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<center>''Were you also looking for the [[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher]], used in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], or the [[M41 SSR MAV/AW]], used in [[Halo 2]] and [[Halo 3]]?''</center>
The '''M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''' is a man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft, guided munitions launcher in service with the [[UNSC Defense Force]].<ref name="GoO">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 17''</ref> The launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, capable of destroying [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshees]] with relative ease. The weapon is ineffective against [[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 Seraph fighters]] due to their [[energy shielding]] system.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}}
The '''M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''', commonly shortened to '''M19-B SAM Launcher''', is a heavy ordnance weapon used by the [[UNSC]].  


==Background==
==Production note==
The M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher fires high-powered surface-to-air missiles. The weapon was deployed in limited numbers for UNSC ground forces in the [[2540]]'s and early [[2550]]'s. However, they were not as widely used as their counterpart model, the [[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher]].
At the time ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' was written and published, the [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon|M41 rocket launcher]] was officially called the M19 surface-to-surface missile launcher, despite the weapon's in-game models bearing the former designation. After years of confusion, ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' clarified that the weapon itself is indeed the M41 SSR, while the [[M19 surface-to-surface missile]] is its ammunition. Thus, one may infer that the M19-B SAM is not a rocket launcher at all, but rather a dedicated anti-aircraft variant of the M19 SSM. To wit, it may be the version featured in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 4]]'', as the rocket launchers in those games can track aircraft but not ground vehicles.


This weapon was used by [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company|Alpha]] and [[Beta Company|Beta]] Companies. It is for the most part ineffective against a [[Seraph-class Starfighter]] but effective against a [[Banshee]] <ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 17</ref>.
==List of appearances==
 
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{UNSC Infantry Weapons}}
{{UNSC support weapons}}
[[Category:UNSC]]
[[Category:Rocket launchers]]
[[Category:Weapons]]
[[Category:Human]]
[[Category:Human Weapons]]

Latest revision as of 15:16, May 17, 2023

M19-B surface-to-air missile launcher
Production overview

Type:

Missile launcher

Specifications

Ammunition type:

Guided surface-to-air missile

Service history

In service:

Human-Covenant War

 

The M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher is a man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft, guided munitions launcher in service with the UNSC Defense Force.[1] The launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, capable of destroying Type-26 Banshees with relative ease. The weapon is ineffective against Type-31 Seraph fighters due to their energy shielding system.[1]

Production note[edit]

At the time Halo: Ghosts of Onyx was written and published, the M41 rocket launcher was officially called the M19 surface-to-surface missile launcher, despite the weapon's in-game models bearing the former designation. After years of confusion, Halo: The Essential Visual Guide clarified that the weapon itself is indeed the M41 SSR, while the M19 surface-to-surface missile is its ammunition. Thus, one may infer that the M19-B SAM is not a rocket launcher at all, but rather a dedicated anti-aircraft variant of the M19 SSM. To wit, it may be the version featured in Halo: Reach and Halo 4, as the rocket launchers in those games can track aircraft but not ground vehicles.

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 17

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List of infantry support weapons in UNSC service
Anti-vehicle weapons
Guided munitions launchers
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