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''' | '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher (T-33 GML)''', also known as the '''Needler''', is the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Type classification system|type classification]] for six distinct patterns of a [[Covenant]] [[Needle-based weaponry|needle-based]] infantry automatic weapon.{{Ref/Book|Id=evg128|EVG|Page=128}} Although the six distinct patterns of the needlers possessed aesthetic and functional differences, their shared UNSC type designation suggests that they were all catalogued and classified in [[2533]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher is a Covenant projectile weapon that fires long, sharp crystalline shards that are guided until they impale a target — hence the “needler” moniker. Several seconds after coming to rest in their target, the needles detonate, creating severe and, in most cases, fatal wounds. The Needler's top plate has 14 holes, with the needles protruding out of the holes. When the trigger is pulled, the needle is fed from the top into the "barrel" of the weapon and fired at high speed. The Type-33 GML is used by Covenant foot soldiers of nearly all types. [[Yanme'e]] are also fond of this weapon, and their efficiency with it is high as their flying capabilities and large numbers make the needles harder to dodge. When the trigger is held down, the rate at which the 'needles' are fired increases. | |||
Unlike most Covenant weaponry, the needler does not incorporate reverse-engineered [[Forerunner]] technology.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} The needler was one of the most unusual weapons in the Covenant arsenal and the least understood; how the weapon functions remains a mystery to human military experts and scientists. Like most Covenant weapons, the T-33 GML lacks any kind of electronic, physical or radiative connections between its "trigger" and firing mechanism.<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]'''</ref> However, post-war analysis and study have shown that the shards track their targets by homing in on the specific heat signatures of sighted targets.<ref name="Waypoint">[http://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US/Halo4Guide '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Halo 4 Interactive Guide'']</ref> The physics behind the weapon were apparently not well known as joint human and Sangheili teams were known to be studying the weapon some time after the war.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141012145601/https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2969311_Catalog-Interaction.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Catalog Interaction'' (post 2969311)]</ref> | |||
===Ammunition=== | ===Ammunition=== | ||
{{Main|Subanese crystal}} | {{Main|Subanese crystal}} | ||
Razor-sharp crystalline projectiles made of Subanese crystal, or blamite, are fired from this elaborately designed Covenant weapon; it is widely believed that these needlers use heat or organic signatures to home in on targets, and may have some relation to the {{Pattern|Anskum|plasma grenade}} and the [[Plasma Pistol]]'s charged shots, which also react to living tissue and [[Sentinel]] mechanics. The needles appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will home in on hostile targets but not allies of the wielder. Once fired, a needle will seek its target until impact, entering the victim's body violently. After several seconds, the contents of the crystalline shard will detonate; injuries inflicted from the exploding shard are gruesome, as microscopic pieces of shrapnel can become embedded in tissue. | |||
The crystalline projectile appears to contain some type of gas or energy, which is released upon impact with a target; after [[seven]] or more needles have struck a target in the same general area, the needles will react to each other, triggering an explosion that kills the victim instantly. The explosion of multiple needles is a result of proximal resonance instability.{{Ref/Reuse|h4evg}} When either a single or multiple needles detonate, they release crystal shrapnel, which can embed itself in nearby organisms; thus, friendly fire is often a necessary consideration in close-quarters combat. | |||
== | ==Nahle'hax-pattern needle launcher== | ||
{{Main|Nahle'hax-pattern needler}} | |||
{{Main| | |||
The ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needle launcher is designated as '''T-33 GML'''.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22|Enc22|Page=294}} | |||
== | ==Battle of Installation 04 pattern== | ||
{{ | {{Weapon infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Needler-HaloCE.png|300px]] | |||
|name=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher | |||
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
|type=[[Needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}{{Ref/Game|HCE|[[Halo: Combat Evolved manual#Covenant Weapons|Game manual]]}} | |||
|cost= | |||
|length= | |||
|weight= | |||
|width= | |||
|height= | |||
|feed=20 shards/magazine{{Ref/Game|Id=hcegameplay|HCE|Gameplay}} | |||
|ammotype=[[Subanese crystal]] shards{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
|operation= | |||
