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Like its relatives in the MA5 family, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It has electric targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can deliver an impressive fifteen rounds per second and uses .390 caliber ammunition.<ref name="TFoR">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 75''</ref>
Like its relatives in the MA5 family, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It has electric targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can deliver an impressive fifteen rounds per second and uses .390 caliber ammunition.<ref name="TFoR">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 75''</ref>


In addition to the standard armor-piercing rounds found in most [[human]] firearms, the MA2B can utilize [[Shredder Round|"Shredder" rounds]]: anti-personnel ammunition type made from depleted uranium.<ref name="TFoR"/>
In addition to the standard armor-piercing rounds found in most [[human]] firearms, the MA2B can utilize [[Shredder round]]s: anti-personnel ammunition type made from depleted uranium.<ref name="TFoR"/>


The [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] used the MA2B when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission. [[Blue Team]] used MA2Bs on [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|their first combat mission]] to capture [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] of the [[United Rebel Front]].<ref name="TFoR"/>
The [[SPARTAN-II Program|SPARTAN-IIs]] used the MA2B when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission. [[Blue Team]] used MA2Bs on [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|their first combat mission]] to capture [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] of the [[United Rebel Front]].<ref name="TFoR"/>
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==Related Pages==
==Related Pages==
*[[MA5 Series]]
*[[MA5 Series]]
*[[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System]]


==List of Appearances==
==List of Appearances==

Revision as of 14:35, February 17, 2011

Template:Ratings Template:Weapon The MA2B Assault Rifle is a cut-down version of the United Nations Space Command's standard MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System. It sees sparse service among UNSC Special Forces units.[1]

Background

Like its relatives in the MA5 family, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It has electric targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can deliver an impressive fifteen rounds per second and uses .390 caliber ammunition.[2]

In addition to the standard armor-piercing rounds found in most human firearms, the MA2B can utilize Shredder rounds: anti-personnel ammunition type made from depleted uranium.[2]

The SPARTAN-IIs used the MA2B when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission. Blue Team used MA2Bs on their first combat mission to capture Colonel Robert Watts of the United Rebel Front.[2]

Related Pages

List of Appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Waypoint: Assault Rifle
  2. ^ a b c Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 75

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