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Payloads used in the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon weapon delivery system alternates with the platform which the weapon is hosted; warship models tend to use ferric, ferrous, or [[depleted uranium]] cores whereas orbital platform models commonly use ferric tungsten rounds.<ref name="for283"/> | Payloads used in the Magnetic Accelerator Cannon weapon delivery system alternates with the platform which the weapon is hosted; warship models tend to use ferric, ferrous, or [[depleted uranium]] cores whereas orbital platform models commonly use ferric tungsten rounds.<ref name="for283"/> | ||
The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a 600-ton slug around 30 kilometers per second. The high muzzle velocity provides the slug the kinetic energy and momentum necessary to damage a target and partially mitigates its unguided nature and its lack of maneuverability.<ref name="fs267">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 267'' (2003 edition); ''page ???'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> A "Super MAC" mounted on one of the Reach orbital defense platforms<ref name="CanonFodder70"/> was capable of firing a 3,000-ton slug at nearly "point four-tenths" the speed of light, | The standard [[UNSC frigate|frigate]]-based MAC fires a 600-ton slug around 30 kilometers per second. The high muzzle velocity provides the slug the kinetic energy and momentum necessary to damage a target and partially mitigates its unguided nature and its lack of maneuverability.<ref name="fs267">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 267'' (2003 edition); ''page ???'' (2010 edition)</ref><ref name="for108">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 108'' (2001 edition); ''page 130'' (2010 edition)</ref> A "Super MAC" mounted on one of the Reach orbital defense platforms<ref name="CanonFodder70"/> was capable of firing a 3,000-ton slug at nearly "point four-tenths" the speed of light, firing with "pinpoint accuracy".<ref name="TFoRChapter31"/> Some MACs such as the primary MAC of a ''Halberd''-class destroyer are capable of firing semi-autonomous drone missiles and hyper-dense kinetic kill slugs, with the vessel's secondary MAC reserved for kinetic rounds.<ref>'''Halo: Warfleet''', ''p.42''</ref> | ||
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