Editing Kalu'teh-pattern Breaching Carapace

{{Title|''Kalu'teh''-pattern Breaching Carapace}}
{{Status|Canon}}
{{Vehicle infobox
|name=''Kalu'teh''-pattern Breaching Carapace
|image=[[File:H5G - T-55 IBC.png|300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Lodam Armory]]{{Ref/Site|Id=universe|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/covenant-drop-pods|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Covenant Drop Pods|D=27|M=10|Y=2021}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|line=[[Covenant drop pod|Individual Breaching Carapace]]
|model=
|cost=
|length={{Convert|11.4|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|11.5|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|19.4|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass={{Convert|0.5|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max speed=
|engine=
|hull=
|armament=
|crew=One operator{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|complement=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|firstuse=[[2554]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|service=[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
|role=Troop deployment
|affiliation=[[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}
}}

The '''''Kalu'teh''-pattern Breaching Carapace''' {{Type|55|Individual Breaching Carapace|IBC}} is a [[Covenant drop pod]] manufactured by [[Lodam Armory]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=284}} First observed in [[2554]], the Type-55 IBC was not formally documented by the [[United Nations Space Command]] until [[2555]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

==Design details====
Type-55 Individual Breaching Carapaces are deployed via firing from a [[capital ship]] or localized deployment, typically from an orbital or suborbital position. The drop pods are launched toward the surface of a world as a means to circumvent enemy movement or sever supply lines, and breach the atmosphere—if necessary—and close in on the target area before forward thrusters are activated, braking the craft just before impact. The effect is often disorienting for hostiles, allowing drop pods to violently strike the target [[landing zone]], immediately ejecting troops before the opposition can recover from the event.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

The Type-55 Individual Breaching Carapace bears only a slight resemblance to the sleek drop pods used by the [[Covenant]], such as the {{Pattern|Gloto|Breaching Carapace}}. Manufactured by [[Lodam Armory]], the Type-55 IBC is emblematic of the classic [[Sangheili]] design. Aerodynamically streamlined for speed and maneuverability, the Type-55 IBC has seen frequent use in the [[Blooding Years|civil war]] between Sangheili [[clan]]s, primarily due to the war's wildly territorial nature. Manufacturing cost and deployment methodology, however, has restricted single-personnel drop pods to Sangheili warriors alone.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{1st}}


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{{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}}

[[Category:Covenant vehicles]]