M808 Scorpion

For the "B" variant, see M808B Main Battle Tank.

"Anonymous Marine: Tank beats Ghost! Anonymous Marine: Tank beats Hunter! Anonymous Marine: Tank beats everything! Oh, man! I could do this all day!"

- An anonymous Marine's remark of the M808 Scorpion during the Battle of Installation 00.

The M808 Main Battle Tank, commonly referred to as the M808 Scorpion, is the United Nations Space Command's mainline armored mobile weapons platform. It was manufactured by Chalybs Defense Solutions.

Design details
The M808 Scorpion is the UNSC's lead armoured vehicle, having served for almost thirty years. Its four-track nacelles design, with each track mounted on an independent computer-controlled suspension system, allows the M808 Scorpion to traverse, climb over, or manoeuvre around large debris or other battlefield obstacles, and prevents the vehicle from being easily disabled.

The central chassis is simple in design containing the main armament at the stern of the hull, a pintle-mounted machine gun, and the crew compartment forward of it. The chassis is covered with heavy titanium-ceramic armor plating, making it incredibly resilient to small-arms fire; however, it is still possible for infantry-portable anti-armor weapons to inflict catastrophic damage. The M808 Scorpion only requires two personnels to fulfil its effective role; the driver pilots the vehicle and has complete control of the main armament while the gunner would man the machine gun. Up to four additional passengers may ride on (and fire from) the vehicle's "jumpseats", though doing so would put them at great risk of enemy counter-attack.

Armament
The M808 Scorpion is equipped with a two-tier weapon system. Its primary armament is the M512 Smooth-Bore High-Velocity Cannon, a gun capable of firing 90mm tungsten shells and canister rounds with a three-to-four-second interval between each firing session. The primary weapon is also equipped with an autoload feed system, requiring no manual loading from the armor's personnel. Its secondary armament is a pintle-mounted M247T machine gun, capable of firing 7.62mm armor-piercing rounds at a very high rate.

Operational history
The M808 Scorpion was still in service during the events of the Human-Covenant War, serving alongside the M808B Scorpion and the M850 Grizzly.

List of appearances

 * Halo 3
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo: Reach