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The MA5B/C, M7, and M90 all have iron sights.

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 *In the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' level [[Truth and Reconciliation (Level)|Truth and Reconciliation]], [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]] tells a Marine to "''Stow your bellyaching soldier -- remember, you're a leatherneck!''" [[Wikipedia:Leatherneck|Leatherneck]] was a nickname earned by [[wikipedia:US Marines|U.S. Marines]] in the era of the [[Continental Marines]]. The Marines would wear leather collars to provide protection from slashing attacks as they boarded enemy ships. Although an appropriate reference to Marines, the term "Leatherneck" and "soldier" are viewed by their respective servicemembers as being incompatible, and a means of differentiating between service in the Marine Corps or Army.
 *In 2007, Bungie hired an actual Marine, [[Christian Allen]], who served with the US Marines from 1995 to 1999, as a Design Lead.{{UNSC Services}}
-*Technically, they can't aim, since none of the Human weapons in Halo have iron sights, and Spartans don't need them. Marines don't need them either actually, since they use a green colored display in front of their eyes that acts very similar to a HUD.
-**Marines in Halo 2 and 3 don't have this display over their eye, however it can be guessed that technology has improven and they have a kind of HUD built into their nueral interface (which would actually be quite effective), and can turn it off and on at any time.
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