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{{Weapon | {{Weapon | ||
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{{Quote|Det-charge link is loud and clear!|[[Jun-A266]]<ref name= "Tots">'''Halo: Reach''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Det-charge link is loud and clear!|[[Jun-A266]]<ref name= "Tots">'''Halo: Reach''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref>}} | ||
This '''unidentified explosive charge''' is | This '''unidentified explosive charge''' is an [[United Nations Space Command]] explosive device.<ref name="nightfall">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Nightfall]]''</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In both design and use, this explosive is very similar to the [[M168 Demolition Charge]]. The explosive is | In both design and use, this explosive is very similar to the [[M168 Demolition Charge]]. The explosive is compromised of the explosive pack, the charge and the arming handle as well as a keypad. Due to its nature of destroying or clearing larger structures, it is not used on enemy infantry, but to destroy structures such as a [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] [[stealth pylon]]. | ||
After placing the explosive on the targeted structure, one can use a remote detonator to activate the explosive. | After placing the explosive on the targeted structure, one can use a remote detonator to activate the explosive. | ||
==Operational | ==Operational History== | ||
The only known instance that this explosive was used was during the early battles in the [[Fall of Reach]]. On the night before [[2552#August|August 12, 2552]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-III commando]] [[Jun-A266]], operating as [[Recon Team Bravo]] with [[SPARTAN-B312|Spartan-B312]], placed one such explosive charge on a Covenant | The only known instance that this explosive was used was during the early battles in the [[Fall of Reach]]. On the night before [[2552#August|August 12, 2552]], [[SPARTAN-III Program|Spartan-III commando]] [[Jun-A266]], operating as [[Recon Team Bravo]] with [[SPARTAN-B312|Spartan-B312]], placed one such explosive charge on a Covenant stealth pylon.<ref name="nightfall"/> | ||
On August 12, 2552, during | On August 12, 2552, during an UNSC convoy charge into the [[Viery Territory]], another Spartan-III commando, [[Catherine-B320]], activated the charge remotely while driving a [[M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle|Warthog]], destroying the Covenant pylon.<ref name= "Tots"/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Reach 19328321 Medium.jpg|Jun setting the unidentified explosive. | File:Reach 19328321 Medium.jpg|Jun setting the unidentified explosive. | ||
File:HReach - Charge Det.png|Kat holding the detonator to the unidentified explosive. | File:HReach - Charge Det.png|Kat holding the detonator to the unidentified explosive. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{UNSC | {{UNSC Infantry Weapons}} | ||
[[Category:Explosives]] | [[Category:Explosives]] | ||
