Editing M651 missile launcher

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|image=[[File:H2A M651MissileLauncher.png|300px]]<br>An M651 mounted on the ventral surface of the AV-14 Hornet.
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The '''M651 missile launcher''' is a heavy aerial-mounted weapon system employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=157}} They are classed as a '''Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System''' in UNSC inventories (compared to Class-1 GMLS' such as the [[M302 rocket pod]]).{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=96}} The weapon consists of five individual autoloading launch tubes, capable of firing lock on-capable [[ASGM-4 missile|M5607 ASGM-4 missiles]].{{Ref/Reuse|Missile}} Two such weapons are ventrally mounted on the underside skiffs of the standard [[AV-14 Hornet]] models.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}

==Production notes==
In ''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', the Hornet's missile launcher is erroneously identified as being on the nose of the aircraft. The Class-2 GMLS caption points at the vehicle's nose-mounted targeting, sensor and camera array.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

In ''[[Halo 3]]'', the missiles fired by the M651 launchers on the Hornet reuse the model of the [[ASGM-4 missile|M5607 ASGM-4 missile]] fired from the [[LAU-65D/SGM-151 missile pod]] weapon. Both sets of missiles in-game demonstrate broadly similar gameplay properties for tracking and explosive radius and damage, indicating that the two are intended to be one and the same in ''Halo'' canon. In ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' multiplayer, the Hornet reuses the model for the [[M19 missile]] - a surface-to-surface missile fired by the [[M41 SPNKr]] rocket launchers. Given that the M19 is much larger and explicitly a surface-to-surface missile, this article assumes the M5607 Air-to-Surface Guided Missile-4 to be the correct missile fired by the M651.

==Gallery==
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File:H3 M651MissileLauncher.png|A closeup look at the M651 in ''Halo 3''.
File:H3 M651MissileLauncher Firing.png|A Hornet in ''Halo 3'' firing its twin M651s.
File:H3 Hornet Missile Screenshot 1.png|An M5607 ASGM-4 missile fired from the Hornet in ''Halo 3''.
File:H3 Hornet Missile Screenshot 2.png|Twin M5607 ASGM-4 missiles fired from the Hornet in ''Halo 3''.
File:H2A Hornet Rockets.png|In ''Halo 2: Anniversary'', the Hornet fires a reused model of the M19 SSM.
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{MCCo}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{C|Background only}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:Missiles]]
[[Category:UNSC air weapons]]
[[Category:Rocket launchers]]
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