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{{Disambig header|the models in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3|other variants of the Needler|Needler}}
'''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher (T-33 GML)''', also known as the '''Type-33 Needler''', is the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s [[Type classification system|type classification]] for four distinct patterns of the [[Needler]], a [[Covenant]] [[Needle-based weaponry|needle-based]] infantry automatic weapon that launch [[Subanese crystal]]line shards capable of homing-in on targets.{{Ref/Book|Id=evg128|EVG|Page=128}} Although the four distinct patterns of the Needlers possessed aesthetic and functional differences, their shared UNSC type designation suggests that they were all catalogued and classified in [[2533]].


==''Nahle'hax-pattern'' needle launcher==
{{Weapon
{{Main|Nahle'hax-pattern needler}}
| image=[[Image:Bnetneedler.jpg|300px]]
The ''Nahle'hax''-pattern needle launcher is designated as '''T-33 GML'''.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc22|Enc22|Page=294}}{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} This variant was commonly employed by the Covenant and its remnants.{{Ref/Game|HR|gameplay}}{{Ref/Book|Id=h4evg|H4EVG|Page=85}}{{Ref/Game|H4|gameplay}}
| name=Needler
<gallery class=center>
| manufacturer=
File:HReach-NeedlerSide.png|The first chassis with blue lights on side of the upper cowling.
| model=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
File:Enc22-Nahle'haxNeedler.png|The second chassis with metallic braces on the channel braces.
| type=
File:H4-Needler.png|The third chassis with no lights on the side of the upper cowling.
| cost=
</gallery>
| size=[[Halo 1]]/[[Halo 3]]: Handheld, Two Handed
<br>[[Halo 2]]: Handheld, [[Dual Wield]]able
*Needler (Halo 1)
**length: 66.8 centimeters
**width: 20 centimeters
**height: 60 centimeters
*Needler (Halo 2)
**length: 57.9 centimeters
*Needler (Halo 3)
**Length: 57.8 cm (22.75 in.)
**Length (barrel): 16.25 cm (6.4 in.)
**Weight (empty): 3.74 kg (8.25 lbs)
**Weight (loaded): 4.3 kg (9.5 lbs)
| damage per hit= Variable - Low to Instant Kill
| magazine= *Halo 1: 20 needles
*Halo 2: 30 needles
*Halo 3: 19 needles
| maxammo= *Halo 1: 100 needles
*Halo 2: 120 needles
**Dual-wielding: 240 needles
*Halo 3: 95
| fire= Automatic
*Muzzle velocity: 54 m/s (177 f/s)
| ammotype= Crystalline Explosive Projectiles
| operation= Unknown
| rate of fire= 510 rnds/min (Halo 3)
| accuracy= High (Homing)
| range= 64 meters (210 ft)
*Short-Medium Range
| era=
| counterpart=
*Halo 1: [[MA5B Assault Rifle]]
*Halo 2: [[SMG]]
*Halo 3: [[MA5C Assault Rifle]]
| counterwep= *At Close Range: [[Energy Sword]], [[Shotgun]], [[Gravity Hammer]]
*At Medium Range: [[Battle Rifle]], [[Covenant Carbine]], [[M6D]],
| affiliation=[[Covenant]]
}}
 
{{Quote|First order of business when dealing with a hostile armed with a needler is finding cover; second order of business is killing the mike foxtrot with the needler.|Anonymous serviceman}}
 
The '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher'''<ref>http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3needler</ref>, better known as the '''Needler''', is a [[Covenant]] infantry [[weapon]] that fires a homing projectile capable of doing lethal damage.
 
==Summary==
The Needler is a highly unusual Covenant weapon in that it fires pink, translucent, crystalline projectiles. It is most often wielded by [[Unggoy]] (Grunts), and [[Yanme'e]] (Drones), but [[Sangheili]] (Elites) and [[Kig-Yar]] (Jackals) have also been seen utilizing this weapon.
 
