Equipment

Halo: Combat Evolved
There were two types of equipment in Halo: Combat Evolved, active camouflage and overshield. Active camouflage made you partially invisible to other players or enemies unless you were shot, which caused your shields to flare, making you visible momentarily. The overshield simply made your shield three times as strong. However, in multiplayer, it slowly degraded over time even if you were not taking damage.

Halo 2
In Halo 2, the only available equipment was Master Chief's flashlight and The Arbiter's active camouflage (Though with a certain skull, Master Chief would gain camouflage as well). Although such equipment could not be collected or spent, they were always available for use (based on charge) being integrated into their respective armor.

Halo 3
In Halo 3, equipment items can be used by Human players and AI units in both Multiplayer and Campaign. They are placed throughout Campaign levels and Multiplayer maps to add a new strategic (and sometimes humorous) option to the Halo gameplay mix. While most of the equipment is Covenant manufactured, some is Human made, such as the Trip Mine. Others, such as the Auto Turret, are made by the Forerunners. While only one piece of Equipment can be carried at a time, they are usually worth their weight.

The flashlight can be used when playing campaign by pressing up on the d pad.

Halo 3: ODST
In Halo 3: ODST equipment is not available for the player to use though brutes will activate it, it has been replaced with the VISR a night vision with a NAV database and target identification, highlighting enemies in red.

Halo: Combat Evolved
Campaign and Multiplayer: Campaign Only
 * Active Camouflage
 * Overshield
 * Flashlight

Halo 2
Campaign Only:
 * Flashlight (When Playing as Master Chief)
 * Active Camouflage (When Playing as the Arbiter)

Multiplayer:
 * Overshield
 * Active Camouflage

Halo 3
Available in Campaign and Multiplayer:
 * Bubble Shield
 * Power Drain
 * Gravity Lift
 * Trip Mine
 * Regenerator
 * Active Camouflage
 * Overshield
 * Flare
 * Deployable Cover
 * Radar Jammer

Campaign Only:
 * Automated Turret
 * Cloaking
 * Invincibility

Custom Maps Only:
 * Custom Powerup

Trivia

 * In the January 2008 issue of EGM, in an interview with Brian Jarrard and Tyson Green, it was revealed that there was a piece of equipment cut from the final game known as The Vortex. It was said to be deployed the same as a Power Drain, but would instead create a mini black hole that would "suck" in any object within range, and diverting its course into the black hole, and away from your face. It was even able to affect nearby objects such as the Fusion Coil and even other players. The design was cut due to the fact that it was too "expensive" from a networking and performance standpoint.
 * The Radar Jammer, Flare, and Deployable Cover are no longer usable in Matchmaking, as all three could be used to reach unfairly high places; the former two using the Equipment Jumping glitch, and the latter by simply jumping on it after deployment.
 * In the new 2009 Halo 3 Action Figures wave, there are equipments included, and it should be noted that they all can be moved in some way as if they were activated; for example, the Radar Jammer included with the Olive Security-permutation
 * Despite not being able to use them yourself, in Halo 3: ODST, Brutes will still continue to use equipment as they do in Halo 3.

Glitches

 * The Radar Jammer, Flare, and Power Drain can all be used to "double jump".
 * In Forge, players often set equipment items to Instant Respawn, resulting in various interesting effects. Among other things, Instant Respawn Trip Mines can be used to overload a map. Overloading makes some forged objects disappear and disables all stage elements such as lifts and guardian turrets.