Spike cannon: Difference between revisions

'''Spike cannons''', also known as '''spiker autocannons''',{{Ref/Game|Id=plchopper|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Chopper}}{{Ref/Game|Id=plreaver|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Reaver}} are a class of heavy mounted weapon typically used by the [[Covenant]] and [[Covenant remnants|its remnants]]. As their name suggests, spike cannons employ the use of [[spike weaponry|spike projectiles]] as their primary munitions.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p465|Enc22|Page=465}}

While there are multiple variants of spike cannons, they generally fire spike projectiles larger than those loaded in handheld [[spike weaponry]].{{Ref/Game|H3|In-game Chopper vehicle}} Spike cannons are mounted on ground vehicles as well as aircraft and controlled by either the vehicle's operator or additional gunners.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p473|Enc22|Page=473}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} When the Jiralhanae first repurposed [[Lighter Than Some]]'s invention into the [[Chopper]]s, they were equipped with [[Paegaas Workshop Spiker|spike rifles]],{{Ref/Novel|CH|Chapter=20|Quote=Ponder noted two things as the alien dismounted: first, the vehicle’s seat remained elevated off the ground—evidence of some limited, anti-gravity capability; second, the vehicle was armed with a pair of the aliens’ spike-flinging rifles.}} but [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper|later—more refined—models of the Chopper]] employed forward-firing and self-loading twin-paired heavy spike cannons, which fire large 35mm caliber spike projectiles.{{Ref/Site|Id=bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=chopperfiction|Site=Bungie.net|Page=The Brute Chopper|D=11|M=5|Y=2012|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/Chopper}}{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=31}} In his publication ''[[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]]'', [[Robert McLees (ship designer)|Dr Robert McLees]] suggested "autocannon" may be a misnomer for the spike cannons.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The weapon displays a degree of modularity: while the cannon can be upgraded with stabilizers for increased damage and accuracy,{{Ref/Game|HW|Factory|Detail=Chopper level 2 upgrade - Stabilizers|Quote=Increases the autocannons' damage and accuracy.}} the spike projectiles themselves can also be upgraded to explosive shrapnel rounds,{{Ref/Game|HW2|Banished outpost|Detail=Chopper upgrade - Shrapnel Rounds|Quote=Unit Upgrade, Adds explosive rounds, Detects Cloaked units.}} converting the cannon to its "shrapnel cannon” variant.{{Ref/Reuse|plchopper}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} Although spike cannons tend to fire at a lower rate of fire when compared to [[plasma cannon]]s and [[needle cannon]]s, their spike projectiles remain very effective against infantry and light armored vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|plreaver}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p466|Enc22|Page=466}}  

*[[Dovotaa Workshop Reaver]] - 2x light spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|plreaver}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p466}}

*[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]] - 2x spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p473}}

*[[Qavardu Workshop Gravemaker]] - 4x spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p473}}

*[[Barug'qel Workshop Chopper]] - 2x heavy spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|plchopper}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}}

*[[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]] - 4x heavy spike cannon{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p273|Enc22|Page=273}}

*[[Bolroci Workshop Chopper]] - 2x heavy spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}}

*Barug'qel Workshop Chopper - 2x shrapnel cannon {{C|Optional}}{{Ref/Reuse|plchopper}}

*[[Terror Chopper]] - 2x shrapnel cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}}

File:HW2 Terror Chopper attacking Iron BB.png|Rounds from a shrapnel cannon hitting an [[Ironclad Blisterback]] in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.