M41 Extended Light Anti-Aircraft Gun: Difference between revisions

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(I know that "M41 ELAAGat" is an official name, but is the "Extended" part canon? The Waypoint article has been removed for around a year and a half.)
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{{Era|HCW}}
{{Status|Canon}}
[[File:Kelly on turret.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Kelly-087]] firing the M41 ELAAGat.]]
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|image=[[File:Kelly on turret.jpg|300px]]
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*[[Human-Covenant War]]{{Ref/Reuse|Package}}
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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''',{{Citation needed}} 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 soldier.
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==
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{{UNSC heavy weapons}}
[[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
[[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
[[Category:Machine guns]]
[[Category:Machine guns]]