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The '''M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''', commonly shortened to '''M19-B SAM Launcher''', is a heavy ordnance weapon used by the [[UNSC]]. | The '''M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''', commonly shortened to '''M19-B SAM Launcher''', is a heavy ordnance weapon used by the [[UNSC]]. | ||
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The M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher fires high-powered surface-to-air missiles. The weapon was deployed in limited numbers for UNSC ground forces in the [[2540]]'s and early [[2550]]'s. However, they were not as widely used as their counterpart model, the [[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher]]. | |||
This weapon was used by [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company|Alpha]] and [[Beta Company|Beta]] Companies. It is for the most part ineffective against a [[Seraph-class Starfighter]] but effective against a [[Banshee]] <ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 17</ref>. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
