the large, circular firing grip with one hand, while the other hand holds a horizontal foregrip underneath a small bayonet, both of which are underneath the weapon's barrel. Instead of the small foregrip, the Sangheili and Spartans hold the stabilizing grip above the barrel.[2]
Ammunition[edit]
The brute shot fires 52mm high-explosive concussion (HEC) fragmentation grenades,[4] which gave it the nicknames "Gerbil Shooter" and "Gerbil Launcher".[6] Depend on the variant, the brute shot can hold between four to six grenades per magazine,[5] allowing the user to launch up to six grenades in the time span of three seconds.[6] Supplied in belts of three to six grenades, the ammunition is belt-fed through the top of the weapon into the weapon's internal magazine with an autoloader. The brute shot lacks a weapon safety, but its grenades are almost completely inert until primed in the firing chamber. The safety feature appears to be a Covenant modification, so they may be missing on ammunition manufactured after the Human-Covenant War.[4] The brute shot's high-explosive grenades are capable of neutralizing infantry, especially unshielded ones,[3] and disabling vehicles.[1] While one grenade will not destroy a vehicle, the grenade's concussive effect can easily knock one over, forcing the occupants out of the vehicle.[3][2]