|rate =Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|hcegameplay}} | |||
|velocity= | |||
|range= | |||
|service= | |||
;Human-Covenant War | |||
*[[Battle of Installation 04]]{{Ref/Reuse|hcegameplay}} | |||
}} | |||
This pattern designated as '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
===Design details=== | |||
This needler pattern is characterized by an additional handguard around the grip between the cowlings. It also possesses a longer handguard extending from the lower cowling,{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} though, unlike other needlers with this attribute, the handguard is angled downwards rather than curving upwards.{{Ref/Game|HCE|In-game model}} | |||
<gallery class=center> | |||
File:Needler.png|The HUD icon for this T-33 GML pattern. | |||
File:Needlers and Ammo.jpg|Scattered Needlers and their ammunition boxes. | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
This pattern of the needler was commonly employed during the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle]] of [[Installation 04]] by the forces deployed from the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].{{Ref/Reuse|hcegameplay}} It was particularly popular among [[Special Operations Unggoy]] combating the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Level|HCE|Keyes (level)|Keyes}}{{Ref/Level|HCE|The Maw}} | |||
<gallery class=center> | |||
File:HCE Zuka Screenshot 6.jpg|Two SpecOps Unggoy firing their needlers in the wreckage of {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}. | |||
File:Keyes.jpg|[[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] notably used a needler after [[Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation|his recue]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{clear}} | |||
==Battle of Installation 05 pattern== | |||
{{Weapon infobox | |||
|image=[[File:Needler-H2.png|300px]] | |||
|name=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher | |||
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
|type=[[Needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h2manual|H2|[[Halo 2 manual#Covenant Weapons|Game manual]]}} | |||
|cost= | |||
|length= | |||
|weight= | |||
|width= | |||
|height= | |||
|feed=30 shards/magazine{{Ref/Reuse|h2manual}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h2gameplay|H2|Gameplay}} | |||
|ammotype=[[Subanese crystal]] shards{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
|operation= | |||
|rate =Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}} | |||
|velocity= | |||
|range= | |||
|service= | |||
;Human-Covenant War | |||
*[[Harvest campaign]]{{Ref/Level|HW|Relic Interior}} | |||
*[[Battle of Mombasa]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}} | |||
*[[Raid on the Threshold gas mine]]{{Ref/Level|H2|The Arbiter}}{{Ref/Level|H2|The Oracle}} | |||
*[[Battle of Installation 05]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}} | |||
*[[Fall of High Charity|Fall of ''High Charity'']]{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}} | |||
}} | |||
This pattern designated as '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
===Design details=== | |||
This needler pattern is characterized by upper and lower cowlings of congruent lengths.{{Ref/Game|H2|In-game model}} | |||
===Usage=== | |||
This pattern of the needler was commonly employed by the forces deployed from the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] and [[Battle of Installation 05]]. Members of [[Sesa 'Refumee]]'s [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|heretic faction]], especially the [[Heretic Unggoy|Unggoy]], favored this needler pattern as well.{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}} | |||
<gallery class=center> | |||
File: | File:HW-NeedlerElite.png|A Stealth Sangheili wielding the Needler during the [[Harvest campaign]]. | ||
File: | File:Heretic grunts.jpg|Two Unggoy fielding the Needler in the [[Threshold gas mine]]. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{clear}} | |||
==Truth's fleet pattern== | |||
{{Weapon infobox | |||
|image=[[File:H3-NeedlerProfile.png|300px]] | |||
|name=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher | |||
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
|type=[[Needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}{{Ref/Site|Id=h3bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3needler|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher - 9/6/2007|D=16|M=01|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h3manual|H3|[[Halo 3 manual#Weapons|Game manual]]}} | |||
|cost= | |||
|length= | |||
*'''Overall''': {{Convert|57.8|cm|in}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc09|Enc09|Page=323}} | |||
*'''Barrel''': {{Convert|16.25|cm|in}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}} | |||
|weight= | |||
*'''Empty''': {{Convert|3.74|kg|lb}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}} | |||
*'''Loaded''': {{Convert|4.3|kg|lb}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}} | |||
|width= | |||
|height= | |||
|feed=19 shards{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h3gameplay|H3|Gameplay}} | |||
|ammotype=[[Subanese crystal]] shards{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} | |||
