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|name=M99A2S3 Special Application Scoped Rifle
|name=M99A2S3 Special Application Scoped Rifle
|image=[[File:M99 Stanchion.png|300px]]
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|manufacturer={{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}<ref name=breakdown>[https://twitter.com/JeremyCook3D/status/950541458829844480 ''Twitter'', JeremyCook3D - "Ok, I made some orthos of the Stanchion for ya today."]</ref>
|manufacturer={{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}<ref name=cf100>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder 12/20/2017: Issue 100 Sweet Centennial]</ref><ref name=breakdown>[https://twitter.com/JeremyCook3D/status/950541458829844480 ''Twitter'', JeremyCook3D - "Ok, I made some orthos of the Stanchion for ya today."]</ref>
|series=[[M99 Stanchion|M99 Series]]
|series=[[M99 Stanchion|M99 Series]]<ref name=cf100/>
|type=Recoilless anti-matériel [[rifle]]  
|type=Recoilless anti-matériel [[rifle]]<ref name=cf100/>
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|service=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]
|service=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]<ref name=cf100/>
|length=208.7 cm (82.17 in.)<ref>[https://twitter.com/JeremyCook3D/status/953351399785443328 ''Twitter'', JeremyCook3D - "we come up with 208.7 cm for stanchion."]</ref>
|length=208.7 cm (82.17 in.)<ref>[https://twitter.com/JeremyCook3D/status/953351399785443328 ''Twitter'', JeremyCook3D - "we come up with 208.7 cm for stanchion."]</ref>
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The '''M99A2S3 Special Application Scoped Rifle''', also referred to as the '''M99A2S3 Stanchion''' is a variant of the [[M99 Stanchion]] created on the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} by [[Isabel]].<ref name=breakdown/>
The '''M99A2S3 Special Application Scoped Rifle''', also referred to as the '''M99A2S3 Stanchion''' is a variant of the [[M99 Stanchion]] created on the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} by [[Isabel]].<ref name=cf100/><ref name=breakdown/>


==Design and development==
==Design and development==
===Design details===
===Design details===
It has an inertia buffer that helps manage recoil.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JeremyCook3D/status/950592593376628741 ''Twitter'', JeremyCook3D - "Think hightec recoil management."]</ref> It also has a bipod that can be folded back and secured on the weapon.<ref name=breakdown/>
It has an inertia buffer that helps manage recoil.<ref>[https://twitter.com/JeremyCook3D/status/950592593376628741 ''Twitter'', JeremyCook3D - "Think hightec recoil management."]</ref> It also has a bipod that can be folded back and secured on the weapon.<ref name=cf100/><ref name=breakdown/>


It is compatible with an "ATLAS HISHOT PRO-X" smart-link optics.<ref name=breakdown/>
It is compatible with an "ATLAS HISHOT PRO-X" smart-link optics.<ref name=cf100/><ref name=breakdown/>


===Ammunition===
===Ammunition===
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===Development history===
===Development history===
The M99A2S3 was developed on the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' in its manufacturing block "23-CELL 14". It is based on a template by Isabel called "Isabel-2558-01-00023".<ref name=breakdown/>
The M99A2S3 was developed on the UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'' in its manufacturing block "23-CELL 14". It is based on a template by Isabel called "Isabel-2558-01-00023".<ref name=cf100/><ref name=breakdown/>


==Usage==
==Usage==
During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], the M99A2S3 Stanchion was used by [[Lance Corporal]] [[Sparks]] of [[Sunray 1-1]], and had achieved at least 17 kills with it. Sparks also customized his weapon with tally marks for every kill, a [[Camouflage|Dazzle camo pattern]], and two charms; a Scorpio charm and an ODST Talisman.<ref name=cf100>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sweet-centennial ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder 12/20/2017: Issue 100 Sweet Centennial]</ref>
During the [[Second Ark Conflict]], the M99A2S3 Stanchion was used by [[Lance Corporal]] [[Sparks]] of [[Sunray 1-1]], and had achieved at least 17 kills with it. Sparks also customized his weapon with tally marks for every kill, a [[Camouflage|Dazzle camo pattern]], and two charms; a Scorpio charm and an ODST Talisman.<ref name=cf100/>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==