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The '''Type-48 Artillery Platform''', | The '''Type-48 Artillery Platform''', colloquially known as the '''Weevil''',<ref>[https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm3015253_Catalog-Interaction.aspx#post3015253 '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Catalog Interaction (Page 51)''] [[Catalog/Archive/2014#Post #13|(Backup)]]</ref> is a [[Covenant]] field artillery piece. Several Weevils were deployed on the beaches of [[Old Mombasa]] during the Covenant [[Battle of Mombasa|invasion of the city]] on [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]].<ref name="Outskirts">''Halo 2'', campaign level "[[Outskirts]]"</ref> | ||
==Production notes== | |||
The Weevil was first seen (albeit unidentified) in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 demo]], in which it is much larger than the version in the final game. In the demo, a Weevil emplaced on top of a building in [[New Mombasa#Halo 2 E3 demo|New Mombasa]] is used against UNSC forces in the city. The weapon fires orbs of plasma that travel in a parabolic arc, much like the Wraith's [[plasma mortar]]. Early in the demo, the artillery piece is encountered by the Master Chief and a group of Marines. [[Banks#Trivia|Sergeant Banks]] calls in an air strike to destroy the weapon shortly after its introduction. Contrary to its significant role in the demo, the scaled-down version of the weapon that appears in the retail version of the game in never seen in use.<ref name="Outskirts"/> | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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===Retail=== | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:H2-CovenantArtilleryTurret.png|The T-48 Weevil. | File:H2-CovenantArtilleryTurret.png|The T-48 Weevil. | ||
File:H2-CovenantArtillery.png|The T-48 artillery piece as viewed from the side. | File:H2-CovenantArtillery.png|The T-48 artillery piece as viewed from the side. | ||
File:H2A-pavel-belov-cov-guntower.jpg|Concept art of the T-48 Weevil in Halo 2: Anniversary. | File:H2A-pavel-belov-cov-guntower.jpg|Concept art of the T-48 Weevil in Halo 2: Anniversary. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Demo=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:H2E3Demo_CovenantArtillery.png|An artillery gun firing in the ''Halo 2'' E3 Demo. | |||
</gallery> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
Revision as of 14:54, February 14, 2017
The Type-48 Artillery Platform, colloquially known as the Weevil,[1] is a Covenant field artillery piece. Several Weevils were deployed on the beaches of Old Mombasa during the Covenant invasion of the city on October 20, 2552.[2]
Production notes
The Weevil was first seen (albeit unidentified) in the Halo 2 E3 demo, in which it is much larger than the version in the final game. In the demo, a Weevil emplaced on top of a building in New Mombasa is used against UNSC forces in the city. The weapon fires orbs of plasma that travel in a parabolic arc, much like the Wraith's plasma mortar. Early in the demo, the artillery piece is encountered by the Master Chief and a group of Marines. Sergeant Banks calls in an air strike to destroy the weapon shortly after its introduction. Contrary to its significant role in the demo, the scaled-down version of the weapon that appears in the retail version of the game in never seen in use.[2]
Gallery
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Retail
The T-48 Weevil.
The T-48 artillery piece as viewed from the side.
- H2A-pavel-belov-cov-guntower.jpg
Concept art of the T-48 Weevil in Halo 2: Anniversary.
Demo
An artillery gun firing in the Halo 2 E3 Demo.
List of appearances
- Halo 2 (First appearance)
- Halo 2: Anniversary
