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The '''MA3A Individual Combat Weapon System''' is an assault rifle in [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[MA series]], presumably a variant of the MA3 - one of the earlier variants of the MA-series of rifles.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc162|Enc22|Page=163}}{{Ref/Note|In ''Halo: First Strike'' and ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', the weapon is identified as the MA3 assault rifle. However, ''Halo Waypoint''{{'}}s article on the MA series refers to it as the MA3A. The ''A'' in the weapon's designation implies that it is a variant of the baseline MA3.}}


<center>''Not to be confused with the [[MA5B ICWS Assault Rifle]], the Assault Rifle from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]</center>''
As of [[2552]], production of the MA3A had ceased, though it was common on the [[black market]] and was favored among [[terrorist]] organizations.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Assault Rifle|LocalArchive=Archive:Halo_Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Universe/Weapons|D=14|M=03|Y=2011}} The [[Insurrectionist]] guards on [[Eridanus Secundus]] were armed with MA3As, which replaced the [[HMG-38 heavy machine gun]]s they had previously used.{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=28}}


The '''MA3 Assault Rifle''' is an older variant of the [[Assault Rifle|MA5B Assault Rifle]] used by the [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] of the [[UNSC]]. These weapons were obsolete when the [[MA5B]] was produced, as the MA5B was capable of being stripped down or reconfigured in different ways for various missions. The [[MA5B]] could become an [[MA2B Assault Rifle]] when its excess components were removed.
==Notes==
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As of [[2552]], these weapons were in the black market. Notably, they were used by the [[Eridanus Rebels]] for security of [[Eridanus Secundus]]. When [[Master Chief|Spartan-117]] returned to the base, the guards were using MA3Bs,<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 257</ref> which replaced the [[HMG-38 Rifle]] model they were previously using.
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''


==Models==
==Sources==
*MA3B Assault Rifle (Novels only)
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*[[MA37 Assault Rifle]] (''[[Halo: Reach]]'')<ref>[http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2010/01/27/feature-Noble-Team-Profile-3.aspx Game Informer]</ref>


==Gallery==
{{UNSC rifles}}
<gallery>
Image:Halo Reach - Assault Rifle.png|The MA37 Assault Rifle.
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:25, August 1, 2023

The MA3A Individual Combat Weapon System is an assault rifle in Misriah Armory's MA series, presumably a variant of the MA3 - one of the earlier variants of the MA-series of rifles.[1][Note 1]

As of 2552, production of the MA3A had ceased, though it was common on the black market and was favored among terrorist organizations.[2] The Insurrectionist guards on Eridanus Secundus were armed with MA3As, which replaced the HMG-38 heavy machine guns they had previously used.[3]

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  1. ^ In Halo: First Strike and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, the weapon is identified as the MA3 assault rifle. However, Halo Waypoint's article on the MA series refers to it as the MA3A. The A in the weapon's designation implies that it is a variant of the baseline MA3.

List of appearances[edit]

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