Its razor sharp crystalline projectiles are fired from this elaborately designed Covenant weapon; it is widely believed that they use heat or organic signatures to home in on targets. Although easily deflected by energy shields, the needles cause a chemical reaction in close proximity resulting in an explosive effect.<ref>[http://halo3.com halo3.com]</ref>After a number of needles have entered a hostile, they will shatter causing massive internal damage.
 
===Advantages===
This weapon fires enemy-tracking needles that embed themselves in the flesh of a target before exploding to cause damage. The rate of fire increases with continuous fire. If ''[[7]]'' or more needles accumulate in the target, the needles' combined strength will create a large explosion, killing the target and causing splash damage to other nearby enemies. Needles can penetrate the energy [[shields]] of Elites, [[Sentinels]], and [[Spartans]], but bounce off [[Jackal Personal Arm Shield]]s. They are especially useful against the unshielded [[Brutes]] in Halo 2's [[Campaign]] mode.


==Fleet of Particular Justice variant==
When dual wielding, the effectiveness and rate of fire of the needlers can be increased by firing them "out of phase". This is accomplished when the user begins firing one of his needlers a fraction of a second before the other, and continues to fire them in full-auto so that the shots from each weapon are fired in a "one-two punch" pattern. You can tell when the pattern is just right because the guns will sound as if they are firing much more rapidly. This allows for a more constant and consistent stream of fire. Since each needle is in it's own slot in the firing sequence, the failure of one needle to impact the target no longer means that two will fail.
{{Weapon infobox
|image=[[File:Needler-HaloCE.png|300px]]
|name=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
|type=[[Needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}{{Ref/Game|HCE|[[Halo: Combat Evolved manual#Covenant Weapons|game manual]]}}
|cost=
|length=
|weight=
|width=
|height=
|capacity=
|feed=20 shards/magazine{{Ref/Game|Id=hcegameplay|HCE|gameplay}}
|ammotype=Subanese crystalline shards{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
|operation=
|rate =Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|hcegameplay}}
|velocity=
|optics=
|range=
|service=
;Human-Covenant War
*[[Battle of Installation 04]]{{Ref/Reuse|hcegameplay}}
}}


This pattern designated as '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
In Halo 3, the Needler is more powerful than ever before. With a faster rate of fire, greater accuracy, quicker projectiles, better homing capabilities and higher damage, the Needler has been improved in virtually every area. As the Needler now behaves more like a rifle than an [[SMG]], it can no longer be dual-wielded. However, it's no longer necessary to do so. [[Frankie]] has been quoted as saying that the Needler is now nearly a power weapon on its own.


===Design details===
===Disadvantages===
This Needler pattern is characterized by an additional handguard around the grip between the cowlings. It also possesses a longer handguard extending from the lower cowling,{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}} though, unlike other Needlers with this attribute, the handguard is angled downwards rather than curving upwards.{{Ref/Game|HCE|In-game model}}
The needles are slow, and are not effective against vehicles. The needles also take time to hit/explode on the target, leaving the target time to move in and inflict some of the explosive splash damage on the shooter. It is nearly impossible to hit [[Active Camouflage|invisible]] Elites with the Needler, as they do not home to camouflaged targets. The learning curve of the "lead" needed to hit strafing targets is also high. And when faced with experienced opponents in multiplayer (who often randomize their strafing patterns) the weapon is almost always overshadowed by better, more reliable options. Against larger and more heavily armored opponents, such as Hunters, the Needler is generally ineffective. In addition, the needles themselves do not inflict much damage, and that only the general explosion inside the enemy will kill them. Therefore, combinations of shooting/meleeing to get a kill are not feasible with this weapon.
<gallery class=center>
File:Needler.png|The HUD icon for this T-33 GML pattern.
File:Needlers and Ammo.jpg|Scattered Needlers and their ammunition boxes.
</gallery>


