Shredder round: Difference between revisions
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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.
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| == Overview ==
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| 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.
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| [[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>
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| == Usage ==
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| 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 at the marble floor beneath the Hunters to immobilize them.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 208''</ref>
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| ==Sources==
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