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'''Shredder rounds''' are one of the 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 [[ | 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 Empire|Covenant]] [[Shields#Covenant_Shielding|personal shields]]. They are most often used against massed enemies with light armour such as grunts. | ||
The [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]] 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 ammunition of MAC weaponry.{{fact}} | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
Shredder rounds are the type of ammunition was often used by the [[SPARTAN]]s when they ran out of AP ammunition. | |||
In the [[Lambda Serpentis System]] in [[2535]], the | 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 == | == Trivia == | ||
*The real world variant would be JHC, or '''j'''acketed '''h'''ollow '''c'''avity ammunition. This is a variety of hollow point bullet where the hollow is unusually large, with the intention that the bullet fragments into several large partial projectiles on impact. This spreads the damage over a larger area. 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. | *The real world variant would be JHC, or '''j'''acketed '''h'''ollow '''c'''avity ammunition. This is a variety of hollow point bullet where the hollow is unusually large, with the intention that the bullet fragments into several large partial projectiles on impact. This spreads the damage over a larger area. 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== | ||
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[[Category:Ammunition]] | [[Category:Ammunition]] |
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