Editing M12A1 Rocket Warthog

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{{Center|For the Rocket Warthog introduced in Halo: Reach, see [[M12R Rocket Warthog]]''.}}
{{Vehicle infobox
|image=[[File:HCE-M12A1RocketHog.png|300px|A view of the M12A1 Rocket Warthog in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' multiplayer.]]
|name=M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle
|manufacturer=[[AMG Transport Dynamics]]
|line=Warthog
|model=[[M12 Warthog|M12 FAV "Warthog"]]<br/>
M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle
|class=Light Anti-Armor Vehicle
|length=4.2 meters (14 feet)<ref name="ENC">''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'', p. 241 (2009 edition)</ref>
|width=
|height=
|mass=3.5 tons<ref name="manual">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Manual]]'' - PC version</ref>
|max accel=
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=
|slipspace drive=
|slipspace speed=
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen=None
|hull=
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
|avionics=
|countermeasures=
|armament=[[M39 rocket turret]] (1)<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/warthog ''Halo Waypoint'': Warthog]</ref><ref name="CU"/>
|complement=
|crew=*Driver (1)
*Gunner (1)
|skeleton=Driver (1)
|passengers=Passenger (1)
|capacity=3
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|role=
*Reconnaissance
*Light anti-vehicular
|era= 
|affiliation=[[UNSC]]
|firstuse-title=In service
|firstuse=[[Human-Covenant War]]
}}
The '''M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle''',<ref name="ENC"/><ref name="manual"/><ref name="waypoint"/><ref name="CU"/> abbreviated as '''M12A1 LAAV''' and commonly referred to as the '''Rocket Warthog''', is a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] ground vehicle. It is a variant of the [[M12 Force Application Vehicle]].

==Design details==
The M12A1 LAAV is one of the UNSC's anti-armor vehicles, designed to quickly and efficiently defeat lightly armored vehicles. Despite this, it was rarely employed in the [[Human-Covenant War]].<ref name="waypoint"/> Unlike other M12 variants, the M12A1 can be differentiated by its appearance; the M12A1 Rocket Warthog is painted in black and has yellow paint stripes lined through the base. Its seats are also yellow and its tires have a darker color tone than those of the standard Warthog.

The M12A1 is equipped with a mounted [[M39 rocket turret]]<ref name="waypoint"/><ref name="CU"/> which fires three [[M19 missile|M19 SC-HE rockets]]<ref name="manual"/> and requires four seconds to reload when the magazine is depleted.

==Production notes==
In the [[Halo E3 2000 Trailer|E3 2000 ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' trailer]], the featured Warthog sported a cannon that fired missiles like the M12A1 cannon, but looked like ''[[Halo 2]]''<nowiki />'s [[M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle|M12G1 LAAV's]] [[M68 Gauss Cannon|gauss cannon]].

The M12A1 LAAV made its first in-game appearance in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' for PC]]''<nowiki/>'s multiplayer mode, and was thus later included in the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' multiplayer component of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.

The Rocket Warthog was intended to be featured in ''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' as part of an upgrade package for the Warthog vehicle alongside quad-treads from the [[M862 Arctic Warthog]].''<ref name="CU">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/community-update-summer-red-summer-blue ''Halo Waypoint'': Community Update - Summer Red, Summer Blue]</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Rocket Hog.png|The Rocket Warthog from the [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|PC version]] of ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
File:HCE - RocketHog.png|A Rocket Warthog in the multiplayer map, [[Blood Gulch]].
File:HCE - RocketTurret.png|A SPARTAN firing the [[102mm SC-HE Rocket Turret]].
File:HCE-RocketHogRarskin.jpg|A M12A1 Rocket Warthog with a skin in ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
* ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{MCCo}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' for PC]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Ground Command]]'' {{C|Never released}}

==Sources==
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