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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The M410 is commonly fixed to the main fuselage of the [[G79H-TC Pelican|Gunship 79 Heavy Troop Carrier/Mobile Armory]], the gunship variant of the [[D79-TC Pelican]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=149}} It fires 40mm gas-jacketed, [[depleted uranium]] rounds.{{Ref/ | The M410 is commonly fixed to the main fuselage of the [[G79H-TC Pelican|Gunship 79 Heavy Troop Carrier/Mobile Armory]], the gunship variant of the [[D79-TC Pelican]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=149}} It fires M481 40mm armor-piercing, gas-jacketed, [[depleted uranium]] (APGJDU) rounds.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVGGlossary}} These can be used to tear through enemy infantry and vehicles alike, no matter the environmental conditions.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} | ||
The operator sits in a bucket-seat and they generally provide ground support cover during deployment and exfiltration of military personnel. The weapon is also useful for flanking lines of fire from the Pelican's blind spots. Controlled by a [[Spartan]], the flank gun may be used to combat enemy aircraft high above a planet's surface, and can even be used in rare exoatmospheric scenarios.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} However manning an M410 is always risky, as the operator is exposed to enemy fire and there is no formal way to return to the vehicle's bay.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} | The operator sits in a bucket-seat and they generally provide ground support cover during deployment and exfiltration of military personnel. The weapon is also useful for flanking lines of fire from the Pelican's blind spots. Controlled by a [[Spartan]], the flank gun may be used to combat enemy aircraft high above a planet's surface, and can even be used in rare exoatmospheric scenarios.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} However manning an M410 is always risky, as the operator is exposed to enemy fire and there is no formal way to return to the vehicle's bay.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVG}} | ||
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File:H4-M410FlankGun-ScanRender.png|Cutout of the turret. | File:H4-M410FlankGun-ScanRender.png|Cutout of the turret. | ||
File:H4-M410FlankGun-ScanScreen2.jpg|A [[Spartan-IV]] firing an M410 flank gun. | File:H4-M410FlankGun-ScanScreen2.jpg|A [[Spartan-IV]] firing an M410 flank gun. | ||
HTMCC-H4 PelicanM410.png|Close up of a Spartan-IV firing an M410 flank gun. | |||
HTMCC-H4 SO PelicanM410 Marine.png|A Marine operating an M410 flank gun. | HTMCC-H4 SO PelicanM410 Marine.png|A Marine operating an M410 flank gun. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||