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===Frigates and destroyers===

[[File:Mac.jpg|250px|thumb|A squadron of UNSC frigates firing their MACs at the Covenant's [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].]]

A standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-mounted MAC averages at {{convert|183|m|ft}}.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 114''</ref> The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a slug of unspecified mass at around 30 kilometers per second, and also has the capability to fire a 600 ton slug at [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supersonic supersonic] speeds (between 340 m/s and 1.715 km/s). 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="fs267">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 267'' (2003 edition); ''page ???'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> While powerful, these guns require long charge times, impacting their sustained firepower. A destroyer circa 2552 operating at half its usual power output required 50 minutes to charge up its two MACs to 100%, indicating it would normally take 25 minutes to charge both, or 12.5 minutes to charge one.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 21, concerning the [[UNSC Iroquois]]: ''“MAC guns charging,” Lieutenant Hikowa reported. “Sixty-five percent and climbing at two percent per minute.”'' Later in the same chapter: ''"He was not about to charge into battle, however, with the ''Iroquois'' at '''half power''', her structural integrity already compromised, and with no AI to mount a point defense against Covenant single ships."''</ref> Captain [[Wallace]] and [[Catherine Halsey]] were able to hold a short conversation complete with emphasizing pauses in the time it took for the ''[[UNSC Commonwealth]]'' 's MAC to charge up an additional 20% (from 30% to 50%).<Ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 12.</ref> However, the UNSC Majestic was able to fire few MAC rounds in several seconds along with Halo 3 showing Charon-class Light Frigates able to fire few rounds in less than few seconds.

A standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-mounted MAC averages at {{convert|183|m|ft}}.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 114''</ref> The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a slug of unspecified mass at around 30 kilometers per second, and also has the capability to fire a 600 ton slug at [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supersonic supersonic] speeds (between 340 m/s and 1.715 km/s). 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="fs267">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 267'' (2003 edition); ''page ???'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> While powerful, these guns require long charge times, impacting their sustained firepower. A destroyer circa 2552 operating at half its usual power output required 50 minutes to charge up its two MACs to 100%, indicating it would normally take 25 minutes to charge both, or 12.5 minutes to charge one.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 21, concerning the [[UNSC Iroquois]]: ''“MAC guns charging,” Lieutenant Hikowa reported. “Sixty-five percent and climbing at two percent per minute.”'' Later in the same chapter: ''"He was not about to charge into battle, however, with the ''Iroquois'' at '''half power''', her structural integrity already compromised, and with no AI to mount a point defense against Covenant single ships."''</ref> Captain [[Wallace]] and [[Catherine Halsey]] were able to hold a short conversation complete with emphasizing pauses in the time it took for the ''[[UNSC Commonwealth]]'' 's MAC to charge up an additional 20% (from 30% to 50%).<Ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 12.</ref> However, the [[UNSC Majestic]] was able to fire few MAC rounds in several seconds along with Halo 3 showing Charon-class Light Frigates able to fire few rounds in less than few seconds.

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 ===Frigates and destroyers===
 [[File:Mac.jpg|250px|thumb|A squadron of UNSC frigates firing their MACs at the Covenant's [[Forerunner Dreadnought]].]]
-A standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-mounted MAC averages at {{convert|183|m|ft}}.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 114''</ref> The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a slug of unspecified mass at around 30 kilometers per second, and also has the capability to fire a 600 ton slug at [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supersonic supersonic] speeds (between 340 m/s and 1.715 km/s). 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="fs267">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 267'' (2003 edition); ''page ???'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> While powerful, these guns require long charge times, impacting their sustained firepower. A destroyer circa 2552 operating at half its usual power output required 50 minutes to charge up its two MACs to 100%, indicating it would normally take 25 minutes to charge both, or 12.5 minutes to charge one.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 21, concerning the [[UNSC Iroquois]]: ''“MAC guns charging,” Lieutenant Hikowa reported. “Sixty-five percent and climbing at two percent per minute.”'' Later in the same chapter: ''"He was not about to charge into battle, however, with the ''Iroquois'' at '''half power''', her structural integrity already compromised, and with no AI to mount a point defense against Covenant single ships."''</ref>  Captain [[Wallace]] and [[Catherine Halsey]] were able to hold a short conversation complete with emphasizing pauses in the time it took for the ''[[UNSC Commonwealth]]'' 's MAC to charge up an additional 20% (from 30% to 50%).<Ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 12.</ref> However, the UNSC Majestic was able to fire few MAC rounds in several seconds along with Halo 3 showing Charon-class Light Frigates able to fire few rounds in less than few seconds.
+A standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-mounted MAC averages at {{convert|183|m|ft}}.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 114''</ref> The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a slug of unspecified mass at around 30 kilometers per second, and also has the capability to fire a 600 ton slug at [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supersonic supersonic] speeds (between 340 m/s and 1.715 km/s). 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="fs267">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 267'' (2003 edition); ''page ???'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> While powerful, these guns require long charge times, impacting their sustained firepower. A destroyer circa 2552 operating at half its usual power output required 50 minutes to charge up its two MACs to 100%, indicating it would normally take 25 minutes to charge both, or 12.5 minutes to charge one.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 21, concerning the [[UNSC Iroquois]]: ''“MAC guns charging,” Lieutenant Hikowa reported. “Sixty-five percent and climbing at two percent per minute.”'' Later in the same chapter: ''"He was not about to charge into battle, however, with the ''Iroquois'' at '''half power''', her structural integrity already compromised, and with no AI to mount a point defense against Covenant single ships."''</ref>  Captain [[Wallace]] and [[Catherine Halsey]] were able to hold a short conversation complete with emphasizing pauses in the time it took for the ''[[UNSC Commonwealth]]'' 's MAC to charge up an additional 20% (from 30% to 50%).<Ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', chapter 12.</ref> However, the [[UNSC Majestic]] was able to fire few MAC rounds in several seconds along with Halo 3 showing Charon-class Light Frigates able to fire few rounds in less than few seconds.