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===Armaments===
===Armaments===
The Scorpion is outfitted with a 150mm [[M990 electrothermal-chemical smoothbore cannon]], breaking legacy ammo compatibility with its M808 predecessor. Instead, the M820 Scorpion's cannon accommodates both planned cannon-launched guided munitions and future advances in energetic propellants.<ref name="universe"/> The Office of Naval Intelligence variant uses an experimental ammunition, and a variant of the Scorpion currently in skunkworks development by [[Hannibal Weapon Systems]] is set to incorporate [[directed-energy weapon]]s, a [[XM820B4 DEW]] [[laser]]-firing primary cannon and a [[M555 Gauss cannon|Gauss repeater turret]].<ref name="close quarters">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-close-quarters '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Close Quarters'']</ref> The mainline M820 Scorpion is also armed with a pintle-mounted [[machine gun]].<ref name="universe"/>
The Scorpion is outfitted with a 150mm [[M990 electrothermal-chemical smoothbore cannon]], breaking legacy ammo compatibility with its M808 predecessor. Instead, the M820 Scorpion's cannon accommodates both planned cannon-launched guided munitions and future advances in energetic propellants.<ref name="universe"/> The Office of Naval Intelligence variant uses an experimental ammunition, and a variant of the Scorpion currently in skunkworks development by [[Hannibal Weapon Systems]] is set to incorporate [[directed-energy weapon]]s, a [[laser]]-firing primary cannon and a [[M555 Gauss cannon|Gauss repeater turret]].<ref name="close quarters">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-close-quarters '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Close Quarters'']</ref> The mainline M820 Scorpion is also armed with a pintle-mounted [[machine gun]].<ref name="universe"/>


==Variants==
==Variants==