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|name= | |name=110mm rotary cannon | ||
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|type=[[Wikipedia: | |type=[[Wikipedia:Rotary cannon|Rotary]] [[machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|HE320}} | ||
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The ''' | The '''110mm rotary cannon''', also known as simply '''"the Rotary"'''{{Ref/Reuse|HE320}}, is a air-to-air projectile weapon utilized by the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[C709 Longsword]].{{Ref/Book|Id=vis|EVG|Page=112}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
The weapon takes the form of a large | The weapon takes the form of a large rotary cannon, capable of firing 110mm [[depleted uranium]] shells and an extremely high rate of fire.{{Ref/Reuse|FS5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE320}} | ||
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
The 110mm is employed on | The 110mm is employed on the [[C709 Longsword]], a massive [[space fighter]] used for interception and bombing. It was still employed as late as the [[Fall of Reach]] in late [[2552]], where it was regarded as "hopelessly archaic" in comparison to the [[plasma weaponry]] employed by the [[Seraph]] fighters used by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=HE320|Enc11|UNSC Weapons|Page=320}} | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
The | The canonicity of this weapon is dubious; a 110mm gun would be larger than the [[M512 smooth-bore high-velocity cannon|90mm tank cannon]] employed on the [[Scorpion]], and ludicrous if employed as part of a rotary cannon. It is possible that the 110mm figure established in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' was the result of a typographical error (something repeated in other [[Eric Nylund]] stories such as the relativistic [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s in ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' or the "[[four-forty]]" in ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''), or may have been intended to refer to the total diameter of the weapon's full assembly rather than the ammunition. This fact was supported by [[Robert McLees]], who described the idea of ''"110mm rotary cannons in fighter/bombers"'' (as stated in the ''[[Halo Story Bible]]'') as an example ''"bad crazy"'' in the [[Halo universe|''Halo'' universe]].{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12753|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Halo Universe: Covenant Weapons|D=21|M=10|Y=2014}} | ||
However, the number remains unchanged in the 2010 reprint of ''Halo: First Strike'',{{Ref/Novel|Id=FS5|HFS|Chapter=5}} and its validity is reinforced in ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', which states the C709 variant of the Longsword is equipped with a "heavy rotary cannon".{{Ref/Reuse|vis}} | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
