M808B2 Sun Devil
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The M808B2 Air Defense System, also known as the M808B2 "Sun Devil", is a a modified variant of the M808B Scorpion main battle tank.[4][3]
Overview
Design details
- Main article: M808B Scorpion
The Sun Devil is built on a slightly modified Scorpion tank hull, and uses a full-rotation turret fitted with two pairs of twin-linked 40mm autocannons.[4][5][6][Note 1] Like several other variants of Scorpion, the Sun Devil also features a secondary turreted M247T machine gun that requires a separate operator.[1] The Sun Devil's threat tracking and targeting systems make it extremely effective at attacking Covenant aircraft such as the Banshee.[7]
Usage
While ostensibly an anti-aircraft vehicle, the Sun Devil was used in anti-personnel role throughout the insurrection years,[2][3][4] and proved to be very effective in clearing Covenant light infantry from contested points during the Human-Covenant War.[2][3]
Production notes
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The concept of an anti-air Scorpion was first considered in early preproduction for Halo 2—with early design documentation referencing the idea of an anti-air Scorpion.[8] The model for the Sun Devil was developed to some extent - albeit cut from the game at an early stage of the game's development. This model was developed at such an early stage of the game that the engine and asset were based on the Halo: Combat Evolved variation of the Scorpion - as such, in the Digsite asset restoration project the Sun Devil is being restored as an asset for modders to use in Halo: Combat Evolved rather than Halo 2. The Sun Devil had no known gameplay iteration in Halo 2 and no tag data has been found for the vehicle - as such, all gameplay data being developed for the Combat Evolved Sun Devil is original content developedb y the Digsite team.[9]
The vehicle was later brought into the Halo universe with the release of the Halo Encyclopedia—which may have based the description on the intended Halo 2 vehicle similar to the Warthog variants similarly-cut from the game.[5] The vehicle was first-realised in visual form with the 2016 release of Halo: Ground Command.
Gallery
The Sun Devil model used in Halo: Ground Command.
The original Halo 2 Sun Devil model, restored into Halo: Combat Evolved by the Digsite project.
List of appearances
- Halo: Ground Command (First appearance)
Notes
- ^ a b The Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition) entry for the Sun Devil lists it as having four twin-linked cannons, while its entries both on Halo Waypoint and in the Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition) list it as having two. Given that the model produced for Ground Command displays four cannon, this articles uses interprets the Halo Waypoint and 2022 Encyclopedia entries as meaning that it features two pairs of twin-linked cannons.
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo: Ground Command: Sun Devil model
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint, Blitz Coverage (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
- ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Scorpion (Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020) [archive]
- ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 140
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 238
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 248
- ^ Halo: Ground Command: Sun Devil stat card
- ^ Halo 2: Artifacts, Episode 4 - The Cutting Room Floor: 13:25
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Digsite Deliveries (Retrieved on Jul 17, 2023) [archive]
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