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|image=[[File:Boot Camp MA2B.jpg|250px]]
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|manufacturer=[[Misriah Armory]]<ref name="waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1 '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Assault Rifle''] (defunct, backup on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110314221127/http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/theuniverse/tech/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1 Archive.org])</ref>
| name=MA2B Assault Rifle
|series=[[MA series]]{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}
| manufacturer=Misriah Armory
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| model=MA2B
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| type=Assault Rifle
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|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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| magazine=32
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|ammotype=[[.390]] caliber<ref name="TFoR">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 75'' (2001); ''page 100'' (2010)</ref>
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| ammotype=[[.390]] Caliber Ammunition
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| rate of fire=Fifteen Rounds Per Second
|rate=900 RPM{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}}
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''Not to be confused with the [[MA5B]], the Assault Rifle from Halo: CE or the [[MA5C]] from Halo 3.


The '''MA2B Individual Combat Weapon System''' ('''ICWS''') is a firearm used by the [[United Nations Space Command]] that is part of [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[MA series]], and is described as a cut-down version of UNSC's standard-issue [[MA5B assault rifle]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}} The rifle sees sparse service among [[UNSC Special Forces]] units.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}
==Description==
The '''MA2B Assault Rifle''' is a cut-down version of the standard [[MA5B]] [[Assault Rifle]]. Like its relatives in the MA5 family, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It has electric targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can deliver an impressive fifteen rounds per second and uses [[.390]] caliber ammunition.<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 75</ref>


==Overview==
The [[Spartans]] were known to carry this weapon into action, usually when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission e.g. [[John]] used an MA2B Assault Rifle on his very first real mission, the attempt to capture [[Colonel Robert Watts]] of the [[Eridanus Rebels]].
===Design details===
Like the other models of the MA series, the MA2B is tough and reliable. It features electronic targeting, an ammo supply indicator, and a recoil-reduction system. The MA2B can fire 900 rounds per minute (fifteen rounds per second) and uses [[.390|.390 caliber ammunition]], which is considerably larger than the [[7.62x51mm|7.62mm round]] used by the [[MA5 series]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}} The MA2B can utilize "penetrators", special armor-penetrating rounds with copper jackets and depleted uranium cores.<ref name="SoR2">''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]], Chapter 2''</ref> It is also compatible with extended magazines.<ref name="TFoR9">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], Chapter 9''</ref>


==Service history==
One of the probable reasons that the Spartans chose the MA2B over the MA5B for missions is because of the weapon's larger magazine size, a feature which allows the user to maximize his ammo-carrying capacity without needing to carry excess bulky magazines.  
The MA2B is an old weapon, dating back to the Insurrection.{{Ref/Reuse|SoR2}} [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-IIs]] used MA2Bs when they were required to carry very little ordnance for a mission. [[Blue Team]] used MA2Bs on [[Operation: TALON|their first combat mission]] to capture [[Colonel]] [[Robert Watts]] of the [[United Rebel Front]].{{Ref/Reuse|TFoR}}<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''pages 106-109'' (2010)</ref> In [[2559]], Major [[Eznik Van Houte]] kept an MA2B as an emergency weapon in the cockpit of the [[D102 Owl|Owl]] dropship he flew, putting it to use in [[Blue Team]]'s [[Operation: WOLFE|mission to]] [[Reach]] after a crash landing. He used the weapon with penetrator ammunition, prompting [[John-117]] to note that he was "a man who believed in putting holes in what he hit."{{Ref/Reuse|SoR2}}


==Trivia==
Since the MA2B uses the rare, and therefore largely incompatible .39 Caliber rounds, it prevented the user from acquiring more ammo from fallen foes with ease.
In the first three issues of ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'', the MA2B appears as it is depicted on the cover of Issue 4, albeit longer. In the last issue, however, the MA2B closely resembles the [[MA5K carbine]] due to its straighter carrying handle and larger barrel. In some panels in Issue 4, [[John-117]]'s MA2B appears to be much longer than in other panels, making it look almost identical to the [[BR55HB battle rifle]].
[[Image:Ma2b_screenshot1.jpg|thumb|left]]


