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| | Secondary weapons of the UNSC C709 Longsword Starfighter. It is unclear what type of ammunition that is used but it is most likely that the shells are made of Depleated Uranium. Quite effective in close range Dogfights with Covenant Seraphs. |
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| The '''ALI-50 110mm autocannon''' is a heavy weapons system employed on the [[GA-TL1 Longsword]] series of [[Space fighter|strikecraft]] in service within the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=160}}
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Design details===
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| The weapon takes the form of a large autocannon,{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} capable of firing 110mm [[depleted uranium]] shells and a high rate of fire.{{Ref/Reuse|FS5}}{{Ref/Book|Id=vis|EVG|Page=112}}
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| ===Usage=== | | ==References== |
| The 110mm is employed on the Longsword series of fightercraft (in particular the [[C709 Longsword|C709]] and [[C718 Longsword|C718]] variants){{Ref/Reuse|HE320}}{{Ref/Reuse|vis}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} - 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|Page=320}}
| | First Strike pg 38 |
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| ==Production notes==
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| The Longsword's 110mm gun has a dubious canon history within the ''Halo'' franchise. It was first referenced in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' as a 110mm weapon affectionately referred to as "'''the Rotary'''".{{Ref/Reuse|FS5}}{{Ref/Reuse|HE320}} A 110mm gun would be larger than even the [[M512 smooth-bore high-velocity cannon|90mm cannon]] equipped on the [[Scorpion]] tanks, and would be ludicrous if employed as part of a rotary cannon - something 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 of ''"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}}
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| It is likely that the 110mm rotary cannon established in ''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. However, the number remained 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}}
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| In the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'', the loadout for the Longsword (specifically the C718 variant introduced in the book) was stated to have an ALI-50 110mm autocannon - seemingly a direct reference to the 110mm figure, but now retconned into being a more reasonable autocannon.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} As such, this article assumes the 2022 ''Halo Encyclopedia''{{'}}s interpretation of the weapon as an autocannon as canon.
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
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| *''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''
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| == Sources ==
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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{UNSC heavy weapons}}
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| [[Category:Autocannons]]
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| [[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
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