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Payloads used in the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon weapon delivery system alternates with the platform which the weapon is hosted; warship models tend to use ferric, ferrous, or [[depleted uranium]] cores whereas orbital platform models commonly use ferric tungsten rounds.<ref name="for283"/>

The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a 600-ton slug around 30 kilometers per second. The high muzzle velocity provides the slug the kinetic energy and momentum necessary to damage a target and partially mitigates its unguided nature and its lack of maneuverability.<ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> A "Super MAC" mounted on one of the Reach orbital defense platforms<ref name="CanonFodder70"/> was capable of firing a 3,000-ton slug at nearly .04''[[wikipedia:speed of light|c]]'', or around 12,000 kilometers per second.<ref name="for283">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 283''</ref>

The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a 600-ton slug around 300 kilometers per second. The high muzzle velocity provides the slug the kinetic energy and momentum necessary to damage a target and partially mitigates its unguided nature and its lack of maneuverability.<ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> A "Super MAC" mounted on one of the Reach orbital defense platforms<ref name="CanonFodder70"/> was capable of firing a 3,000-ton slug at nearly .04''[[wikipedia:speed of light|c]]'', or around 12,000 kilometers per second.<ref name="for283">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 283''</ref>

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 Payloads used in the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon weapon delivery system alternates with the platform which the weapon is hosted; warship models tend to use ferric, ferrous, or [[depleted uranium]] cores whereas orbital platform models commonly use ferric tungsten rounds.<ref name="for283"/>
-The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a 600-ton slug around 30 kilometers per second. The high muzzle velocity provides the slug the kinetic energy and momentum necessary to damage a target and partially mitigates its unguided nature and its lack of maneuverability.<ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> A "Super MAC" mounted on one of the Reach orbital defense platforms<ref name="CanonFodder70"/> was capable of firing a 3,000-ton slug at nearly .04''[[wikipedia:speed of light|c]]'', or around 12,000 kilometers per second.<ref name="for283">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 283''</ref>
+The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a 600-ton slug around 300 kilometers per second. The high muzzle velocity provides the slug the kinetic energy and momentum necessary to damage a target and partially mitigates its unguided nature and its lack of maneuverability.<ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> A "Super MAC" mounted on one of the Reach orbital defense platforms<ref name="CanonFodder70"/> was capable of firing a 3,000-ton slug at nearly .04''[[wikipedia:speed of light|c]]'', or around 12,000 kilometers per second.<ref name="for283">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 283''</ref>
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