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[[File:ChopperCannons.jpg|thumb|300px|A pair of heavy spike cannons mounted on the [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]].]] | [[File:ChopperCannons.jpg|thumb|300px|A pair of heavy spike cannons mounted on the [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]].]] | ||
'''Spike cannons''', also known as '''spiker autocannons''',{{Ref/Game|Id=plchopper|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Chopper | '''Spike cannons''', also known as '''spiker autocannons''',{{Ref/Game|Id=plchopper|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Chopper}}{{Ref/Game|Id=plreaver|HW2|Phoenix Logs|Detail=Reaver}} are a class of heavy mounted weapon typically used by the [[Covenant]] and [[Covenant remnants|its remnants]]. As their name suggests, spike cannons employ the use of [[spike weaponry|spike projectiles]] as their primary munitions.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p465|Enc22|Page=465}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
===Design details=== | ===Design details=== | ||
While | While variants exist within the classification of spike cannons, they generally fire spike projectiles larger than those found in other [[spike weaponry]].{{Ref/Game|H3|In-game Chopper vehicle}} Spike cannons are mounted on ground vehicles as well as aircrafts, controlled by either the vehicle's operator or additional gunners.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p473|Enc22|Page=473}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} The [[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]]'s forward-firing, twin-paired heavy spike cannons are self-loading, and fire a large 35mm caliber spike projectile.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=chopperfiction|Site=Bungie.net|Page=The Brute Chopper|D=11|M=5|Y=2012|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/Chopper}}{{Ref/Book|EVG|Page=31}} The weapon displays a degree of modularity: while the cannon can be upgraded with stabilizers for increased damage and accuracy,{{Ref/Game|HW|Factory|Detail=Chopper level 2 upgrade - Stabilizers|Quote=Increases the autocannons' damage and accuracy.}} the spike projectiles themselves can also be upgraded to explosive shrapnel rounds, converting the cannons to "shrapnel cannons" variants.{{Ref/Reuse|plchopper}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}}{{Ref/Game|HW2|Banished outpost|Detail=Chopper upgrade - Shrapnel Rounds|Quote=Unit Upgrade, Adds explosive rounds, Detects Cloaked units.}} Although spike cannons tend to fire at a lower rate of fire when compared to [[plasma cannon]]s and [[needle cannon]]s, their spike projectiles remain very effective against infantry and light armored vehicles.{{Ref/Reuse|plreaver}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p466|Enc22|Page=466}} | ||
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
;Light spike cannons | ;Light spike cannons | ||
*[[Dovotaa Workshop Reaver]] - 2x light spike | *[[Dovotaa Workshop Reaver]] - 2x light spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|plreaver}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p466}} | ||
;Spike cannons | ;Spike cannons | ||
*[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]] - 2x spike | *[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]] - 2x spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p473}} | ||
*[[Qavardu Workshop Gravemaker]] - 4x spike | *[[Qavardu Workshop Gravemaker]] - 4x spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p473}} | ||
;Heavy spike cannons | ;Heavy spike cannons | ||
*[[Barug'qel Workshop Chopper]] - 2x heavy spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|plchopper}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} | |||
*[[Barug'qel Workshop Chopper]] - 2x heavy spike | *[[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]] - 4x heavy spike cannon{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22p273|Enc22|Page=273}} | ||
*[[Barukaza Workshop Chopper]] - 4x heavy spike | *[[Bolroci Workshop Chopper]] - 2x heavy spike cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} | ||
*[[Bolroci Workshop Chopper]] - 2x heavy spike | |||
;Shrapnel cannons{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} | ;Shrapnel cannons{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} | ||
*Barug'qel Workshop Chopper - 2x shrapnel | *Barug'qel Workshop Chopper - 2x shrapnel cannon {{C|Optional}}{{Ref/Reuse|plchopper}} | ||
*[[Terror Chopper]] - 2x shrapnel | *[[Terror Chopper]] - 2x shrapnel cannon{{Ref/Reuse|enc22p465}} | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:HTMCC-H3 ChopperAutocannon 4.png|An [[M274 Mongoose]] under attack from a heavy spike cannon in ''Halo 3''. | File:HTMCC-H3 ChopperAutocannon 4.png|An [[M274 Mongoose]] under attack from a heavy spike cannon in ''Halo 3''. | ||
File:HW Chopper Autocannon.jpg|A Barukaza Workshop Chopper equipped with heavy spike cannons in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | File:HW Chopper Autocannon.jpg|A Barukaza Workshop Chopper equipped with heavy spike cannons in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | ||
File:HW2 | File:HW2 Terror Chopper attacking Iron BB.png|Rounds from a shrapnel cannon hitting an [[Ironclad Blisterback]] in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | *''[[Halo Wars 2]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]] | [[Category:Jiralhanae weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Spike weapons]] | [[Category:Spike weapons]] | ||