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[[File:Kelly on turret.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Kelly-087]] firing the M41 ELAAGat.]]
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The '''M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun''',{{Ref/Book|Id=ENC|Enc09|Page=266}} abbreviated '''M41 ELAAG'''{{Ref/Reuse|ENC}} or '''M41 ELAAGat'''{{Ref/Generic|Id=Waypoint|[[Halo Waypoint]] {{C|[[Xbox 360]] app-only}}|Booster Frame|LocalArchive=Archive:Halo_Waypoint/2009_to_2014/Universe/Technology#Booster_Frame}} is a [[weapon]] operated by the [[United Nations Space Command]], particularly on the [[OF92 Booster Frame]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=161}}


The '''M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun''',<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''' (revised edition), page 266</ref> abbreviated '''M41 ELAAGat''', is a [[weapon]] carried on [[UNSC]] [[Open Frame 92/Extra-Vehicular Activity|Booster Frames]]. The weapon is a variant of the [[M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun]] designed to operate in vacuum. It fires gas-jacketed, armor-piercing [[Depleted Uranium|depleted uranium]] shells with pressurized atmospheric contents to ensure an explosive percussion in a vacuum or other challenging environments.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''', ''[[The Package]]''</ref>
==Overview==
===Design details===
{{Main|M41 Vulcan}}
The M41 ELAAG is a design alteration of the venerable [[M41 Vulcan]] Light Anti-Aircraft Cannon commonly in service on [[M12 Warthog]] [[M12 Chaingun Warthog|Light Reconnaissance Vehicles]]. The ELAAG variant is designed to operate in a [[space warfare]] environment, firing specialised gas-jacketed, armor-piercing [[depleted uranium]] 12.7x99mm rounds{{Ref/Reuse|TF3}} with pressurised atmospheric contents to ensure an explosive percussion in a vaccuum or other challenging environments.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint}}


The weapon is mounted in the rear of the Booster Frame, where it can be operated by another serviceman.
The weapon is mounted in the rear of the Booster Frame, where it can be operated by another serviceman.{{Ref/Reuse|Package}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[The Package]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Package (animated short)|The Package]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
{{Ref/Sources}}
 
{{UNSC heavy weapons}}
{{UNSC heavy weapons}}
[[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
[[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
[[Category:Machine guns]]
[[Category:Machine guns]]

Latest revision as of 15:33, May 17, 2023

M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun
Kelly on turret.jpg
Production overview

Type:

Rotary machine gun[1]

Specifications

Ammunition type:

12.7×99mm Armor-Piercing[2]

Service history

In service:

 

The M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun,[4] abbreviated M41 ELAAG[4] or M41 ELAAGat[5] is a weapon operated by the United Nations Space Command, particularly on the OF92 Booster Frame.[6]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

Main article: M41 Vulcan

The M41 ELAAG is a design alteration of the venerable M41 Vulcan Light Anti-Aircraft Cannon commonly in service on M12 Warthog Light Reconnaissance Vehicles. The ELAAG variant is designed to operate in a space warfare environment, firing specialised gas-jacketed, armor-piercing depleted uranium 12.7x99mm rounds[2] with pressurised atmospheric contents to ensure an explosive percussion in a vaccuum or other challenging environments.[5]

The weapon is mounted in the rear of the Booster Frame, where it can be operated by another serviceman.[1]

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Halo Legends - The Package (animated short)
  2. ^ a b Halo: The Flood, chapter 3: Given the M41 ELAAG is an altered variant of the M41, it almost certainly fires the same ammunition
  3. ^ Halo: Escalation, issue 5
  4. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 266
  5. ^ a b Halo Waypoint (Xbox 360 app-only), Booster Frame [archive]
  6. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 161