M12A1 Rocket Warthog

''Rocket Warthog redirects here. For the Rocket Warthog introduced in Halo: Reach, see M12R Warthog''.

The M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle, abbreviated as M12A1 LAAV and commonly referred to as the Rocket Warthog, is a UNSC ground vehicle. It is a variant of the M12 Force Application Vehicle and features a mounted 102mm SC-HE Rocket Turret.

Design details
The M12A1 LAAV is one of the UNSC's few anti-armor vehicles, designed to quickly and efficiently defeat lightly armored vehicles. Unlike all other M12 variants, the M12A1 can be differentiated by its appearance; the M12A1 Rocket Warthog is painted in black and has yellow paint stripes lined through the base. Its seats are also yellow and its tires have a darker color tone than those of the standard Warthog.

The M12A1 is equipped with a mounted 102mm SC-HE Rocket Turret which fires three 102mm rocket projectiles and requires four seconds to reload when the magazine is depleted.

Appearances
In the E3 2000 Halo: Combat Evolved trailer, the featured Warthog sported a cannon that fired missiles like the M12A1 cannon, but looked like Halo 2 's M12G1 LAAV's gauss cannon.

The M12A1 LAAV made its first in-game appearance in Halo PC 's multiplayer mode.

List of appearances

 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo: Ground Command