|operation= | |||
|rate =Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}} (510 rounds/minute){{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}} | |||
|velocity=54 meter/second (177 feet/second){{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}} | |||
|range={{Convert|64|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}} | |||
|service= | |||
;Human-Covenant War | |||
*[[Battle of Mombasa]]{{Ref/Game|H3ODST|Gameplay}} | |||
*[[Battle of Voi]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}} | |||
*[[Battle of Installation 00]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}} | |||
}} | |||
This pattern designated as '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} It was nicknamed '''Pinkies''' and '''Shrimp Shooter'''.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}} | |||
{{ | ===Design details=== | ||
This needler pattern is characterized by upper and lower cowlings of congruent lengths. In addition, there are purple light fixtures around the barrel and its adjoining channel braces.{{Ref/Game|H3|In-game model}} | |||
<gallery class=center> | |||
File: | ===Usage=== | ||
File: | This pattern of the needler was commonly employed by the forces deployed from the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] during the [[Battle of Voi]] and the [[Battle of Installation 00]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}} | ||
<gallery class=center> | |||
File:Yanme'e2.jpg|A [[Yanme'e Pupa]] (left) with the Needler during the [[Battle of Mombasa]]. | |||
File:HTMCC Avatar GruntMajor.png|An Unggoy Major wielding a Needler. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{clear}} | |||
==='' | ==Trivia== | ||
{{Linkbox|gameplay=yes|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Type-33 Needler}} | |||
*Instead of each needle on top of the Needler being pushed separately into the gun with each shot, every needle sinks into the weapon slightly for each shot fired. In ''Halo: Reach'', a needle sinks into the weapon every time one is fired. | |||
<gallery | *It's never been shown how the Needler is reloaded, as ammunition is never seen being plugged into the weapon. Pressing the "reload" command merely causes the needles to extend from the holes, with no other action from the wielder's model. Grunts carrying the Needler may occasionally tap and shake the weapon as if to reload it. | ||
File: | *On the level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]'' in ''Halo 2'', there is [[Needler Sentinel|a lone Sentinel]] that fires Needler rounds and drops a Needler when it is destroyed. | ||
*In ''Halo 3'', regardless of how many needles are loaded in the weapon, none will appear in the Needler's shadow. | |||
*''[[Bungie.net]]'''s ''Halo 3'' statistics page claims that the Needler has thirty needles per magazine instead of the actual nineteen. | |||
*In ''Halo 3'', killing five enemies with a Needler, in a ranked free-for-all match or campaign will reward the player with the [[Fear the Pink Mist]] achievement. In ''Halo 3: ODST'', killing ten Covenant soldiers with an explosion from the Needler in a single-player level or in Firefight will reward the player with the [[Pink and Deadly]] achievement. In ''Halo: Reach'' the player earns the [[A Spoonful of Blamite]] achievement for killing ten enemies with Needler explosions. Killing an opponent with a super-combine of the Needler's needles will grant the player a Super Detonation Medal in ''Halo 3'', Needler Kill Medal in ''Halo 3: ODST'' and a [[Needle Combine Kill Medal]] in ''Halo: Reach''. | |||
*In ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', the Needler is referred to as a pistol. This may be because in the large hands of a Sangheili, it seems proportionally smaller. | |||
*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' level ''343 Guilty Spark'' and the ''Halo 2 Vista'' map ''[[Uplift]]'' are the only levels to feature Needler ammunition outside the Needler. | |||
*When using Anniversary mode in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', dropped Needlers are always depicted as either being fully loaded or empty with no middle ground. However, when playing Classic mode, the number of needles can be seen indicating how many remained in the clip prior to the weapon being picked up. | |||
*In the video [[Enemy Weapon]] at 0:22 in left side of the screen is a Type-33 Needler in a glass case with needles still visible on the weapon, indicating that it is still loaded. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
===''Halo: Combat Evolved''=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:HCE_Needler_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Needler. | |||
File:HCE_Needler_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the Needler. | |||
File:HCE EliteEarlyNeedler Screenshot.jpg|A [[Sangheili Minor]] wielding a needler in an early build. | |||
File:HCE-Needler-FirstPerson.jpg|First-person view of the needler. | |||
File:Curlback.png|An [[Unggoy Major]] wielding the needler. | |||
File:HCE - CovSpecOps.jpg|A [[Special Operations Officer|SpecOps Sangheili]] wielding the needler. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | ===''Halo 2''=== | ||
<gallery> | |||
