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 ==Design details==
-The M512 cannon is designated to have a smooth-bore high-velocity construction.<ref>[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]], page 164</ref> Smooth-bore indicates that the barrel of the gun lacks rifling, and high-velocity indicates that the cannon is engineered for the firing of ammunition with a notably high muzzle velocity. The cannon is typically mounted in the un-manned turret of an M808-series Scorpion tank and fed via autoloader.
+The M512 cannon is stated to have a smooth-bore high-velocity construction.<ref>[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]], page 164</ref> Smooth-bore indicates that the barrel of the gun lacks rifling, and high-velocity indicates that the cannon is engineered for the firing of ammunition with a notably high muzzle velocity. The cannon is typically mounted in the un-manned turret of an M808-series Scorpion tank and fed via autoloader.
 ===Ammunition===
-The M512 cannon is compatible with at least two varieties of ammunition. The first is a projectile which includes tungsten in its construction, and was utilised by [[Marine]] [[M808C Scorpion|M808C]] tank units attached to the [[Forward Unto Dawn]] during the [[Battle of the Ark]].<ref name="tungsten">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref>
+The M512 cannon is compatible with at least two varieties of ammunition. The first is a projectile which includes tungsten in its construction, and was utilised by [[Marine]] [[M808C Scorpion|M808C]] tank units attached to the [[Forward Unto Dawn]] during the [[Battle of the Ark]].<ref name="tungsten">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> The second type of ammunition employed is the [[S1 canister shell]], which provides the Scorpion tank with a powerful method of engaging large numbers of lightly-armoured targets, being especially lethal against infantry <ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]''', ''page 42''</ref>
-{{Conjecture}}
-Due to the similar in-game performance of this round in [[Halo 3]] compared to the ammunition featured in other Halo games, it appears that this tungsten projectile is the primary variant of ammunition utilised by all Scorpion tanks seen across all Halo games, with the exception of the [[M820 Scorpion]] in [[Halo 5 Guardians]] which utilises the different [[M990 electrothermal-chemical smoothbore cannon|M990 electrothermal-chemical smoothbore cannon.]] Due to the use of tungsten in its construction, it is possible that this ammunition is some form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy_penetrator kinetic energy penetrator] round - this is supported by the fact that the M512 cannon is smooth-bore, which is more suited for such ammunition.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothbore Smoothbore - Wikipedia]</ref> The counter-points to this are twofold. Firstly, the Marine who refers to the M512 cannon as firing tungsten ammunition states; "how does 90 millimetres '''of''' tungsten strike you?" - realistically, the tungsten penetrator of such a round would encapsulate far less than the diameter of the full round itself, though this could be disregarded as simply inaccurate speaking on his part for the sake of taunting. The second counter-point is that the round exhibits powerful explosive properties in-game, which a kinetic energy penetrator typically would not. This could be explained as a full-gameplay concession and thus non-canon, a partial-gameplay concession with the Scorpion's turret selecting rounds with explosive properties to engage un-armored targets with only the explosive effect on enemy armored vehicles being non-canon, or as a follow-on explosive charge working alongside the sabot or penetrator to give it more tactical flexibility and lethality.
-{{Conjecture end}}
-The second type of ammunition employed is the [[S1 canister shell]], which provides the Scorpion tank with a powerful method of engaging large numbers of lightly-armoured targets, being especially lethal against infantry <ref>'''[[Halo Wars: Official Strategy Guide]]''', ''page 42''</ref>
 ==Gameplay==