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The 2554 model of the Warthog entered service in late 2552.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLPEzpjN90 '''IGN - '''''Halo Fest: Halo 4 Panel'']</ref> Unlike the models used throughout the Human-Covenant War, the 2554 model uses a swing-axle system, a redesigned transmission and drive shafts, and constant-velocity joints.<ref name="change"/> This version features a more angular body style, utility bars over the hood and around the bed, and several other largely cosmetic changes. Newer Warthogs typically carry several Jerrycans filled with water to be rendered into hydrogen for the engine.<ref name="Top Gear"/> | The 2554 model of the Warthog entered service in late 2552.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLPEzpjN90 '''IGN - '''''Halo Fest: Halo 4 Panel'']</ref> Unlike the models used throughout the Human-Covenant War, the 2554 model uses a swing-axle system, a redesigned transmission and drive shafts, and constant-velocity joints.<ref name="change"/> This version features a more angular body style, utility bars over the hood and around the bed, and several other largely cosmetic changes. Newer Warthogs typically carry several Jerrycans filled with water to be rendered into hydrogen for the engine.<ref name="Top Gear"/> | ||
====M12B==== | ====M12B==== | ||
The M12B entered service sometime after the [[Requiem Campaign]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-a-time-to-give-tanks '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - A Time to Give Thanks'']</ref> | The M12B entered service sometime after the [[Requiem Campaign]].<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-a-time-to-give-tanks '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - A Time to Give Thanks'']</ref> The M12B is equipped with a variety of new weapons across its variants, including the [[M343A2 chaingun]],<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/chaingun '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Chaingun'']</ref> the [[M555 Gauss cannon]],<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/gauss-cannon '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Gauss Cannon'']</ref> and the [[M80 missile launcher]],<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/missile-launcher '''Halo Waypoint''': Missile Launcher'']</ref> as well as a number of experimental munitions, particularly Warthogs operated by ONI forces.<ref>'''[[Halo 5]]'''</ref> | ||
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