Marines in Halo 2

In Halo 2, the Marines are much more intelligent and useful.

Tactics
They are able to drive the Warthog and other vehicles, albeit a bit clumsily, and can now melee sleeping Grunts or enemies with their backs turned. This is a vast improvement over the Halo: Combat Evolved Marines, who had to fire their weapons in such situations. The Marines are far more interactive, capable of more independent thought and wield a greater variety of weapons. The player can also easily switch weapons with the Marines to make sure that they are well armed or that the player is. As in Halo: Combat Evolved, the Marines are aware of backstabbing, and will attempt to kill you after you kill a few of their comrades. The number of Marines that can be killed before the others turn against you oddly seems to vary depending on the weapon used and the way they are shot. For example, taking out three Marines with headshots usually won't make them see you as an enemy, but meleeing three Marines usually does. They will seek cover behind boxes and walls, though this mainly only happens when the Marines are desperate, so they don't use cover as the player does.

UNSC

 * BR55 Battle Rifle
 * M6C Magnum Sidearm
 * M7/Caseless Sub-Machine Gun
 * M90 Shotgun
 * SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle
 * M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher
 * M247 General Purpose Machine Gun
 * M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun
 * M68 Gauss Cannon
 * M9 HE-DP Fragmentation Grenade

Covenant

 * Plasma Rifle
 * Brute Plasma Rifle
 * Plasma Pistol
 * Carbine
 * Fuel Rod Cannon
 * Needler
 * Particle Beam Rifle

UNSC

 * M12 LRV Warthog
 * M12G1 LAAV Warthog
 * M808B Scorpion MBT
 * D77C-TC Pelican Dropship

Covenant

 * Ghost
 * Wraith
 * Spectre

Famous Marines

 * Sergeant Major A.J. Johnson
 * Master Gunnery Sergeant (Unnamed)
 * Gunnery Sergeant Pete Stacker
 * Staff Sergeant Marcus Banks
 * Corporal Perez
 * Private Butkis
 * Private Jones
 * Private McKenzie
 * Private O'Brian
 * Chips Dubbo
 * Private Walpole

Related Links

 * Halo 2
 * UNSC Marine Corps
 * Marines in Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Marines in Halo 3