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The '''Type-25 Carbine''' ('''T-25 C'''),<ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteSpiker '''Bungie.net''' - ''The Spiker'']</ref> more commonly known as the '''Spiker''', '''Spike Rifle'''<ref name="believe">'''[[Believe]]''': ''[[Enemy Weapon]]''</ref> or '''hatchet gun''',<ref name="bnet"/> is a common [[Jiralhanae]] firearm used during the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="waypoint"/>

The Type-25 Carbine is an automatic projectile weapon designed and used by the Jiralhanae, and has seen very little iteration since it was first designed and implemented during pre-Covenant conflicts on [[Doisac]]<ref name="waypoint"/> though it has seen augmentation to some degree by Covenant technology.<ref name="EVG"/> In the Covenant arsenal, it is one of the weapons most resembling those developed and employed by humanity, firing a solid metal projectile as opposed to plasma . The Carbine fires long, sharp projectiles made of superheated tungsten alloy,<ref name="waypoint"/><ref group="note" name="metal">On the Halo Waypoint article for the Spiker, the blades are noted as being created from the same metal as that of the weapon's ammunition, making both made of tungsten alloy.</ref> which give the weapon its common label of "Spike Rifle" or "Spiker". The weapon's origins on Doisac, however, obfuscate any attempts to ascertain the composition of the weapon.<ref name="EVG"/> When fired, the spikes are superheated and thus glow with a yellow-white light for a short time after impact, before they cool.  

These spikes are capable of piercing armour and flesh, in some cases even capable of pinning a target against an object behind them.<ref name="LOS">'''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]'''</ref> When fired directly at a surface, the spikes will embed themselves in most substances including concrete and metal, crumpling on impact. However, when fired at an angle, they are capable of ricocheting.<ref name="bnet"/> The spikes are large enough that they can be pulled out of the target's body with seemingly minimal fragmentation.<ref name="LOS"/> Spikes fired by the weapon are adept at penetrating [[energy shielding]], and are also capable of being blocked by an [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]].<ref name="BS19">'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''chapter 18''</ref>

The Spiker's ammunition is fed into the weapon via a small drum magazine with a 40-round capacity,<ref name="bnet"/> though this is not standard across all version of the weapon.<ref name="waypoint"/> The drum magazine is located on the underside of the weapon, behind the blades and in front of the trigger. The spikes, once-fired, are longer than the magazine, implying the firing process possibly stretches the projectile in some manner.

Despite this, however, it would be rarely employed by front-line Covenant infantry during the war - only rising to prominence in late [[2552]] following the return of Jiralhanae as front line troops.<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="bnet"/> The weapon would be employed by Jiralhanae forces during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]] and [[Battle of Asźod]] during the [[Fall of Reach]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''campaign level [[Exodus]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''campaign level [[New Alexandria (level)|New Alexandria]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Reach''', ''campaign level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> before later being employed during the [[Battle of Earth]] by Jiralhanae reinforcements sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] to [[Mombasa]].<ref name="odst">'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'''</ref> Following the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]], the Spiker would be employed by Jiralhanae serving the Prophet of Truth on Delta Halo <ref name="BS19"/> and aboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''<ref>'''[[Halo: Uprising]]'''</ref> and in his fleet during the later stages of the Battle for Earth and [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref name="h3">'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref> Following the base's re-activation, the UNSC tested captured Spikers at [[Outpost C9]] on Earth.<ref name="bnet"/> The Spiker would be one of many subjects of the report [[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]].<ref name="bnet"/>

Spikers have seen proliferation in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], with the weapons being widely employed by various Jiralhanae splinter factions including the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]],<ref>'''[[Halo: Last Light]]'''</ref> [[Lydus' clan]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Escalation]]'''</ref> and the Banished, the latter of whom seem to have their own variant of the weapon.<ref name="HW2"/>

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