GA-TL1 Longsword: Difference between revisions

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[[File:HWF_longsword.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The various ordnance carried by the Longsword.]]
[[File:HWF_longsword.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The various ordnance carried by the Longsword.]]
===Armament===
===Armament===
The standard armament of the GA-TL1 is the [[M9109 ASW/AC MLA|M9109 50mm cannon]].<ref name="EVG"/><ref>'''Halo: Reach''' manual</ref> Some variants are armed with [[110mm rotary cannon]]s<ref name="FS28"/> or a turreted [[120mm ventral gun]] that can be retracted into the hull,<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 58''</ref> though the latter is likely a secondary weapon. The Longsword can also accommodate any of several supplementary weapon systems, including four [[ASGM-10 missile]]s, a variety of bombs, [[Moray space mine]]s, or even a single {{Class|Shiva|nuclear missile}}; when remotely piloted, the Longsword itself can be used as a delivery system for the ''Shiva'' warhead.<ref name="remote">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 322-324''</ref>
The standard armament of the GA-TL1 is the [[M9109 ASW/AC MLA|M9109 50mm cannon]].<ref name="EVG"/><ref>'''Halo: Reach''' manual</ref> Some variants are armed with [[110mm rotary cannon]]s<ref name="FS28"/> or a turreted [[120mm ventral gun]] that can be retracted into the hull,<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 58''</ref> though the latter is likely a secondary weapon. The Longsword can also accommodate any of several supplementary weapon systems, including four [[ASGM-10 missile]]s, a variety of bombs, [[Moray space mine]]s, or even a single {{Class|Shiva|nuclear missile}}; when remotely piloted, the Longsword itself can be used as a delivery system for the ''Shiva'' warhead.<ref name="remote">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 322-324''</ref> Longswords are also capable of dropping and deploying certain variants of [[ordnance pod]] to resupply troops on the ground.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - [[Firefight]]</ref>


==Development and service history==
==Development and service history==