Lotus anti-tank mine: Difference between revisions
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| The '''Lotus Anti-Tank Mine''' is a type of [[UNSC]] area-denial ordnance that can be described as "flowerlike".<ref name="H:GoO_ch39">[[Halo: Ghost of Onyx]], chapter 39</ref> It is a disk a quarter meter across with spikes along the rim to stabilize it when buried.<ref name="H:FS_314">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 314</ref>
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| The shaped charge<ref name="H:FoR_ch27">[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], chapter 27</ref> may be triggered in a number of ways. A proximity sensor<ref name="H:FoR_ch35">[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], chapter 35</ref> makes the Lotus effective against lower hovering vehicles such as those used by the [[Covenant]]. The sensor may be enabled remotely<ref name="H:FoR_ch27" /> and its sensitivity altered for use against infantry.<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], prologue</ref><ref name="H:FoR_ch27"/><ref name="H:FoR_ch35" /> The detonator also has a countdown mode and may be remotely triggered.<ref name="H:FS_314"/>
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| The charge itself could penetrate a [[Scorpion Tank]]<ref name="H:GoO_ch39"/> The blasts from multiple mines disabled an [[Onyx Sentinel]].<ref name="H:GoO_ch39">[[Halo: Ghost of Onyx]], chapter 19</ref>
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| The Lotus should not be confused with the [[TR/9 Antipersonnel Mine]] or the [[Type 14 Magnetic/Anti-Tank Mine]].
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