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(Despite their similar looks, they are two different weapons.)
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The '''M95 "''Lance''" Guided Missile Weapon System''', alternatively called the '''missile battery''',<ref name="h4evg">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 77''</ref> is a surface-to-air missile battery used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]].
The '''M95 Guided Missile Weapon System'''<ref name="h4evg">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 77''</ref> is a surface-to-air missile battery used by the [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]].


==Design details==
==Design details==
Each battery can hold up to six missiles. The battery uses an universal weapons emplacement base similar to the one used by the [[M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun]].
Each battery can hold up to six missiles. The battery uses an universal weapons emplacement base similar to the one used by the [[M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun]]. The M95 GMWS is a smaller counterpart to the [[M97 Lance]], a missile battery designed for both atmospheric and space engagements.<ref name="h4evg"/>
 
==Variants==
===M97 Guided Missile Weapon System===
[[File:H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanRender.png|right|200px|thumb|The M97 GMWS in ''Halo 4''.]]
The '''M97 "''Lance''" Guided Missile Weapon System''' is both aesthetically and operationally similar to the M95 GMWS, in that both weapons fire in salvos, uses the same ammunition, and the same firing turret launcher head. The only difference is that it lacks the large base unit common to both the M95 GMWS and the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun. Instead, the M97 is mounted atop turrets on starship hulls for defensive capability against enemy aircraft.<ref name="h4evg"/>


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
In [[2552#August|August 2552]], during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], two M95 missile batteries were used by [[SPARTAN-B312]] to cripple a [[Covenant]] [[SDV-class heavy corvette]] holding station over the city, thus allowing three [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]] to escape the city. <ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref>
In [[2552#August|August 2552]], during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]], two M95 missile batteries were used by [[SPARTAN-B312]] to cripple a [[Covenant]] [[SDV-class heavy corvette]] holding station over the city, thus allowing three [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]] to escape the city. <ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', [[campaign]] level ''[[Exodus]]''</ref>
The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} had several of the M97 missile batteries mounted on its dorsal surface. After the ship crash landed inside the [[shield world]] [[Requiem]] in [[2557#July|July 2557]], [[John-117]] had to reactivate the batteries to help repel [[Covenant remnant|Covenant]] forces.<ref>'''[[Halo 4]]''' campaign level ''[[Infinity (level)|Infinity]]''</ref> When the ''Infinity'' came back to Requiem in [[2558]], some of the M97 missile batteries were deployed on a select few UNSC bases on Requiem's inner surface, such as [[Galileo Base]].<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Didact's Hand|S1E4 ''Didact's Hand'']]</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Ih_missile_turret01.jpg|Concept art of the M95 Lance for ''Halo: Reach''.
File:Ih_missile_turret01.jpg|Concept art of the M95 Lance for ''Halo: Reach''.
File:Corvette Destroyed.png|The missiles hitting a Covenant corvette.
File:Corvette Destroyed.png|The missiles hitting a Covenant corvette.
File:H4-Concept-MissileBattery.jpg|Concept art of one of the ''Infinity'''s M97 missile batteries.
File:HR-UNSCMissileBattery-Render-Crop.png|A render of the M97 Lance missile battery.
File:H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanScreen.jpg|In-game screenshot of one of ''Infinity'''s missile batteries.
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Spartan Ops]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 01:17, October 9, 2013

Were you looking for the M97 Lance, the larger, exoatmospheric missile battery?

Template:Weapon Infobox

The M95 Guided Missile Weapon System[1] is a surface-to-air missile battery used by the UNSC.

Design details

Each battery can hold up to six missiles. The battery uses an universal weapons emplacement base similar to the one used by the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun. The M95 GMWS is a smaller counterpart to the M97 Lance, a missile battery designed for both atmospheric and space engagements.[1]

Operational history

In August 2552, during the Siege of New Alexandria, two M95 missile batteries were used by SPARTAN-B312 to cripple a Covenant SDV-class heavy corvette holding station over the city, thus allowing three civilian transports to escape the city. [2]

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources