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[[File:Chief gets hit by a Hunter shield.png|thumb|250px|Mark IV MJOLNIR armor taking a hit from a Mgalekgolo's shield.]] | [[File:Chief gets hit by a Hunter shield.png|thumb|250px|Mark IV MJOLNIR armor taking a hit from a Mgalekgolo's shield.]] | ||
The Mark IV armor was the most advanced piece of military equipment humanity had created at the time of its distribution. This iteration of MJOLNIR is extremely resistant to gunfire, with most bullets simply bouncing off of the armor. Its gauntlets are also capable of shattering concrete without being damaged.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''' ''page 134'' (Definitive edition)</ref> The armor is able to take the blunt force of a two-ton [[Mgalekgolo]]'s shield strike while simultaneously keeping the Spartan alive in the process.<ref name="FUD"/><ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''' ''page 360''</ref> The helmet of Mark IV is extremely durable as well, being capable of withstanding the force of a gravity hammer swing by a Brute and sustaining the Spartan's life for a short period of time thereafter.<ref>''Halo Legends'', "The Babysitter"</ref> The armor itself, albeit able to withstand such heavy blows, is not designed to continuously withstand high pressure or power. Douglas' left shoulder was broken after Atriox's armored hand was able to break through his armor. | The Mark IV armor was the most advanced piece of military equipment humanity had created at the time of its distribution. This iteration of MJOLNIR is extremely resistant to gunfire, with most bullets simply bouncing off of the armor. Its gauntlets are also capable of shattering concrete without being damaged.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''' ''page 134'' (Definitive edition)</ref> The armor is able to take the blunt force of a two-ton [[Mgalekgolo]]'s shield strike while simultaneously keeping the Spartan alive in the process.<ref name="FUD"/><ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''' ''page 360''</ref> The helmet of Mark IV is extremely durable as well, being capable of withstanding the force of a gravity hammer swing by a Brute and sustaining the Spartan's life for a short period of time thereafter.<ref>''Halo Legends'', "The Babysitter"</ref> The armor itself, albeit able to withstand such heavy blows, is not designed to continuously withstand high pressure or power. Douglas' left shoulder was broken after Atriox's armored hand was able to break through his armor. | ||
During the Skirmish over Netherop, the Spartans of Green Team, Gold team, and Blue Team launched themselves from the ''Starry Night'' during the vessel's slingshot manoeuvre. Although they eventually yielded against an abrupt roll in their trajectory, the Spartans clutching one another in a swaying column behind their respective team leaders proved strong enough to hold fast in the moment of their linear course; despite having thirty gees of force being applied against them.<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 13'''</ref> | During the Skirmish over Netherop, the Spartans of Green Team, Gold team, and Blue Team launched themselves from the ''Starry Night'' during the vessel's slingshot manoeuvre. Although they eventually yielded against an abrupt roll in their trajectory, the Spartans clutching one another in a swaying column behind their respective team leaders proved strong enough to hold fast in the moment of their linear course; despite having thirty gees of force being applied against them.<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 13'''</ref> | ||
On-board their targeted Covenant vessel, John displayed a level of strength sufficient to pry open one of the ship's interior iris hatch-panels with his bare hands<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 43'''</ref>. A month afterwards, in a Covenant space elevator near the planet Naraka, John used his armor's strength enhancements to launch a Covenant pickup vehicle onto the far side of a large conveyor belt - providing cover for an M41-equipped ODST to barricade himself behind.<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 345'''</ref>. Later, in the upper-terminus leading to a transit tube, John encountered an emergency iris hatch - this time, denting the thick panels with a frustrated bang of his fist.<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 362'''</ref>. | On-board their targeted Covenant vessel, John displayed a level of strength sufficient to pry open one of the ship's interior iris hatch-panels with his bare hands<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 43'''</ref>. A month afterwards, in a Covenant space elevator near the planet Naraka, John used his armor's strength enhancements to launch a Covenant pickup vehicle onto the far side of a large conveyor belt - providing cover for an M41-equipped ODST to barricade himself behind.<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 345'''</ref>. Later, in the upper-terminus leading to a transit tube, John encountered an emergency iris hatch - this time, denting the thick panels with a frustrated bang of his fist.<ref>'''Halo: Silent Storm, page 362'''</ref>. | ||
Demonstrated during the Battle of Sigma Octanus IV, John-117, Kelly-087, and Fred-104 shifted a large, cuboid quartz monolith.<ref>''Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant''</ref> Massing approximately 143 tonnes<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'' novelization describes the monolith as being a 3x6 meter shard of silicon dioxide, which has a density of 2.65 tonnes per cubic meter. </ref>, this performance of strength would require each MJOLNIR-equipped Spartan-II to apply an average force ranging from 19 to nearly 48 tonnes<ref>quartz-on-quartz is functionally similar to glass, which features a static friction coefficient ranging between [https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/friction-coefficients-d_778.html 0.4 to 1.0µ].</ref> into the monolith.<ref group="note">This correlates well with the forces Blue Team resisted in their Mark IV MJOLNIR armor during the Skirmish over Netherop; where the Spartans experienced 30 gees of force against the slingshot manoeuvre from the ''Starry Night''.</ref> | |||
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