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| {{Weapon infobox | | {{ratings}} |
| |name=M340 40mm autocannon | | {{Weapon |
| |image= | | | image= |
| |manufacturer= | | | name=40mm chain gun |
| |series= | | | manufacturer=UNSC |
| |type=Chaingun | | | model= |
| |cost= | | | type=Chain gun |
| |variant= | | | cost= |
| |service=[[Insurrection]]{{Ref/Reuse|TFOR10}} | | | size=Large |
| |length= | | | damage per hit=High |
| |width= | | | magazine= |
| |height= | | | maxammo= |
| |weight= | | | fire=Fully automatic |
| |ammotype=40mm rounds | | | ammotype=40mm round |
| |capacity= | | | operation= |
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| |operation= | | | accuracy= |
| |rate= | | | range= |
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| |optics= | | | counterpart= |
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| | | affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]] |
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| The '''M340 40mm autocannon''' is an anti-personnel/anti-vehicle weapon mounted on the nose of some [[Pelican]] and [[Condor]] [[dropship]]s.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=150}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=TFOR10|TFoR|Chapter=10|Quote=John sized up her armaments - dented and charred armor, a pair of old, out-of-date 40mm chain guns.}} | | The '''40mm chain gun''' is an anti-personnel/anti-vehicle weapon mounted on the nose of some [[D77-TC Pelican]] [[dropship]]s. It was apparently replaced in service by the [[70mm chain gun]] which was common prior to [[2525]].<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 92'' (''"John sized up her armaments - dented and charred armor, a pair of old, out-of-date 40mm chain guns."'')</ref> Like other nose-mounted weapons used by Pelicans, the chain gun is likely linked to the movements of the pilot's or co-pilot's head, or manually by a gunner. |
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| ==Overview==
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| ===Design details===
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| This chaingun fires 40mm ammunition.{{Ref/Reuse|TFOR10}}
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| ===Usage===
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| The 40mm chaingun was a weapon employed on [[Pelican]] dropships prior to around [[2525]]. By this time, the chaingun had been superseded by the [[M370 autocannon|M370 70mm autocannon]]. By 2525, a Pelican equipped with such a weapon was docked in the [[United Rebel Front]] stronghold of [[Eridanus Secundus]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFOR10}} The weapon is also employed on [[Condor]] dropships such as the [[G81 Condor|G81 variant]]. Although military Condors keep the chain gun, civilian models eschew it and all fire control systems.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
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| ==Production notes==
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| In the ''[[Halo Legends]]'' short ''[[Homecoming]]'' depicts a [[D77-TC Pelican]] dropship armed with a nose-mounted weapon unlike the M370 70mm autocannon depicted as standard on most Pelican dropships, which may possibly be the 40mm chaingun. However, the short takes place far in the [[Human-Covenant War]], long after the time period in which the 40mm chaingun is said to have been retired. It is possible that the 40mm chaingun retained in service in back-line units and older garrisons, and thus continued to see sporadic usage in the later years of the war.
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| The design shown in ''Homecoming'' bears a strong visual resemblance to a [[:Category:Halo 3 concept art|concept design]] of the [[D77H-TCI Pelican]] shown in ''[[The Art of Halo 3]]'', page 38.
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| File:Homecoming Pelican Concept.png|Concept art for the ''Homecoming'' Pelican.
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| File:HaloLegends-PelicanChaingun1.png|The weapon ''Homecoming''
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| File:HaloLegends-PelicanChaingun2-Firing.png|The ''Homecoming'' gun firing.
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| File:HE12 Space Combat2.jpg|An additional look at Pelicans in [[Halo: Escalation Issue 11|issue 11]] of ''[[Halo: Escalation]]'' seemingly firing some kind of nose-mounted weapons.
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| The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' establishes that the G81 Condor employs a chin-mounted M340 40mm autocannon, and is built on the elongated fuselage of older Pelicans.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}} The M340 additionally is set before the M370 in its designation, which concurs with the note in ''The Fall of Reach'' that the 40mm models were replaced by the newer cannons like the M370. As such, it can be reasonably inferred that this 40mm chaingun is the same as the one mentioned in ''The Fall of Reach''.
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| {{UNSC heavy weapons}} | | {{UNSC Heavy Weapons}} |
| [[Category:Autocannons]] | | [[Category:Autocannons]] |
| [[Category:UNSC air weapons]] | | [[Category:UNSC air weapons]] |