File:Needler-H2.png|A profile view of the needler from ''[[Halo 2]]''. | |||
File:H2 e304 dualneedlers.jpg|First-person view of dual-wielding needlers in ''Halo 2'' multiplayer ''Capture the Flag''. | |||
File: | File:H2-DualNeedlers-Gameplay.png|First-person view of dual-wielding needlers in ''Halo 2''. | ||
File: | File:H2-SingleNeedler-Gameplay.png|First-person view of single-wielding a needler in ''Halo 2''. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | ===''Halo 3''=== | ||
<gallery> | |||
File:Halo-3-20070923023617567.jpg|First-person view of the needler in ''[[Halo 3]]''. | |||
File:Needle.jpg|A needler shard in mid-flight in ''Halo 3''. | |||
File:H3-NeedlerShard.png|Close-up preview of a needler shard in ''Halo 3''. | |||
File:Needler Halo 3.png|The needler in ''Halo 3''. | |||
File:Bnetneedler.jpg|Another shot of the ''Halo 3''-era needler. | |||
File: | File:H3-NeedlerProfile.png|An in-game profile view of the needler from ''Halo 3''. | ||
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File: | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
= | ===''Halo: Reach''=== | ||
== | <gallery> | ||
File:HR Needler Concept.jpg|Concept art for the ''Reach'' depiction of the needler. | |||
File:Reach_MPBeta_Needler.png|A profile view of the needler in the [[Halo: Reach Beta|''Halo: Reach'' Multiplayer Beta]]. | |||
File:Haloreachneedlerfp.png|A first-person view of the needler during the ''Halo: Reach'' Beta. | |||
File:Halo-reach-20100428014705175.jpg|First-person view of the needler in the final build of ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. | |||
File:HReach-NeedlerSide.png|The final in-game side preview of the needler from ''Halo: Reach''. | |||
File:HReach-Needler-Gameplay.jpg|First-person view of the needler in ''Halo: Reach''. | |||
File:Halo Reach Needler.png|The needler in ''Halo: Reach''. | |||
File:Journal_Needler.png|An exploded view of a needler, drawn by [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Halsey]]. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== | ===''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''=== | ||
<gallery> | |||
File:HCEA-TNR-Needler-FirstPerson.png|First-person view of the needler in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''. | |||
File:HCEA-NeedlerHUD.png|HUD of the needler in ''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''. | |||
File:Chyler needle.jpg|A needle embedded in [[Chyler Silva]]'s stomach in ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== | ===''Halo 4''=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:H4-Needler.png|Render of the needler in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | ||
File: | File:H4-T33NeedlerGML-FirstPerson.jpg|First-person view of the needler in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File: | File:H4-MP-Forge-T33NeedlerGML-HUD.jpg|The needler viewed in the HUD in ''Halo 4'' Forge. | ||
File: | File:Needler-HUD.png|HUD icon of the needler in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File: | File:H4-MP-NeedlerShard-Flight-01.jpg|A needler shard in mid-flight in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File:H4-MP-NeedlerShard-Flight-02.jpg|Closeup detail of the needler shard in flight in ''Halo 4''. | |||
File:H4-Reference-Needler.jpg|Reference model sheet of the needler in ''Halo 4''. | |||
File: | File:H4-Render-Needler.jpg|Orthographic views of the needler in ''Halo 4''. | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | ===''Halo 2: Anniversary''=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:H2ANeedler2.png|First-person view of the needler in ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' campaign. | ||
File: | File:H2ACP-NeedlerDualWieldHUD.png|First-person view while dual wielding. | ||
File: | File:H2A-JohnNeedlers.jpg|John-117 duel-wielding needlers during the [[Battle of Installation 05]]. | ||
File: | File:H2AMP-NeedlerHUD.png|First-person view of the needler in ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' multiplayer. | ||
File: | File:H2AMP-Needler.png|A Spartan using a needler on [[Stonetown]]. | ||
File: | File:H2AMP-NeedlerDualWieldHUD.png|First-person view while dual wielding. | ||
File:H2AMP-NeedlerDualWield.png|A Spartan dual wielding needlers. | |||
File:H2ANeedler.jpg|A Spartan using a T-33 needler on [[Shrine]]. | |||
File: | File:Needler - Basic.jpg|A needler on [[Diamondback]] in ''Halo Online''. | ||
File:HTV-NeedlerLondon.jpg|Prop of the needler for ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''. | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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- "Anything stuck with enough needles will blow sky high—and if a Foxtrot is unlucky enough to be carrying grenades, those are gonna cook off too."
- — Anonymous serviceman
Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher (T-33 GML), also known as the Needler, is the United Nations Space Command's type classification for six distinct patterns of a Covenant needle-based infantry automatic weapon.[1] Although the six distinct patterns of the needlers possessed aesthetic and functional differences, their shared UNSC type designation suggests that they were all catalogued and classified in 2533.
