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The '''M95 "''Lance''" Guided Missile Weapon System''', alternatively called '''missile battery'''<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', page 77</ref> | The '''M95 "''Lance''" Guided Missile Weapon System''', alternatively called the '''missile battery''',<ref name="h4evg">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 77''</ref> is a surface-to-air missile battery used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]]. | ||
==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
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===M97 Guided Missile Weapon System=== | ===M97 Guided Missile Weapon System=== | ||
[[File:H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanRender.png|right|200px|thumb|The M97 GMWS in ''Halo 4''.]] | [[File:H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanRender.png|right|200px|thumb|The M97 GMWS in ''Halo 4''.]] | ||
The '''M97 "''Lance''" Guided Missile Weapon System''' is both aesthetically and operationally similar to the M95 GMWS, in that both weapons fire in salvos, uses the same ammunition, and the same firing turret launcher head. The only difference is that it lacks the large base unit common to both the M95 GMWS and the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun. Instead, the M97 is mounted atop turrets on starship hulls for defensive capability against enemy aircraft. | The '''M97 "''Lance''" Guided Missile Weapon System''' is both aesthetically and operationally similar to the M95 GMWS, in that both weapons fire in salvos, uses the same ammunition, and the same firing turret launcher head. The only difference is that it lacks the large base unit common to both the M95 GMWS and the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun. Instead, the M97 is mounted atop turrets on starship hulls for defensive capability against enemy aircraft.<ref name="h4evg"/> | ||
==Operational history== | ==Operational history== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Missile_battery_2.jpg|A front-angle view of the missile battery | File:Missile_battery_2.jpg|A front-angle view of the M95 Lance missile battery | ||
File:Missile_battery_3.jpg|A rear-angle view of the missile battery. | File:Missile_battery_3.jpg|A rear-angle view of the M95 missile battery. | ||
File:Ih_missile_turret01.jpg|Concept art of the | File:Ih_missile_turret01.jpg|Concept art of the M95 Lance for ''Halo: Reach''. | ||
File:Corvette Destroyed.png|The missiles hitting a Covenant corvette. | |||
File:Corvette Destroyed.png|The missiles hitting a Covenant | File:H4-Concept-MissileBattery.jpg|Concept art of one of the ''Infinity'''s M97 missile batteries. | ||
File:H4-Concept-MissileBattery.jpg| | File:HR-UNSCMissileBattery-Render-Crop.png|A render of the M97 Lance missile battery. | ||
File:H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanScreen.jpg|In-game screenshot of one of ''Infinity'''s missile batteries. | File:H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanScreen.jpg|In-game screenshot of one of ''Infinity'''s missile batteries. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 11:27, September 17, 2013
The M95 "Lance" Guided Missile Weapon System, alternatively called the missile battery,[1] is a surface-to-air missile battery used by the UNSC.
Design details
Each battery can hold up to six missiles. The battery uses an universal weapons emplacement base similar to the one used by the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun.
Variants
M97 Guided Missile Weapon System
The M97 "Lance" Guided Missile Weapon System is both aesthetically and operationally similar to the M95 GMWS, in that both weapons fire in salvos, uses the same ammunition, and the same firing turret launcher head. The only difference is that it lacks the large base unit common to both the M95 GMWS and the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun. Instead, the M97 is mounted atop turrets on starship hulls for defensive capability against enemy aircraft.[1]
Operational history
In August 2552, during the Siege of New Alexandria, two M95 missile batteries were used by SPARTAN-B312 to cripple a Covenant SDV-class heavy corvette holding station over the city, thus allowing three civilian transports to escape the city. [2]
The UNSC Infinity had several of the M97 missile batteries mounted on its dorsal surface. After the ship crash landed inside the shield world Requiem in July 2557, John-117 had to reactivate the batteries to help repel Covenant forces.[3] When the Infinity came back to Requiem in 2558, some of the M97 missile batteries were deployed on a select few UNSC bases on Requiem's inner surface, such as Galileo Base.[4]
Gallery
- Missile battery 2.jpg
A front-angle view of the M95 Lance missile battery
- Missile battery 3.jpg
A rear-angle view of the M95 missile battery.
- Ih missile turret01.jpg
Concept art of the M95 Lance for Halo: Reach.
The missiles hitting a Covenant corvette.
Concept art of one of the Infinity's M97 missile batteries.
A render of the M97 Lance missile battery.
In-game screenshot of one of Infinity's missile batteries.
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
- Halo 4
Sources
- ^ a b Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 77
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Exodus
- ^ Halo 4 campaign level Infinity
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E4 Didact's Hand