==Gallery==
==References==
<gallery>
<references/>
File:KellyRifle.jpg|[[Kelly-087]] wielding an MA2B assault rifle on [[Eridanus Secundus]].
File:BlueTeam.jpg|Blue Team with MA2Bs in the lobby of Watts' hideout.
File:Blueteam_Splash.png|Blue Team wielding MA2B assault rifles to storm Watts' apartment.
File:Eridanus Rebels and UNSC clash.png|MA2Bs employed by [[Insurrectionist]]s.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==Related Pages==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*[[MA3 Assault Rifle]]
*''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]''
*[[MA5B]]
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''
*[[MA5C]]
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Covenant|Covenant]]''
*[[MA5K Carbine]]
*''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]''{{Ref/Novel|Id=SOR2|HSoR|Chapter=2}}
==Sources==
{{Ref/Sources}}


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[[Category:Assault rifles]]
{|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align=center id=toc
!align=center bgcolor=#6699CC colspan=3|<font color="white">List of '''[[UNSC|<span style="color: white;">UNSC</span>]] Infantry Weapons'''</font>
|-
|align=left|[[Pistol]]s and [[Submachine Gun|SMGs]] || ||[[M6 series]] ([[M6C Magnum Sidearm]] &middot; [[M6D Personal Defense Weapon System]] &middot; [[M6G Personal Defense Weapon System]] &middot; [[M6J Carbine]]) &middot; [[M7/Caseless Submachine Gun]] &middot; [[M7S Submachine Gun]]
|-
|align=left|[[Assault rifle]]s and carbines || ||[[MA5 Series]] ([[MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5B Assault Rifle]] &middot; [[MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System|MA5C Assault Rifle]] &middot; [[MA5K Carbine]]) &middot; [[MA3 Assault Rifle]] &middot; [[MA2B Assault Rifle]] &middot; [[BR55 Battle Rifle]] &middot; [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]]
|-
|align=left|[[Shotgun]]s || ||[[M90 Close Assault Weapon System|M90 Shotgun]]
|-
|align=left|[[Sniper rifle]]s || ||[[Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99C Sniper Rifle]] &middot; [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99D Sniper Rifle]]
|-
|align=left|[[Rocket launcher]]s || ||[[M19 SSM Rocket Launcher|M19 SSM Rocket Launcher]] &middot; [[M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher|M19-B SAM Missile Launcher]] &middot; [[M41 SSR MAV/AW]]
|-
|align=left|[[Machine Gun]]s and [[support weapon]]s || ||[[AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun]] &middot; [[M247 General Purpose Machine Gun]] &middot; [[NA4 Flamethrower]] &middot; [[M7057/Defoliant Projector]] &middot; [[LAU-65D/SGM-151|LAU-65D/SGM-151 Missile Pod]] &middot; [[Weapon/Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galileian Nonlinear Rifle]]
|-
|align=left|[[Grenade]]s and explosives || ||[[102mm High-Explosive Anti-Tank|102mm HEAT]] &middot; [[C-7 Foaming Explosive]] &middot; [[C-12 Shaped Charge]] &middot; [[Fougass]] &middot; [[M9 High-Explosive Dual-Purpose Grenade|Fragmentation Grenade]] &middot; [[M383C Linear Shaped Charge Demolition Kit|M383C Demolition Kit]] &middot; [[Napalm Grenade]] &middot; [[Satchel Charge]] &middot; [[Smoke Grenade]] &middot; [[Sonic Grenade]] &middot; [[Thermite-Carbon Cord]] &middot; [[Thermite Grenade]]
|-
|align=left|[[Ammunition]] used || ||[[M225 Semi-Armor-Piercing High-Explosive|M225 SAPHE]] &middot; [[12.7x99mm Armor-Piercing|12.7x99mm]] &middot; [[14.5x114mm]] &middot; [[.390|0.390 caliber]] &middot; [[.450|0.450 caliber]] &middot; [[7.62x51 NATO|7.62x51mm NATO]] &middot; [[M634 Experimental High-Powered Semi-Armor-Piercing|9.5x40mm M634 X-HP-SAP]] &middot; [[MUTA-AP-09334]] &middot; [[M443 Caseless Full Metal Jacket|M443 Caseless FMJ]] &middot; [[Soellkraft 8 Gauge Shell]]
|}
 
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