Overview
Design details
The Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher is a Covenant projectile weapon that fires long, sharp crystalline shards that are guided until they impale a target — hence the “needler” moniker. Several seconds after coming to rest in their target, the needles detonate, creating severe and, in most cases, fatal wounds. The Needler's top plate has 14 holes, with the needles protruding out of the holes. When the trigger is pulled, the needle is fed from the top into the "barrel" of the weapon and fired at high speed. The Type-33 GML is used by Covenant foot soldiers of nearly all types. Yanme'e are also fond of this weapon, and their efficiency with it is high as their flying capabilities and large numbers make the needles harder to dodge. When the trigger is held down, the rate at which the 'needles' are fired increases.
Unlike most Covenant weaponry, the needler does not incorporate reverse-engineered Forerunner technology.[2] The needler was one of the most unusual weapons in the Covenant arsenal and the least understood; how the weapon functions remains a mystery to human military experts and scientists. Like most Covenant weapons, the T-33 GML lacks any kind of electronic, physical or radiative connections between its "trigger" and firing mechanism.[3] However, post-war analysis and study have shown that the shards track their targets by homing in on the specific heat signatures of sighted targets.[4] The physics behind the weapon were apparently not well known as joint human and Sangheili teams were known to be studying the weapon some time after the war.[5]
Ammunition
- Main article: Subanese crystal
Razor-sharp crystalline projectiles made of Subanese crystal, or blamite, are fired from this elaborately designed Covenant weapon; it is widely believed that these needlers use heat or organic signatures to home in on targets, and may have some relation to the Anskum-pattern plasma grenade and the Plasma Pistol's charged shots, which also react to living tissue and Sentinel mechanics. The needles appear to have some sort of "identify-friend/foe" function, as they will home in on hostile targets but not allies of the wielder. Once fired, a needle will seek its target until impact, entering the victim's body violently. After several seconds, the contents of the crystalline shard will detonate; injuries inflicted from the exploding shard are gruesome, as microscopic pieces of shrapnel can become embedded in tissue.
The crystalline projectile appears to contain some type of gas or energy, which is released upon impact with a target; after seven or more needles have struck a target in the same general area, the needles will react to each other, triggering an explosion that kills the victim instantly. The explosion of multiple needles is a result of proximal resonance instability.[6] When either a single or multiple needles detonate, they release crystal shrapnel, which can embed itself in nearby organisms; thus, friendly fire is often a necessary consideration in close-quarters combat.
Nahle'hax-pattern needle launcher
- Main article: Nahle'hax-pattern needler
The Nahle'hax-pattern needle launcher is designated as T-33 GML.[7]
Battle of Installation 04 pattern
Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher | |
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Production overview | |
Manufacturer: |
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Type: |
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Specifications | |
Ammunition type: |
Subanese crystal shards[1] |
Feed system: |
20 shards/magazine[9] |
Automatic[9] | |
Service history | |
In service: |
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This pattern designated as Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher was manufactured by the Sacred Promissory.[1]
Design details
This needler pattern is characterized by an additional handguard around the grip between the cowlings. It also possesses a longer handguard extending from the lower cowling,[1] though, unlike other needlers with this attribute, the handguard is angled downwards rather than curving upwards.[10]
Usage
This pattern of the needler was commonly employed during the Battle of Installation 04 by the forces deployed from the Fleet of Particular Justice.[9] It was particularly popular among Special Operations Unggoy combating the Flood.[11][12]
Two SpecOps Unggoy firing their needlers in the wreckage of UNSC Pillar of Autumn.
Captain Jacob Keyes notably used a needler after his recue.
Battle of Installation 05 pattern
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This pattern designated as Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher was manufactured by the Sacred Promissory.[1]
Design details
This needler pattern is characterized by upper and lower cowlings of congruent lengths.[18]
Usage
This pattern of the needler was commonly employed by the forces deployed from the Fleet of Sacred Consecration during the Battle of Mombasa and Battle of Installation 05. Members of Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction, especially the Unggoy, favored this needler pattern as well.[14]
A Stealth Sangheili wielding the Needler during the Harvest campaign.
Two Unggoy fielding the Needler in the Threshold gas mine.
