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| {{Weapon infobox | | {{Era|H3}} |
| |name=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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| |type=Missile launcher
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| |ammotype=[[ASGM-4 missile|M5607 ASGM-4 missile]]{{Ref/Generic|Id=Missile|See [[#Production notes|production notes]]}}
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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}}
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| ==Production notes==
| | The '''Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System'''<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/halo3.aspx</ref> is a [[United Nations Space Command]] aerial [[category:Vehicles|vehicle]]-mounted [[ordnance#Weapons|weapon]] system. |
| 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}}
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| 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 ASGM-4 to be the correct missile fired by the M651.
| | The [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornet]] is equipped with two of these weapons, and each weapon system is believed to encompass a lock-on targeting missile launcher and a tri-barreled chain gun. It can be customized to fire [[armor]]-piercing missiles at a very high rate, or also fire high explosive missiles similar to a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]'s [[Fuel Rod]] bomb. The missiles have a limited homing ability on enemy vehicles and explode after a certain amount of time being in the air.<ref>''[[Halo 3 Epsilon]]''</ref> |
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| ==Gallery==
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| File:H3 M651MissileLauncher.png|A closeup look at the M651 in ''Halo 3''.
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| File:H3 M651MissileLauncher Firing.png|A Hornet in ''Halo 3'' firing its twin M651s.
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| File:H3 Hornet Missile Screenshot 1.png|An M5607 ASGM-4 missile fired from the Hornet in ''Halo 3''.
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| File:H3 Hornet Missile Screenshot 2.png|Twin M5607 ASGM-4 missiles fired from the Hornet in ''Halo 3''.
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| File:H2A Hornet Rockets.png|In ''Halo 2: Anniversary'', the Hornet fires a reused model of the M19 SSM.
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| ==Appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
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| *''[[Halo 3]]''
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| *''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{MCCo}}
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| *''[[Halo Legends]]''
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| **''[[Homecoming]]''
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| **''[[Origins]]''
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| *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{C|Background only}}
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| *''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| {{UNSC ordnance}} | | {{UNSC Heavy Weapons}} |
| [[Category:Missiles]] | | [[Category:Missiles]] |
| [[Category:UNSC air weapons]] | | [[Category:UNSC air weapons]] |
| [[Category:Rocket launchers]] | | [[Category:Rocket launchers]] |
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