Etilka: Difference between revisions

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[[File:M247H-HeavyMachineGun.png|300px]]

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|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]]<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 115''</ref><ref name="Reach">'''Halo: Reach'''</ref>

|length={{Convert|64.3|in|cm}}<ref name="H4VG">'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''page 71''</ref>

|width={{Convert|26.1|in|cm}}<ref name="H4VG"/>

|height={{Convert|25.3|in|cm}}<ref name="H4VG"/>

|feed=200 round box (varies by box size)<ref name="EVG"/>

|ammotype=[[wikipedia:.50 BMG|12.7mm High Velocity, Explosive]]<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="manual">'''Halo: Reach''' manual</ref><ref name="Waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/falcon/3c8b0600-f216-4195-81dd-3eb10cf7ca38?filter=all '''Halo Waypoint''' UH-144 Falcon intel entry]</ref>

'''Etilka''' was a specially-modified [[M247H machine gun]] employed by [[SPARTAN-II]] commando [[Jorge-052]].<ref name="CF">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-noble-intentions '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Canon Fodder - Noble Intentions'']</ref>

Etilka was a modified M247H HMG employed by Jorge-052. Among his modifications included the removal of the gun shield, replaced with a heat shroud around the barrel, and the addition of yellow paint highlights around the weapon alongside more ergonomic handle placement.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''' - ''In-game model''</ref> This weapon proved the basis of a [[War Games]] weapon, modified to fire explosive rounds and grant the wielder in the simulation increased movement speed and damage resistance. This War Games variant retained the visual look of the original weapon wielded by Jorge, with the addition of the "S-052" tag and [[NOBLE Team]] emblem. The magazine, however, now has been replaced with a red high capacity magazine.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''' - ''In-game model''</ref>

Etilka was wielded by SPARTAN-II Jorge-052. He served with the weapon during the [[Fall of Reach]], employing the weapon during a mission to investigate the [[Visegrád Relay]]<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''campaign level [[Winter Contingency (level)|Winter Contingency]]''</ref> and later the defense of [[SWORD Base]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''campaign level [[ONI: Sword Base]]''</ref> Jorge would then employ the weapon during the [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge]], using it to hold off [[Covenant]] forces so that [[SPARTAN-B312]] could take [[Spire One]] offline.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''campaign level [[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> The weapon's last actions would come in [[Operation: UPPER CUT]], with Jorge using the weapon inside the captured [[SDV-class heavy corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'' to hold off Covenant forces. Following damage taken to the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine|slipspace drive]] needed for the operation, Jorge would stay behind on the Corvette to manually detonate the engine-turned-bomb and allow B312 to escape. In the ensuing destruction of the [[CSO-class supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', Etilka was likely destroyed.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''' - ''campaign level [[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref>

By [[2558]], Etilka - alongside many other pieces of equipment employed by NOBLE Team - was the basis of weaponry and equipment being fielded in the War Games simulations used for [[SPARTAN-IV]] training.<ref name="CF"/>

Etilka appears in ''Halo 5: Guardians'' as a Mythic weapon added in the [[Memories of Reach]] update. This marked the first time Etilka was given a particular name or special attributes. In [[Warzone]], the Etilka [[List of REQ cards|REQ card]] has the following stats;

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