Editing M808B2 Sun Devil

|armament=*2 pairs of twin-linked 40mm autocannons{{Ref/Reuse|model}}{{Ref/NoteReuse|cannon}}

*1 [[M247T machine gun]]{{Ref/Reuse|model}}

|service=[[Insurrection]]<br>

[[Human-Covenant War]]

|role=*Anti-infantry{{Ref/Site|Id=CF|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/blitz-coverage|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Blitz Coverage}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Universe|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/scorpion|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Scorpion}}

*[[Anti-aircraft weapon|Anti-Air]]

|affiliation=[[UNSC Armed Forces]]

The '''M808B2 Air Defense System''', also known as the '''M808B2 "Sun Devil"''', is a a modified variant of the [[M808B Scorpion]] main battle [[tank]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22p140|Enc22|Page=140}}{{Ref/Reuse|Universe}}

The Sun Devil is built on a slightly modified Scorpion tank hull, and uses a full-rotation turret fitted with two pairs of twin-linked 40mm autocannons.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p140}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=238}}{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc11|Enc11|Page=248}}{{Ref/Note|Id=cannon|The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' entry for the Sun Devil lists it as having four twin-linked cannons, while its entries both on [[Halo Waypoint]] and in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' list it as having two. Given that the model produced for ''Ground Command'' displays four cannon, this articles uses interprets the Halo Waypoint and 2022 Encyclopedia entries as meaning that it features two ''pairs'' of twin-linked cannons.}} Like several other variants of Scorpion, the Sun Devil also features a secondary turreted [[M247T machine gun]] that requires a separate operator.{{Ref/Tabletop|Id=model|HGC|Detail=Sun Devil model}} The Sun Devil's threat tracking and targeting systems make it extremely effective at attacking Covenant aircraft such as the [[Banshee]].{{Ref/Tabletop|HGC|Detail=Sun Devil stat card}}

While ostensibly an anti-aircraft vehicle, the Sun Devil was used in anti-personnel role throughout the [[insurrection]] years,{{Ref/Reuse|CF}}{{Ref/Reuse|Universe}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22p140}} and proved to be very effective in clearing [[Covenant]] light infantry from contested points during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|CF}}{{Ref/Reuse|Universe}}

The concept of an anti-air Scorpion was first considered in early preproduction for ''[[Halo 2]]''—with early design documentation referencing the idea of an anti-air Scorpion.{{Ref/Generic|Id=H2:AVehicles|[[Halo 2: Artifacts]]|Episode 4 - The Cutting Room Floor|Detail=13:25}} The model for the Sun Devil was developed to some extent - albeit [[Cut Halo 2 vehicles|cut from the game]] at an early stage of the game's [[Development of Halo 2|development]]. This model was developed at such an early stage of the game that the engine and asset were based on the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' variation of the Scorpion - as such, in the [[Digsite]] asset restoration project the Sun Devil is being restored as an asset for [[Modding|modders]] to use in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' rather than ''Halo 2''. The Sun Devil had no known gameplay iteration in ''Halo 2'' and no [[tag]] data has been found for the vehicle - as such, all gameplay data being developed for the ''Combat Evolved'' Sun Devil is original content developedb y the Digsite team.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/digsite-discoveries|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Digsite Deliveries|D=17|M=07|Y=2023}}

The vehicle was later brought into the ''Halo'' universe with the release of the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)|Halo Encyclopedia]]''—which may have based the description on the intended ''Halo 2'' vehicle similar to the [[Cut Halo 2 vehicles#Warthog variants|Warthog variants]] similarly-cut from the game.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}} The vehicle was first-realised in visual form with the [[2016]] release of ''[[Halo: Ground Command]]''.

File:HCE Digsite SunDevil.jpg|The original ''Halo 2'' Sun Devil model, restored into ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' by the Digsite project.