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The '''Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System''' is a [[United Nations Space Command]] aerial vehicle-mounted weapon system.<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 96''</ref>
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The [[AV-14 Hornet|Hornet]] is equipped with two of these weapons, and each weapon system encompasses a lock-on targeting missile launcher. It can fire high explosive missiles similar to a [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Banshee]]'s [[fuel rod]]. The missiles have a limited homing ability on enemy vehicles and explode after a certain amount of time in the air.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]'''</ref>
|image=[[File:H3-AV14Hornet01.png|300px]]<br>Two M651s mounted on the ventral surface of the AV-14 Hornet.
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The '''M651 missile launcher''' is a heavy aerial-mounted weapon system employed by the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=157}} They are classed as a '''Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System''' in UNSC inventories.{{Ref/Book|Id=EVG|EVG|Page=96}} The weapon consists of five individual autoloading launch tubes, capable of firing lock on-capable air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. Two such weapons are ventrally mounted on the underside skiffs of the standard [[AV-14 Hornet]] models.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Uprising]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{C|Halo: The Master Chief Collection only}}
*''[[Halo Legends]]''
**''[[Homecoming]]''
**''[[Origins]]''
*''[[Halo 4]]'' {{C|Background only}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''


Revision as of 20:35, April 9, 2023

M651 missile launcher
H3-AV14Hornet01.png
Two M651s mounted on the ventral surface of the AV-14 Hornet.
Production overview

Type:

Missile launcher

Specifications

Feed system:

Autoloading[1]

 

The M651 missile launcher is a heavy aerial-mounted weapon system employed by the United Nations Space Command.[1] They are classed as a Class-2 Guided Munition Launch System in UNSC inventories.[2] The weapon consists of five individual autoloading launch tubes, capable of firing lock on-capable air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles. Two such weapons are ventrally mounted on the underside skiffs of the standard AV-14 Hornet models.[1]

Appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 157
  2. ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 96

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