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{{Status|Canon}}
{{Era|HCW}}
{{Weapon infobox
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|name=M19B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher
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|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]] <small>(presumed)</small>
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The '''M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''' is a man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft, guided munitions launcher in service with the [[UNSC Defense Force]].<ref name="GoO">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 17''</ref> The launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, capable of destroying [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshees]] with relative ease. The weapon is ineffective against [[Type-31 Seraph|Type-31 Seraph fighters]] due to their [[energy shielding]] system.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO}}
The '''M19B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''' is a man-portable anti-aircraft weapon used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="GoO">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 17''</ref>


==Production note==
The M19B SAM launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, presumably [[M19 high-explosive anti-tank shaped charge rocket|M19 HEAT shaped charge rockets]], which can easily destroy [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshees]]; however, the weapon causes little damage to [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-31 Seraph fighters]] due to their [[energy shielding]] and heavy armor.<ref name="GoO"/>
At the time ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'' was written and published, the [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon|M41 rocket launcher]] was officially called the M19 surface-to-surface missile launcher, despite the weapon's in-game models bearing the former designation. After years of confusion, ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'' clarified that the weapon itself is indeed the M41 SSR, while the [[M19 surface-to-surface missile]] is its ammunition. Thus, one may infer that the M19-B SAM is not a rocket launcher at all, but rather a dedicated anti-aircraft variant of the M19 SSM. To wit, it may be the version featured in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' and ''[[Halo 4]]'', as the rocket launchers in those games can track aircraft but not ground vehicles.
 
Though the weapon is quite powerful, it is not frequently deployed.<ref name="GoO"/> This is likely because its more common counterpart, the [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon]], can also serve as a potent anti-aircraft weapon.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{UNSC support weapons}}
{{UNSC support weapons}}
[[Category:Rocket launchers]]
[[Category:Rocket launchers]]

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