Editing CMA Marine Corps

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*[[Law enforcement]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22CMA}}
*Counter-terrorism{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22CMA}}
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The '''CMA Marine Corps''' were the branch of the [[Colonial Military Authority]] tasked with ground operations.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22CMA|Enc22|Page=54-55}}

==History==
The CMA Marines were generally considered the "tip of the bayonet" for [[Human colonies|colonial]] peacekeeping and counter-terrorism operations, both military and [[law enforcement]] in nature. They were additionally deployed to work alongside and coordinate [[Colonial Militia]] operations safeguard critical facilities such as power planets and [[space elevator]]s. The Marines typically did not have a close relationship with the [[CMA Navy]] unlike their [[UNSC Marine Corps|counterparts]] in the [[United Nations Space Command]], with the Navy's ships considered generally ill-equipped for deploying and supporting CMA Marine operations.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22CMA}} Nonetheless, the CMA Navy did operate a few ship classes suited for this role, with the {{Class|Punic|supercarrier}} used to support long-term CMA Marine expeditionary operations in the [[Outer Colonies]] for months at a time.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=126}}

The CMA's fall from grace in the latter half of the 25th century saw the CMA Marine Corps largely dissolved, and most of their remaining personnel absorbed into the UNSC Marine Corps. Many CMA personnel of the era harboured greater loyalties to the then-growing colonial independence movements, and many of these trained warfighters instead defected to the [[Insurrectionist]] cause - forming the backbone of the rebel force during the [[Insurrection]] conflict.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22CMA}} By [[2525]], the CMA as a whole had been sidelined into redundancy so much that most of its equipment was fully obsolete and its remaining personnel given only two weeks of boot camp before being shipped out - described by former-Marine [[Gage Yevgenny]] as "''enough to teach you how to use your weapon, salute, march, and drive a Warthog before they booted you right on out there.''"{{Ref/Anthology|Id=Dirt|Evo|Dirt}} During the [[Human-Covenant War]], the CMA became responsible for minor operations in the colonies after its takeover by the UNSC, such as guarding [[military base|military installations]] and riot patrol.{{Ref/Reuse|Dirt}}

==Equipment==
The CMA Marines operated a variety of equipment, much of which was shared with their fellows in the UNSC's armed forces. Much of their equipment was sourced from [[Vakara GesmbH]], who furnished CMA forces with a huge range of equipment from material used in building [[Firebase|prefabricated bases]] to tactical drones to infantry firearms.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22169|Enc22|Page=169}}
===Infantry equipment===
[[File:HINF CMAVK78 Crop.png|thumb|250px|The CMA's variation of the VK78 rifle.]]
The CMA Marines operated the [[HMG-38 heavy machine gun]] as a premier heavy machine gun and its modernised "Monitor Rifle" heavy automatic rifle modification from [[2338]] to [[2495]], alongside [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[M247H machine gun]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=175}} The HMG-38s were later replaced, beginning in [[2494]], with the [[VK78 Commando]] - which would prove to be a major mainstay tactical rifle used by the CMA throughout the [[Insurrection]].{{Ref/Site|Id=CFShowcase|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/showcase-sensitive|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Showcase Sensitive|D=16|M=6|Y=2021}} The CMA employed other weapons commonly employed by UNSC forces such as the [[M7 SMG]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=167}}

CMA Wyvern gunships employed [[M328 light machine gun]]s and [[M413 heavy machine gun]]s.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22156}}

===Vehicles===
In [[2321]], the CMA became the first military organisation to formally bring the [[M12 Warthog]] into service, alongside widespread use of the [[Civet]] ATV.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/warthog|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Warthog|D=30|M=06|Y=2021}} Some of the CMA's early Warthogs employed the [[M65 Gauss cannon]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=181}} For larger troop-transport capabilities, the CMA employed the [[M88 Bison]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22142|Enc22|Page=142-143}} The [[Scorpion]] and [[SP42 Cobra]] were also employed by the CMA for heavier firepower, with the latter introduced in [[2497]] to supplement the former as a light tank during [[Operation: CHARLEMAGNE]]. Ultimately, most Cobras were inherited by the UNSC, though their production was discontinued.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22142}}

The CMA Marines operated air cavalry units, and employed the [[MV-29 Wyvern]] gunship for this purpose.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22156|Enc22|Page=156}}

Alongside standard vehicles, the CMA Marines operated [[drop pod]]s, with the [[M8823 drop pod|M8823 Human Entry Vehicle]] seeing use by the CMA starting in [[2461]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=152}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Evolutions]]''
**''[[Dirt]]'' {{Fm}}

==Sources==
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{{Colonial Authority}}
[[Category:Colonial Military Authority]]