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===Frigates and destroyers=== | ===Frigates and destroyers=== | ||
[[File:Mac.jpg|250px|thumb|A squadron of UNSC frigates firing their MACs at the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.]] | [[File:Mac.jpg|250px|thumb|A squadron of UNSC frigates firing their MACs at the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''.]] | ||
A standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-mounted MAC averages at {{convert|183|m|ft}}.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 114''</ref> They can fire a wide variety of rounds depending on the mission type. One [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC was observed firing a ferric tungsten slug of unspecified mass at around 30 kilometers per second. Another was seen firing a 600-ton depleted uranium slug at [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supersonic supersonic] speeds ( | A standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-mounted MAC averages at {{convert|183|m|ft}}.<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 114''</ref> They can fire a wide variety of rounds depending on the mission type. One [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC was observed firing a ferric tungsten slug of unspecified mass at around 30 kilometers per second. Another was seen firing a 600-ton depleted uranium slug at [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supersonic supersonic] speeds (over 340 m/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> A ''Halberd''-class destroyer's main gun can launch 1170mm slugs at high-velocity speeds.<Ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''pages 82-83''</ref> | ||
<ref name="High-velocity" group="note">"High-velocity", at least in modern parlance, is a military technical term referring to velocities between 3,000 and 3,500 feet per second (914 - 1,067 m/s) for artillery. See Morris, C. G. (1992), ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Academic_Press_Dictionary_of_Science_and/nauWlPTBcjIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=3500+feet+per+second%3B+in+small+arms,+between+3500+and+5000+fps%3B+in+a+tank+cannon,+between+1550+and+3350&pg=PA1027&printsec=frontcover Academic Press dictionary of science and technology]''. Academic Press, p. 1027.</ref> A destroyer or later frigate's MAC has about the same firepower as that of a light cruiser's.<Ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 36-37</ref> | <ref name="High-velocity" group="note">"High-velocity", at least in modern parlance, is a military technical term referring to velocities between 3,000 and 3,500 feet per second (914 - 1,067 m/s) for artillery. See Morris, C. G. (1992), ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Academic_Press_Dictionary_of_Science_and/nauWlPTBcjIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=3500+feet+per+second%3B+in+small+arms,+between+3500+and+5000+fps%3B+in+a+tank+cannon,+between+1550+and+3350&pg=PA1027&printsec=frontcover Academic Press dictionary of science and technology]''. Academic Press, p. 1027.</ref> A destroyer or later frigate's MAC has about the same firepower as that of a light cruiser's.<Ref>''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 36-37</ref> | ||
