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The '''Shredder Round''' is a special type of [[United Nations Space Command]] projectile rifle ammunition. | The '''Shredder Round''' is a special type of [[United Nations Space Command]] projectile rifle ammunition. | ||
==Dynamics== | ==Dynamics== | ||
Shredder rounds are designed to splinter on impact, tearing through light armor and "shredding" targets into ribbons. They are usually fired from [[Assault Rifles]] as a replacement for [[Armor Piercing Rounds]]. However, shredder rounds have a severe lack of penetration power and they are all but useless against [[Covenant]] [[Shields#Covenant_Shielding|personal shields]]. They are most often used against massed enemies with light armour such as grunts. | Shredder rounds are designed to splinter on impact, tearing through light armor and "shredding" targets into ribbons. They are usually fired from [[Assault Rifles]] as a replacement for [[Armor Piercing Rounds]]. However, shredder rounds have a severe lack of penetration power and they are all but useless against [[Covenant]] [[Shields#Covenant_Shielding|personal shields]]. They are most often used against massed enemies with light armour such as grunts. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
This type of ammunition was often used by the [[Spartan-II]]s when they ran out of AP ammunition. | This type of ammunition was often used by the [[Spartan-II]]s when they ran out of AP ammunition. | ||
In the [[Lambda Serpentis System]] in [[2535]], the [[Spartans]] of [[Blue Team]] switched to using shredder rounds after exhausting all of their AP rounds when gunning down a horde of [[Grunts]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 3</ref> Another example, also in Fall of Reach, is when Blue Team is at [[Cote d'Azur]]. | In the [[Lambda Serpentis System]] in [[2535]], the [[Spartans]] of [[Blue Team]] switched to using shredder rounds after exhausting all of their AP rounds when gunning down a horde of [[Grunts]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 3</ref> Another example, also in Fall of Reach, is when Blue Team is at [[Cote d'Azur]]. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:UNSC]] | [[Category:UNSC]] | ||
[[Category:Ammunition]] | [[Category:Ammunition]] | ||