Truth's fleet pattern
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This pattern designated as Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher was manufactured by the Sacred Promissory.[1] It was nicknamed Pinkies and Shrimp Shooter.[21]
Design details
This needler pattern is characterized by upper and lower cowlings of congruent lengths. In addition, there are purple light fixtures around the barrel and its adjoining channel braces.[24]
Usage
This pattern of the needler was commonly employed by the forces deployed from the Prophet of Truth's fleet during the Battle of Voi and the Battle of Installation 00[22]
A Yanme'e Pupa (left) with the Needler during the Battle of Mombasa.
Trivia
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- Instead of each needle on top of the Needler being pushed separately into the gun with each shot, every needle sinks into the weapon slightly for each shot fired. In Halo: Reach, a needle sinks into the weapon every time one is fired.
- It's never been shown how the Needler is reloaded, as ammunition is never seen being plugged into the weapon. Pressing the "reload" command merely causes the needles to extend from the holes, with no other action from the wielder's model. Grunts carrying the Needler may occasionally tap and shake the weapon as if to reload it.
- On the level Quarantine Zone in Halo 2, there is a lone Sentinel that fires Needler rounds and drops a Needler when it is destroyed.
- In Halo 3, regardless of how many needles are loaded in the weapon, none will appear in the Needler's shadow.
- Bungie.net's Halo 3 statistics page claims that the Needler has thirty needles per magazine instead of the actual nineteen.
- In Halo 3, killing five enemies with a Needler, in a ranked free-for-all match or campaign will reward the player with the Fear the Pink Mist achievement. In Halo 3: ODST, killing ten Covenant soldiers with an explosion from the Needler in a single-player level or in Firefight will reward the player with the Pink and Deadly achievement. In Halo: Reach the player earns the A Spoonful of Blamite achievement for killing ten enemies with Needler explosions. Killing an opponent with a super-combine of the Needler's needles will grant the player a Super Detonation Medal in Halo 3, Needler Kill Medal in Halo 3: ODST and a Needle Combine Kill Medal in Halo: Reach.
- In Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, the Needler is referred to as a pistol. This may be because in the large hands of a Sangheili, it seems proportionally smaller.
- In Halo: Combat Evolved level 343 Guilty Spark and the Halo 2 Vista map Uplift are the only levels to feature Needler ammunition outside the Needler.
- When using Anniversary mode in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, dropped Needlers are always depicted as either being fully loaded or empty with no middle ground. However, when playing Classic mode, the number of needles can be seen indicating how many remained in the clip prior to the weapon being picked up.
- In the video Enemy Weapon at 0:22 in left side of the screen is a Type-33 Needler in a glass case with needles still visible on the weapon, indicating that it is still loaded.
Gallery
Halo: Combat Evolved
A Sangheili Minor wielding a needler in an early build.
An Unggoy Major wielding the needler.
A SpecOps Sangheili wielding the needler.
Halo 2
A profile view of the needler from Halo 2.
Halo 3
First-person view of the needler in Halo 3.
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A needler shard in mid-flight in Halo 3.
Halo: Reach
A profile view of the needler in the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta.
First-person view of the needler in the final build of Halo: Reach.
An exploded view of a needler, drawn by Dr. Halsey.
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
First-person view of the needler in Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
A needle embedded in Chyler Silva's stomach in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
Halo 4
Render of the needler in Halo 4.
Halo 2: Anniversary
First-person view of the needler in Halo 2: Anniversary campaign.
John-117 duel-wielding needlers during the Battle of Installation 05.
A Spartan using a needler on Stonetown.
A Spartan using a T-33 needler on Shrine.
A needler on Diamondback in Halo Online.
Prop of the needler for Halo: The Television Series.
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 128
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- ^ Dr. Halsey's personal journal
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo 4 Interactive Guide
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction (post 2969311)
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- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 294
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Game manual
- ^ a b c d Halo: Combat Evolved, Gameplay
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, In-game model
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Keyes
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Maw
- ^ a b Halo 2, Game manual
- ^ a b c d e f Halo 2, Gameplay
- ^ Halo Wars, campaign level Relic Interior
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Arbiter
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Oracle
- ^ Halo 2, In-game model
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bungie.net, Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher - 9/6/2007 (Retrieved on Jan 16, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Halo 3, Game manual
- ^ a b c d e f Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 323
- ^ a b c d e Halo 3, Gameplay
- ^ Halo 3: ODST, Gameplay
- ^ Halo 3, In-game model
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