INTRODUCTION

This page contains the human weapons not in the games but within the books. They are the rest of the human arsenal.

ANACONDA SAM MISSILES

Anaconda surface-to-air missiles are used by ground troops on airborne targets. They have multiple tracking systems to stay locked on as long as possible.

ARCHER MISSILES

Archer missile pods are used to fire Archer missiles from UNSC capital ships. They can fire at very high rates and are armed with varying payload yields. The most used weapon by capital ships next to the MAC Cannon.

ASGM MISSILES

ASGM-10 missles are used mainly aboard small fighter craft such as the Longsword Interceptor. They yield a high explosive payload and can cause serious structural damage to unshielded targets.

BAZOOKA

The Bazooka is the most devastating UNSC weapon. Firing a loosely guided explosive shell causing a massive explosion the Bazooka is more often used in an anti-tank and anti-building role rather than for infantry due to the nature of its far range specialty and lack of precision.

The multi-purpose combat knife is a simple ceramic-alloy blade mounted on a shaped-rubber grip hilt. All UNSC troops are issued with a combat knife for close quarters combat and for situations when ammo is scarce.

C-7 foaming spray is a highly explosive compound that is used in demolitions. It is comprised of various chemicals that react to a signal electro shocks administered through a detonator stick. It is liquid in vacuum, but once contact with a hard surface and oxygen occurs, it becomes a foaming, semi-solid adhesive resin.

C-12 SCs are used mainly for heavy demolitions, and can also be used as weapons. This compound is extremely dangerous, and is very volatile. A small 4x4x4 inch cube can level a 5 story building. It's solid, and shapeable into different forms to stick to surfaces better, and is detonated with electro-shock detonator sticks, or remote detonators.

So powerful they can blow through Three Meters of Battleship armor plate.

FURY TACTICAL NUKE

A Fury TAC-nuke is more or less a nuclear grenade. The Fury is about the size and shape of a football and can be thrown by a Spartan because they are strong enough to hold one with one hand. It has a blast radius of about 1.2 km.

HAVOK NUCLEAR WARHEAD 

The HAVOK nuclear warhead is mainly used in missiles fired by Longswords or Cruisers. However, an alternate use is to simply place the warhead on a ground target and detonate it with a remote. It has a thirty-megaton blast.

HMG - 10

The Heavy Machinegun-10 is an almost antique weapon, now only used by pirates, rebels and colonists. It was decommissioned by the UNSC several years ago and replaced by newer, more modern weaponry.

LAAG

The Warthog's M41 light anti-aircraft gun is a three-barreled, electric-powered, link less, drum-fed weapon. It fires 450 to 550 12.7x99mm armor penetrating rounds per minute. Turret traverse rate is 100 degrees per second and weapon elevation rate is 60 degrees per second. Recoil from sustained fire is prodigious and negatively impacts accuracy at long range.

LOTUS ANTI TANK MINE

Lotus anti-tank mines are used to seed a land area around a defensive position. Although placed in the ground, most Covenant vehicles hover over them. Fortunately, they are activated by motion rather than direct contact, making them effective against both infantry and vehicles.

MAGNETIC ACCELERATOR CANNON

The MAC gun is the standard main weapon of all UNSC cruisers. It uses huge magnets that condense a molten sphere of super heated ferric-tungsten projectiles, and fires it at near-light speed. The damage it inflicts it tremendous, though reloading takes quite awhile. A more effcient, experimental model of the MAC gun, which can fire three rounds before reloading, was mounted on the Pillar of Autumn. Super MAC guns are loaded on the defense platforms orbiting Reach, Earth, and other strategic locations that must be protected, and are much more powerful than normal MAC cannons.

MA2B ASSAULT RIFLE

A cut down version of the MA5B Assault Rifle. It is tough and reliable, with electronic targeting and an ammo supply indicator. It also has a recoil-reduction system and delivers 15 rounds per second. A very versatile weapon that also has an attachable silencer for stealth missions.

MLA AUTOCANNON

MLA autocannons fire 50mm high-explosive shells. They have auto-targeting actuators that can be controlled by computer targeting programs or directly controlled by an AI interface.

MLA autocannons are normally mounted on capital ships for close-range picket ship defense as well as close range ship-to-ship combat.

MORAY SPACE MINES

Moray space mines are dropped from the bays of Longsword Interceptors, to mine locations within space for defense. They use both proximity and remote detonators and have very high explosive payloads. In the Battle of Reach the Moray Mine Field was responsible for taking out 1/3 of the Covenant Armada.

NOVA

The NOVA is a special device that uses ten nuclear warheads in a ring formation. Once detonation occurs the fusion cores combine together and the resulting blast is multiplied ten-fold. Nick-named "planet-killers", these have enough explosive power to destroy an entire planet.

102mm SC-HE ROCKET TURRET

The M12A1 LAAV Warthog's heavy anti-armor gun is a large, three-barreled shaped-charge rocket launcher. It had a three-round magazine which must be replaced after use. The reload time can leave the vehicle open to counterattack.

SHIVA MISSILES

These long range nuclear weapons are used by UNSC capital ships and Longsword Interceptors. They range in payload, and can be fitted with guidance computers. It should be noted that Covenant capital ship shields have enough power to absorb a full nuclear blast, but if the warhead detonates inside the shield, the effect of the blast is multiplied tremendously.