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===M68 Gauss Cannon=== | ===M68 Gauss Cannon=== | ||
{{Main|M68 Gauss Cannon}} | {{Main|M68 Gauss Cannon}} | ||
The M68 Gauss Cannon is a UNSC weapon mounted on the [[M12G1 | The M68 Gauss Cannon is a UNSC weapon mounted on the [[M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle]] and on the stationary as well as on stationary turrets. It utilises the same coilgun technology used in Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, but on a smaller scale. | ||
===M99 Stanchion Gauss Rifle=== | ===M99 Stanchion Gauss Rifle=== | ||
{{main|Model 99 Special Application Scoped Rifle}} | {{main|Model 99 Special Application Scoped Rifle}} | ||
The M99 is a man portable anti- | The M99 is a man portable anti-matérial and anti-personnel special application weapon. Like the M68 Gauss Cannon, it utilizes the same coilgun technology as a MAC, only on an even smaller scale, using 5.4mm/.21 caliber rounds. Though smaller than conventional ammunition, these rounds are accelerated to speeds fast enough to travel long distances with almost no change in trajectory, punch through any obstructing materials, hit their target, and still retain significant kinetic energy. | ||
===M92 Principle Gauss Cannon=== | ===M92 Principle Gauss Cannon=== | ||
The M92 Principle Gauss Cannon is a Magnetic Accelerator Weapon that runs along the length of | The M92 Principle Gauss Cannon is a Magnetic Accelerator Weapon that runs along the length of the [[Open Frame 92/Extra-Vehicular Activity]]. | ||
===Mass Drivers=== | ===Mass Drivers=== | ||
{{Main|Mass Driver}} | {{Main|Mass Driver}} | ||
The mass driver is a somewhat primitive United Nations Space Command orbital launch assembly designed to propel low-weight payloads into orbit, otherwise known as orbital lifting. The operating principle of the mass driver is essentially the same as that of the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon: it is a large coilgun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetizable holder containing a payload. | |||
While not a purpose-built weapon like the UNSC's Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, these platforms are still potent weapons of opportunity. While never | While not a purpose-built weapon like the UNSC's Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, these platforms are still potent weapons of opportunity. While never formally incorporated as a weapon, mass drivers have been used at as defensive magnetic accelerator weapons at [[Harvest]] and the [[the Rubble]]. | ||
===LRG Rail Gun=== | |||
{{Main|LRG Rail Gun}} | |||
The LRG Rail Gun serves as both the primary and secondary armament of the [[SP42 Cobra]] anti-vehicle/anti-fortification system, and is also used as an anti-vehicle weapon on [[Base Turret|automated defense turrets]]. The 16 megajoule model of the weapon it used as a potent anti-vehicle weapon, while the 8 megajoule version is used to demolish structures. Despite the superficial similarities between the LRG Rail Gun and other magnetic accelerator weapons, the former operates on a different principle from the latter: rather than accelerating its projectiles through the use of magnetic coils, rail guns, as their name suggests, utilize magnetic rails to perform this task. | |||
[[File:MAC Blast.JPG|thumb|right|The MAC Blast in use.]] | [[File:MAC Blast.JPG|thumb|right|The MAC Blast in use.]] | ||
===MAC Blast=== | ===MAC Blast=== | ||
{{Quote|Use the Spirit of Fire's awesome Mass Accelerator Cannon to incinerate enemy troops.|In-game description.}} | {{Quote|Use the Spirit of Fire's awesome Mass Accelerator Cannon to incinerate enemy troops.|In-game description.}} | ||
In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', the '''MAC Blast''' ability allows the player to use the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s MAC for pinpoint [[ | In ''[[Halo Wars]]'', the '''MAC Blast''' ability allows the player to use the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}'s MAC for pinpoint [[orbital bombardment]]. It is mainly used as a support weapon to help the UNSC penetrate heavy Covenant defenses and Covenant bases, and is a potent weapon against [[Type-47 Ultra Heavy Assault Platform|Scarabs]]. | ||
In [[skirmish]] and multiplayer, the MAC Blast can only be used if [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[James Gregory Cutter|Cutter]] is selected as the player's leader character. In the campaign, the MAC Blast is available in several missions, most notably [[Dome of Light]], during which the player is granted access to forty MAC rounds to destroy a Covenant base. | |||
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==Speculation== | ==Speculation== | ||
{{Conjecturalization}} | {{Conjecturalization}} | ||