M808C Scorpion: Difference between revisions

===Design details===

{{Quote|I don't know if you've ever operated one of those babies, but it beats the hell out of just about any other mode of transportation on a battlefield.|Spartan [[Edward Buck]], referring to a M808C Scorpion<ref>'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''page 75'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}

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 ceramic-[[titanium]] armor plating, making it incredibly resilient to damage from small-arms and ordinary [[plasma]] weapons; however, it is still possible for infantry-portable anti-armor weapons to inflict catastrophic damage. The M808 Scorpion only requires two people to fulfill its effective role; the driver operates the vehicle and has complete control of the main armament while the gunner would man the machine gun. Typically, only two personnel operate a M808C Scorpion.<ref name="universe"/> However, if both individuals lack [[neural interface]]s, an additional gunner may be required to assist. Up to four additional passengers may safely<ref name="ENC"/> ride on—and fire from—the vehicle's "jumpseats", though doing so would put them at great risk of enemy counter-attack.<ref name="H1man"/><ref name="H2man"/><ref name="manual"/> If necessary, VIPs and sensitive material can be safely crammed inside the tank's main cabin.<ref name="ENC"/>

==Operational history==

{{Quote|Hey, how does 90 millimeters of tungsten strike you?|Gunnery Sergeant [[Marcus Stacker]]'s remark of the M808 Scorpion's main cannon during the [[Battle of Installation 00]]<ref name="boom"/>}}

The M808C Scorpion was in service with the UNSC during the events of the [[Human-Covenant War]], serving alongside the [[M808B Scorpion]] and the [[M850 Grizzly]].

Numerous M808C Scorpions were utilized by the UNSC Marines during the [[Battle of Mombasa]], but most of them, again, were destroyed by the Covenant, especially because the diminishing number of Marines in the city.<ref group="note">Two Scorpions can be found unmanned in the campaign level ''[[Kizingo Boulevard (level)|Kizingo Boulevard]]''. Scorpion wrecks are found scattered on the bridge to [[ONI Alpha Site]] and on the [[New Mombasa Waterfront Highway]].</ref> As the battle drew to an end, three ODSTs from squad [[Alpha-Nine]] commandeered a M808C Scorpion during their escape on the city's Waterfront Highway while escorting [[Quick to Adjust|an important asset]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level ''[[Coastal Highway]]''</ref> During the later parts of the [[Battle of Earth]], the military base [[Crow's Nest]] was used as a storage for UNSC vehicles, including Scorpions, some of which were destroyed when the Covenant [[Battle of Voi#Crow's Nest|assaulted]] the base.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Crow's Nest (level)|Crow's Nest]]''</ref>

Near the conclusion of the Human-Covenant War, particularly throughout the [[Battle of Installation 00]], three M808C Scorpions, one of them commandeered by [[John-117]], were deployed from {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} near [[Installation 00]]'s [[Cartographer]] to punch through the Covenant defense to get to the Cartographer.<ref name="boom"/> In the ending hour of the war, a M808C Scorpion, dropped from a [[D77H-TCI Pelican]] was utilized in the [[Battle of the Citadel]], in which it played a vital role to eliminate the two Covenant [[Type-47 Scarab]] walkers.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>

==Gallery==

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File:HGC-M808C.jpg|A M808C Scorpion in ''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''.

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