===Usage===
==Description and Appearance==
This pattern of the Needler was commonly employed during the [[Battle of Installation 04|Battle]] of [[Installation 04]] by the forces deployed from the [[Fleet of Particular Justice]].{{Ref/Reuse|hcegameplay}} It was particularly popular among [[Special Operations Unggoy]] combating the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Level|HCE|Keyes (level)|Keyes}}{{Ref/Level|HCE|The Maw}}
While the Needler first appeared in the original [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], the individual crystalline needles used as a hand to hand weapon appear in the Halo novel, Contact Harvest. It made a return in [[Halo 2]], and was made slightly less powerful with the advent of [[dual wielding]]. However, after Halo 2's 1.1 [[multiplayer]] patch, the weapon was toned down even more. The weapon returns in [[Halo 3]]. This time it is not dual wieldable, but the weapon have been significantly rebalanced to allow it to stand on its own; it is one of the most effective medium-ranged weapons in the game, especially when used against [[Brute]]s or [[Flood]].
<gallery class=center>
File:Curlback.png|An [[Unggoy Major]] wielding the Needler.
File:HCE Zuka Screenshot 6.jpg|Two SpecOps Unggoy firing their Needlers in the wreckage of {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.
File:Keyes.jpg|[[Captain (NAVCOM)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] notably used a Needler after [[Raid on the Truth and Reconciliation|his rescue]].
</gallery>
{{clear}}


==Fleet of Sacred Consecration variant==
== UNSC Remarks ==
{{Weapon infobox
"I don’t know how it works, but it seems [the needles] can only follow you if they can see you.”
|image=[[File:Needler-H2.png|300px]]
|name=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
|type=[[Needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h2manual|H2|[[Halo 2 manual#Covenant Weapons|game manual]]}}
|cost=
|length=
|weight=
|width=
|height=
|capacity=
|feed=30 shards/magazine{{Ref/Reuse|h2manual}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h2gameplay|H2|gameplay}}
|ammotype=Subanese crystal shards{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
|operation=
|rate =Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}}
|velocity=
|optics=
|range=
|service=
;Human-Covenant War
*[[Harvest campaign]]{{Ref/Level|HW|Relic Interior}}
*[[Battle of Mombasa]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}}
*[[Raid on the Threshold gas mine]]{{Ref/Level|H2|The Arbiter}}{{Ref/Level|H2|The Oracle}}
*[[Battle of Installation 05]]{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}}
*[[Fall of High Charity|Fall of ''High Charity'']]{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}}
}}


This pattern designated as '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
“Anything stuck with enough needles will blow sky high—and if a Foxtrot is unlucky enough to be carrying grenades, those’re gonna cook off too.


===Design details===
“I caught three in the leg as I was diving behind a broken wall—they lodged right in there where the greave meets the boot. When they went off it damn near broke my ankle and flung like little splinters of glass or crystal or whatever all up my left side—the corpsman was pulling that **** out’a me for the better part of two hours.
This Needler pattern is characterized by upper and lower cowlings of congruent lengths.{{Ref/Game|H2|In-game model}}


===Usage===
“Luckily—listen to me “luckily”—the needles only detonate when they’re embedded ''[sic]'' in living tissue. Now that’s lucky because it’s not gonna blow a hole in the wall you’re hiding behind or tear the tires off of the vehicle you’re trying to escape in.
This pattern of the Needler was commonly employed by the forces deployed from the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] and [[Battle of Installation 05]]. Members of [[Sesa 'Refumee]]'s [[Sesa 'Refumee's heretic faction|heretic faction]], especially the [[Heretic Unggoy|Unggoy]], favored this Needler pattern as well.{{Ref/Reuse|h2gameplay}}
<gallery class=center>
File:HW-NeedlerElite.png|A Stealth Sangheili wielding the Needler during the [[Harvest campaign]].
File:Heretic grunts.jpg|Two Unggoy fielding the Needler in the [[Threshold gas mine]].
</gallery>
{{clear}}


