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== History ==
== History ==
Several Type-38's were used by Covenant forces during the [[Fall of Reach]]. At least two guns were deployed at [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|Szurdok Ridge]] on August 12, 2552. Both emplacements were dispatched quickly by [[NOBLE Team]].<ref name="spear"/> Two more were seen defending [[SWORD Base]] overlooking [[Airview Base]] after the Covenant had secured the area; both of these guns were similarly destroyed by NOBLE team member [[SPARTAN-B312]].<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref>
Several Type-38's were used by Covenant forces during the [[Fall of Reach]]. At least two guns were deployed at [[Battle at Szurdok Ridge|Szurdok Ridge]] on August 12, 2552. Both emplacements were dispatched quickly by [[NOBLE Team]].<ref name="spear" /> Two more were seen defending [[SWORD Base]] overlooking [[Airview Base]] after the Covenant had secured the area; both of these guns were similarly destroyed by NOBLE team member [[SPARTAN-B312]].<ref name="package">'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level ''[[The Package (level)|The Package]]''</ref>


By early [[2553]], [[Insurrectionist]]s on [[Venezia]] had acquired a number of these cannons, likely from a group of [[Kig-Yar]] operating in the Venezia sector. In [[2553|January 2553]], one of the cannons was fired on the ship {{UNSCShip|Monte Cassino}}. The ship was able to evade, however, and used missiles to destroy the cannon.<ref name="GL184"/>
By early [[2553]], [[Insurrectionist]]s on [[Venezia]] had acquired a number of these cannons, likely from a group of [[Kig-Yar]] operating in the Venezia sector. In [[2553|January 2553]], one of the cannons was fired on the ship {{UNSCShip|Monte Cassino}}. The ship was able to evade, however, and used missiles to destroy the cannon.<ref name="GL184"/>


During the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2554]], [[Merg Vol's Covenant|Covenant]] commander [[Merg Vol]] surrounded his base on [[X50]] with Tyrants. Having learned of [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Sarah Palmer]]'s theft of [[Parg Vol]]'s [[Phantom gunboat|personal transport]], Vol ordered all but the officers' ships shot down by the Tyrants. However, Palmer's Trojan Horse succeeded and she was able to fly past the Covenant fleet in orbit and landing in Vol's camp<ref name="SA M23"/> Upon her later return to the moon to investigate a strange signal from a Forerunner structure, Palmer destroyed two heavily-guarded Tyrants in order to clear a landing zone for other UNSC forces.<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Mission 26: Battle at the Arid Sea|Battle at the Arid Sea]]''</ref>
During the [[Battle of Draetheus V]] in [[2554]], [[Merg Vol's Covenant|Covenant]] commander [[Merg Vol]] surrounded his base on [[X50]] with Tyrants. Having learned of [[SPARTAN-IV program|Spartan]] [[Sarah Palmer]]'s theft of [[Parg Vol]]'s [[Phantom gunboat|personal transport]], Vol ordered all but the officers' ships shot down by the Tyrants. However, Palmer's Trojan Horse succeeded and she was able to fly past the Covenant fleet in orbit and landing in Vol's camp<ref name="SA M23"/> Upon her later return to the moon to investigate a strange signal from a Forerunner structure, Palmer destroyed two heavily-guarded Tyrants in order to clear a landing zone for other UNSC forces.<ref name="arid sea">'''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''', ''[[Mission 26: Battle at the Arid Sea|Battle at the Arid Sea]]''</ref>


In [[2557]], [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] made use of several Tyrants during the [[Battle of Installation 03|conflict]] on [[Installation 03]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'''</ref>
In [[2557]], [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] made use of several Tyrants during the [[Battle of Installation 03|conflict]] on [[Installation 03]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'''</ref>