Fuel rod cannon
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Varies; presumably depends on vehicle
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Type: |
Anti-personnel, anti-armor, anti-vehicle, anti-aircraft[9] |
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Length: |
130.2 centimetres (51.26 in)[9] |
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Weight: |
23 kilograms (51 lb)[9] |
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Effective range: |
168 metres (550 ft)[9] |
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The fuel rod cannon is a vehicle-mounted projectile weapon typically used by the Covenant and its remnants on a variety of their vehicles, notably including Skyhunter Wraiths,[7] Banshees,[8][1] and Seraphs.[2] As their name suggests, fuel rod cannons fire Class-3 fuel rods, which have a greater range and a capability to track heat signatures when compared to the Class-2 counterparts loaded in the infantry-portable fuel rod gun.[10] It is nicknamed Big Green Death and Green Death.[9]
Overview
Design details
Fuel rod cannons, though sharing many properties with the Mgalekgolo's assault cannon,[11] fire Class-3 fuel rod caseless projectiles, which contain radioactive, highly explosive material encased in a transparent shell.[12] The Class-3 fuel rods fired by the cannon are larger and more damaging than their Class-2 counterparts, which are intended for armor and infantry on short ranges. For long range or anti-air combat, however, the Class-3 fuel rods are more powerful, have a greater range, and are capable of tracking the heat signatures of vehicles.[10] They are marginally weaker than a plasma mortar, but travel at a higher velocity with a higher accuracy.[9] Variants exists within the fuel rod cannon classification: whereas the variants on Banshees are forward-firing, semi-automatic cannons, the anti-air Wraiths employ rapid-fire fuel rod cannons that a barrage of fuel rods.[2]
Usage
- Fuel rod cannons
- 'Ahtulai Workshop Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[6]
- Drailaac-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[8]
- D'nomlhe-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[8]
- Elsedda-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[1]
- Irdnekt-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[1]
- Is'belox-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[1]
- Kaelum Workshop Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[5]
- Oghal-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[8]
- Te'ved-pattern Banshee - 1x fuel rod cannon[1]
- Kewu Umppi'pa'-pattern citadel turret - 1x fuel rod cannon, as part of an optional modular anti-vehicle upgrade package[3]
- Preksheda-pattern Shade - 1x fuel rod cannon, on fuel rod variant[3]
- Rapid-fire/heavy fuel rod cannons[10]
- Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith - 6x rapid-fire fuel rod cannons[7]
- Muv'te-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith - 2x rapid-fire fuel rod cannons[7]
- Novox-pattern fuel rod cannons
- Kai-pattern Seraph - 2x Novox-pattern fuel rod cannons[2]
- Morsam-pattern Seraph - 4x Novox-pattern fuel rod cannons[2]
Production notes
- In Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Halo 4, and Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer, fuel rod guns are erroneously called fuel rod cannons. Similarly, the Phoenix Log entry for Heavy Grunt in Halo Wars 2 also mistakes the Korva-pattern fuel rod gun for a fuel rod cannon.
- In Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST in a similar case to the fuel rod gun if an NPC is flying the vehicle and shoots the Banshee Bomb and it will have an even stronger lock-on, but yet again when the player attempts this it will lack said feature, however in Halo: Reach and Halo 5: Guardians it is possible for the player to use this feature.
Gallery
An explosion from a Banshee's fuel rod cannon in Halo: Landfall.
A Banshee prepares to fire its fuel rod cannon in Halo: Legends's Prototype.
An Ogab'd-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith fires a barrage of fuel rods in Halo 3.
An Irdnekt-pattern Banshee fires its fuel rod cannon in Halo 3.
An anti-aircraft Wraith and a Banshee fire their fuel rod cannons in Halo 3.
Two Is'belox-pattern Banshees firing their fuel rod cannons in Halo: Reach.
A Preksheda-pattern Shade firing its fuel rod cannon at a Falcon in Halo: Reach.
A Morsam-pattern Seraph firing its Novox-pattern fuel rod cannons in Halo: Reach.
A D'nomlhe-pattern Banshee firing its fuel rod cannon at a Phaeton in Halo 5: Guardians.
A Muv'te-pattern anti-aircraft Wraith firing its fuel rod cannon at a Kemu-pattern Wraith in Halo 5: Guardians.
A Kaelum Workshop Banshee firing its fuel rod cannon in Halo Infinite.
List of appearances
Sources
- ^ a b c d e f Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 287
- ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 288
- ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 301
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 302
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 470
- ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 471
- ^ a b c d Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 275
- ^ a b c d e Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 286
- ^ a b c d e f Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 339
- ^ a b c d Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 9
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 298
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 299
