CQB-class Mjolnir: Difference between revisions

The''' MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/C variant''', colloquially known as the '''Close Quarters Battle''' ('''CQB''') armor, is a variant of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]] manufactured by [[Beweglichkeitsrüstungsysteme]].<ref name="EVG"/>

Launched as part of the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]] generation of MJOLNIR,<ref name="EVG"/> the CQB variant specializes in the dispersal of kinetic energy, by looking at alternate methods to disperse the kinetic energy versus momentum transferred by a Spartan during combat. In addition the CQB's armor components are designed to optimize joint mobility in close quarters, coupled with integrated protection plating the CQB variant improves combat survivability in MOUT conditions.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=cqbfiction '''Bungie.net''': ''C.Q.B.: Close Quarters Battle'']</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''' ''- Armory description''</ref>

The CQB helmet offers several unique advantages, the first is its improved field of view thanks to its oval T shaped visor and the second is its close quarters centered software-sensor integration. Although the CQB helmet surpasses the CQC in overall software-sensor integration the variant's ability to allow ad hoc modifications is limited as such modular upgrades are limited.<ref name="EVG"/>

As early as [[2525]] developmental Mjolnir permutations utilized physical architecture that would eventually be used for CQB.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/db05ce78845f4120b062c50816008e5d/topics/about-that-fall-of-reach-animated-series-trailer/e114975f-ddcc-4109-bf72-e4d8efc29ec5/posts?page=2#post37 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''ABOUT THAT FALL OF REACH ANIMATED SERIES TRAILER'']</ref> [[Samuel-034]] used such a variant during the [[Battle of Chi Ceti]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'''</ref> and [[Daisy-023]] used a similar variant during the [[Harvest campaign]] in [[2531]].<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]: [[Homecoming]]'''</ref>

When evaluating different opportunities to improve MJOLNIR across an assortment of engagement types, German-based [[Beweglichkeitsrüstungsysteme|Mobile Armament Systems]] proposed two distinctive variants [[CQC-class Mjolnir|CQC]] and CQB using data gathered from the UNSC's [[Battle of Jericho VII|campaign]] on [[Jericho VII]] in [[2535]] for [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark V|Mark V]].<ref name="EVG"/><ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' ''- Page 1'' (2001 and definitive editions); ''page 15'' (2010 edition)</ref> Both variants were developed with one focus, that is to further improve the survivability in close quarter engagements.<ref name="EVG"/> Field-tested at the [[Special Warfare Center Essen]], in [[Unified German Republic|Deutschland]], and integrating feedback gathered from the [[Special Warfare Center Seongnam]], in [[Wikipedia:Korea|Korea]], the CQB was used successfully throughout 2552 and its advances were eventually incorporated into the [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI|Mark VI]] series.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="bnet"/>

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