==Truth's fleet pattern==
“It’s about as close to a fire-and-forget small arm that were likely to ever see—and it ain’t ours. This is why we’re losing.
{{Weapon infobox
|image=[[File:H3-NeedlerProfile.png|300px]]
|name=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
|manufacturer=[[Sacred Promissory]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
|type=[[Needler]]{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}{{Ref/Site|Id=h3bnet|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3Needler|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher - 9/6/2007|D=16|M=01|Y=2021|LocalArchive=Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present/Needler}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h3manual|H3|[[Halo 3 manual#Weapons|game manual]]}}
|cost=
|length=
*'''Overall''': {{Convert|57.8|cm|in}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Book|Id=enc09|Enc09|Page=323}}
*'''Barrel''': {{Convert|16.25|cm|in}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}
|weight=
*'''Empty''': {{Convert|3.74|kg|lb}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}
*'''Loaded''': {{Convert|4.3|kg|lb}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}
|width=
|height=
|capacity=
|feed=19 shards{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Game|Id=h3gameplay|H3|gameplay}}
|ammotype=Subanese crystalline shards{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
|operation=
|rate =Automatic{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}} (510 rounds/minute){{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}
|velocity=54 meter/second (177 feet/second){{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}
|optics=
|range={{Convert|64|m|ft}}{{Ref/Reuse|h3bnet}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}
|service=
;Human-Covenant War
*[[Operation: FIRESIDE]]{{Ref/Comic|HHj|Issue=4}}
*[[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]]{{Ref/Comic|HBL|Issue=4}}
*[[Battle of Mombasa]]{{Ref/Game|H3ODST|gameplay}}
*[[Battle of Voi]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}}
*[[Battle of Installation 00]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}}
}}


This pattern designated as '''Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher''' was manufactured by the [[Sacred Promissory]].{{Ref/Reuse|evg128}}
==Character Compatibility==
*[[Elites]]
*[[Spartans]]
*[[Brutes]] (have animation but not used)
*[[Jackals]]
*[[Drones]]
*[[Grunts]]
*[[Marines]]
*[[Flood]] [[Combat Form|Combat Form (Human)]]
*[[Flood]] [[Combat Form|Combat Form (Elite)]]
*[[Needler Sentinel]]


===Design details===
This Needler pattern is characterized by upper and lower cowlings of congruent lengths. In addition, there are purple light fixtures around the barrel and its adjoining channel braces.{{Ref/Game|H3|In-game model}}


===Usage===
== Trivia ==
This pattern of the Needler was commonly employed by the forces deployed from the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Truth's fleet|fleet]] during the [[Battle of Voi]] and the [[Battle of Installation 00]]{{Ref/Reuse|h3gameplay}}
*On the level [[Sacred Icon]] in the first [[Enforcer]] fight behind the Gondola there are three overloaded Needlers with 135 ammo each.
<gallery class=center>
File:BL Thon attacks Three.png|[[Otto-031]] firing a Needler at [[Thon 'Talamee]] during the [[Battle of Line Installation 1-4]].
File:HTMCC-H3ODST DroneNeedler.jpg|A [[Yanme'e Ultra]] firing a Needler during the [[Battle of Mombasa]].
File:HTMCC-H3ODST BruteNeedler.jpg|A [[Jiralhanae Minor]] with a Needler during the Battle of Mombasa.
</gallery>
{{clear}}


