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*One [[M512 90mm Smooth Bore High Velocity Cannon]]<ref name="visual"/> | *One [[M512 90mm Smooth Bore High Velocity Cannon]]<ref name="visual"/> | ||
*1 coaxial M231 Medium Machine Gun<ref name="Waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"Scorpion"''</ref> | *1 coaxial [[M231 Medium Machine Gun]]<ref name="Waypoint">'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''', ''"Scorpion"''</ref> | ||
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*One operator with [[neural interface]]<ref name="H1man"/><ref name="H2man"/> | *One operator with [[neural interface]]<ref name="H1man"/><ref name="H2man"/> | ||
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*Anti-infantry platform<ref name="ENC"/> | *Anti-infantry platform<ref name="ENC"/> | ||
*Heavy weapnry<ref name="ENC"/> | *Heavy weapnry<ref name="ENC"/> | ||
|affiliation=[[ | |affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{quote|This here is 66 tons of straight-up, HE-spewin', dee-vine intervention!|[[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]]}} | {{quote|This here is 66 tons of straight-up, HE-spewin', dee-vine intervention!|[[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery J. Johnson]]}} | ||
The '''M808B Scorpion''', formally the '''M808B Main Battle Tank'''<ref name="H1man"/><ref name="H2man"/>, is a variant of the [[M808 Scorpion]]. The tank features a coaxial-mounted [[ | The '''M808B Scorpion''', formally the '''M808B Main Battle Tank'''<ref name="H1man"/><ref name="H2man"/>, is a variant of the [[M808 Scorpion]]. The tank features a coaxial-mounted [[M231 Medium Machine Gun|M231 machine gun]] and lacks a gunner compartment.<ref name="Waypoint"/> | ||
== Design details == | == Design details == | ||
The M808B differs from base model in such that its secondary armament has been moved from a pintle-mounted [[M247T Medium Machine Gun]] to a coaxially mounted [[M231 Medium Machine Gun]]. The machine gun is mounted beside the primary weapon and thus points in the same general direction as the main armament, relying in the turret's ability to traverse in order to change arc. | |||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
An older variant of the Scorpion, the M808B saw use throughout the [[Insurrection]] and later the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="Waypoint"/> It served alongside other models of the Scorpion as well as the [[M850 Grizzly]]. | |||
In 2531 the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} utilized multiple M808B Scorpions during the end of the [[Harvest Campaign]]. Later many would be used to defend the evacuating civilians when the Covenant [[Battle of Arcadia|invaded]] [[Arcadia]]. When the Covenant attempted to conceal a [[Type-36 Scarab]] underneath an energy dome several Scorpions were dispatched in order to protect the [[M145D Rhino]]s assigned to take down a portion of the dome. Some of those same Scorpions would help [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] and his men later destroy the same Scarab. During the [[Battle of Shield World 0459]] many Scorpions were used by the crew of the ''UNSC Spirit of Fire'' to not only combat Covenant forces but the [[Flood]] and [[Sentinel]]s as well. | In 2531 the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} utilized multiple M808B Scorpions during the end of the [[Harvest Campaign]]. Later many would be used to defend the evacuating civilians when the Covenant [[Battle of Arcadia|invaded]] [[Arcadia]]. When the Covenant attempted to conceal a [[Type-36 Scarab]] underneath an energy dome several Scorpions were dispatched in order to protect the [[M145D Rhino]]s assigned to take down a portion of the dome. Some of those same Scorpions would help [[Sergeant]] [[John Forge]] and his men later destroy the same Scarab. During the [[Battle of Shield World 0459]] many Scorpions were used by the crew of the ''UNSC Spirit of Fire'' to not only combat Covenant forces but the [[Flood]] and [[Sentinel]]s as well. | ||
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==Variants== | ==Variants== | ||
*M808B2 Sun Devil: | *M808B2 Sun Devil: Anti-aircraft modification with two pairs of twin-linked 40mm autocannons. Used in an anti-personnel capacity during the Insurrection.<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="Waypoint"/> | ||
*M808B3 Tarantula: | *M808B3 Tarantula: Heavy fire support variant. Armed with twin Scimitar 40x178mm hypervelocity rocket pods. Mostly reequipped as M808Bs due to ineffectiveness against Covenant forces.<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="Waypoint"/> | ||
==List of known units== | ==List of known units== | ||
