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'''Shredder rounds''' are special rifle cartridges designed to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration and disrupt more tissue as it travels through the target.
'''Shredder rounds''' are one of the special type of [[United Nations Space Command]] projectile rifle ammunition.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Shredder rounds are designed to splinter on impact, tearing through light armor and "shredding" targets into ribbons. They are usually fired from [[MA2B Assault Rifle|assault rifles]] as a replacement for [[armor piercing round]]s. However, shredder rounds have a severe lack of penetration power and they are all but useless against [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[Shields#Covenant_Shielding|personal shields]]. They are most often used against massed enemies with light armour such as [[Grunts]].
In terms of performance, shredder rounds would function similar to a [[wikipedia:hollow-point bullet|jacketed hollow-point]] ammunition. The bullet consists of several segments of a hard metal that is welded together with a soft metal such as lead. The welds acts as weak points, so that on impact, the bullet should separate along the welds into component segments. This spreads the damage over a larger area, but it also decreases the penetrating power. These rounds are surrounded with a fluted or perforated metal jacket in order to provide optimal fragmentary habits, as opposed to a haphazard disintegration which would do less damage.


[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s can also be equipped with a round that acts similar to a shredder round. The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} was the only known UNSC ship to be armed with this type of MAC ammunition.
[[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s can also be equipped with a round that acts similar to a shredder round. The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} was the only known UNSC ship to be armed with this type of MAC ammunition.<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 275''</ref>


== Appearances ==
== Usage ==
Shredder rounds are the type of ammunition was often used by the [[SPARTAN]]s when they ran out of AP ammunition.
They were used by [[SPARTAN-II]]s of [[Blue Team]] after exhausting all of their AP rounds when gunning down a horde of [[Unggoy]] in the [[Battle of Jericho VII|defense of Jericho VII]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 3''</ref> Another instance is when Blue Team is at [[Cote d'Azur]], engaging a pair of [[Mgalekgolo|Hunters]] in a museum. After discovering that the AP rounds were ineffective against the Hunters' armor, the SPARTAN-IIs resorted to using shredder rounds and fired the marble floor beneath the Hunters to immobilize them.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 208''</ref>
 
In the [[Lambda Serpentis System]] in [[2535]], the SPARTAN-IIs of [[Blue Team]] switched to using shredder rounds after exhausting all of their AP rounds when gunning down a horde of [[Unggoy]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 3''</ref> Another instance is when Blue Team is at [[Cote d'Azur]], engaging a pair of [[Lekgolo|Hunters]] in a museum. The SPARTAN-IIs discovered that the AP rounds were ineffective against the Hunters' armor and resorted to using shredder rounds. The SPARTAN-IIs fired the marble floor beneath the Hunters using shredder rounds.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 208''</ref>
 
== Trivia ==
The real world variant would be modified JHP, or '''J'''acketed '''H'''ollow '''P'''oint ammunition. This is a variety of hollow point bullet. The bullet consists of several segments of a hard metal that is welded together with a soft metal such as lead. The welds acts as weak points, so that on impact, the bullet should seperate along the welds into component segments. This spreads the damage over a larger area, but it also decreases the penetrating power. These rounds are surrounded with a fluted or perforated metal jacket in order to provide optimal fragmentary habits, as opposed to a haphazard disintegration which would do less damage.


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 04:48, August 5, 2013

Shredder rounds are special rifle cartridges designed to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration and disrupt more tissue as it travels through the target.

Overview

In terms of performance, shredder rounds would function similar to a jacketed hollow-point ammunition. The bullet consists of several segments of a hard metal that is welded together with a soft metal such as lead. The welds acts as weak points, so that on impact, the bullet should separate along the welds into component segments. This spreads the damage over a larger area, but it also decreases the penetrating power. These rounds are surrounded with a fluted or perforated metal jacket in order to provide optimal fragmentary habits, as opposed to a haphazard disintegration which would do less damage.

Magnetic Accelerator Cannons can also be equipped with a round that acts similar to a shredder round. The UNSC Pillar of Autumn was the only known UNSC ship to be armed with this type of MAC ammunition.[1]

Usage

They were used by SPARTAN-IIs of Blue Team after exhausting all of their AP rounds when gunning down a horde of Unggoy in the defense of Jericho VII.[2] Another instance is when Blue Team is at Cote d'Azur, engaging a pair of Hunters in a museum. After discovering that the AP rounds were ineffective against the Hunters' armor, the SPARTAN-IIs resorted to using shredder rounds and fired the marble floor beneath the Hunters to immobilize them.[3]

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 275
  2. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 3
  3. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 208

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