==Trivia==
== Related Links ==
*On the ''Halo 2'' level ''[[Quarantine Zone]]'', there is [[Needler Sentinel|a lone Sentinel]] that fires Needler rounds and drops a Needler when it is destroyed.
*[[Covenant Weapons]]
*In ''Halo 3'', regardless of how many needles are loaded in the weapon, none will appear in the Needler's shadow.
*[[Fear the Pink Mist]]
*''[[Bungie.net]]''{{'}}s ''Halo 3'' statistics page claims that the Needler has thirty needles per magazine instead of the actual nineteen.
*[[Energy Cutlass]]
*In ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' level ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]'' and the ''Halo 2 Vista'' map ''[[Uplift]]'' are the only levels to feature Needler ammunition outside the Needler.
*[http://halowiki.net/p/Needler Needler at halowiki]
*When using Anniversary mode in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', dropped Needlers are always depicted as either being fully loaded or completely depleted. However, when playing Classic mode, the number of needles can be seen indicating how many remained in the magazine prior to the weapon being picked up.


==Gallery==
==Images==
===''Halo: Combat Evolved''===
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:HCE_Needler_Concept.jpg|Concept art of the Needler.
Image:Halo3 Spartan-needler-01.jpg|A Spartan in [[EVA]] armor wields the needler.
File:HCE_Needler_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the Needler.
Image:Needler-1.jpg|Dual Wielding the Needler.
File:HCE EliteEarlyNeedler Screenshot.jpg|A [[Sangheili Minor]] wielding a Needler in an early build.
Image:GruntUltra03.jpg|Grunts are often seen with the needler.
File:HCE-Needler-FirstPerson.jpg|First-person view of the Needler.
Image:Needler Halo 3.jpg|The Halo 3 Needler.
File:HCE - CovSpecOps.jpg|A [[Special Operations Officer|SpecOps Sangheili]] wielding the Needler.
</gallery>
</gallery>


===''Halo 2''===
==References==
<gallery>
<references/>
File:Needler-H2.png|A profile view of the Needler.
 
File:H2 Elite SpecOps.png|A SpecOps Sangheili wielding the Needler.
<br clear="all">
File:Heretic grunt.jpg|An [[Heretic Unggoy]] with the Needler.
{{WepList}}
File:H2-DualNeedlers-Gameplay.png|First-person view of dual-wielding Needlers.
File:H2-SingleNeedler-Gameplay.png|First-person view of single-wielding a Needler.
File:H2 e304 dualneedlers.jpg|First-person view of dual-wielding Needlers in multiplayer.
</gallery>


===''Halo 3''===
<gallery>
File:Bnetneedler.jpg|Promotional image of the Needler.
File:Needler Halo 3.png|An angled view of the Needler.
File:H3-NeedlerProfile.png|A profile view of the Needler.
File:Halo-3-20070923023617567.jpg|A first-person view of the Needler.
File:Needler123.jpg|A Spartan firing the Needler in multiplayer.
File:Halo-3-legendary-map-pack--20080408000202983.jpg|A barrage of blamite shards in multiplayer.
</gallery>


===''Halo Wars''===
[[Category:Weapons]]
<gallery>
File:HW Jackal Concept 2.jpg|Concept art featuring Kig-Yar armed with Needlers and [[Particle beam rifle|beam rifles]].
File:HW deacon.jpg|An Unggoy [[Deacon]] with the Needler.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
[[Category:Held Weapons]]
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Believe]]'' 
**''[[Enemy Weapon]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: The Cole Protocol]]''
*''[[Halo Wars]]''
*''[[Halo: Helljumper]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]''
*''[[Halo: Initiation]]''
*''[[Halo: Escalation]]''
*''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Last Light]]''
*''[[Halo Mythos]]''
*''[[Halo: Collateral Damage]]''
*''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''
*''[[Halo: Battle Born]]''
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]''
*''[[Halo: Outpost Discovery]]''
*''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''
**''[[Homecoming (TV Series)|Homecoming]]''
**''[[Reckoning]]''
**''[[Transcendence]]''
{{Col-end}}


==Sources==
[[Category:The Covenant]]
{{Ref/Sources}}


{{Covenant rifles}}
[[Category:Covenant Weapons]]
[[Category:Covenant infantry weapons]]
[[Category:Small arms]]
[[Category:Needle weaponry]]

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