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The MA2B is an old weapon, dating back to the Insurrection.<ref name="SoR2"/> [[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> In 2559, Major Van Houte kept an MA2B as an emergency weapon in the cockpit of the [[Owl|Owl dropship]] he flew, putting it to use in [[Blue Team]]'s mission to [[Reach]] after a crash landing. He used the weapon with penetrator ammunition, prompting John-117 to note that he was "a man who believed in putting holes in what he hit."<ref name="SoR2"/> | The MA2B is an old weapon, dating back to the Insurrection.<ref name="SoR2"/> [[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> In [[2559]], Major [[Eznik Van Houte]] kept an MA2B as an emergency weapon in the cockpit of the [[Owl|Owl dropship]] he flew, putting it to use in [[Blue Team]]'s mission to [[Reach]] after a crash landing. He used the weapon with penetrator ammunition, prompting [[John-117]] to note that he was "a man who believed in putting holes in what he hit."<ref name="SoR2"/> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||