M651 missile launcher

The M651 missile launcher is a heavy aerial-mounted weapon system employed by the United Nations Space Command. They are classed as a Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System in UNSC inventories. The weapon consists of five individual autoloading launch tubes, capable of firing lock on-capable air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. Two such weapons are ventrally mounted on the underside skiffs of the standard AV-14 Hornet models.

Production notes
In Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, the Hornet's missile launcher is erroneously identified as being on the nose of the aircraft. The Class-2 GMLS caption points at the vehicle's nose-mounted targeting, sensor and camera array.

Appearances

 * Halo: Uprising
 * Halo 3
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Halo Legends
 * Homecoming
 * Origins
 * Halo 4
 * Halo 2: Anniversary