MA2B assault rifle: Difference between revisions

The '''MA2B Individual Combat Weapon System''' ('''ICWS''') is a firearm used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that is part of [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[MA series]]. In function, it is essentially a cut-down version of UNSC's standard-issue [[MA5B assault rifle]].<ref name="TFoR"/> The rifle sees sparse service among [[UNSC Special Forces]] units.<ref name="waypoint"/>

Like the other models of the MA series, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It has electric targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can fire 900 rounds per minute (fifteen rounds per second) and uses [[.390|.390 caliber ammunition]], which is considerably larger than the [[M118 Full Metal Jacket Armor-Piercing|7.62mm round]] used by the [[MA5 series]].<ref name="TFoR"/>

In addition to the standard armor-piercing rounds found in most [[human]] firearms, the MA2B can utilize [[shredder round]]s: an anti-personnel ammunition type made from [[depleted uranium]].<ref name="TFoR"/>

The [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] used MA2Bs when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission. [[Blue Team]] used MA2Bs on [[Assault on Eridanus Secundus|their first combat mission]] to capture [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] of the [[United Rebel Front]].<ref name="TFoR"/><ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 106-109'' (2010)</ref>