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+The '''MA3A Individual Combat Weapon System''' is an assault rifle in [[Misriah Armory]]'s [[MA series]], presumably a variant of the MA3 - one of the earlier variants of the MA-series of rifles.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc162|Enc22|Page=163}}{{Ref/Note|In ''Halo: First Strike'' and ''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', the weapon is identified as the MA3 assault rifle. However, ''Halo Waypoint''{{'}}s article on the MA series refers to it as the MA3A. The ''A'' in the weapon's designation implies that it is a variant of the baseline MA3.}}
-<center>''Not to be confused with the [[MA5B ICWS Assault Rifle]], the Assault Rifle from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]</center>''
+As of [[2552]], production of the MA3A had ceased, though it was common on the [[black market]] and was favored among [[terrorist]] organizations.{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us#/intel/featured/gallery/assault-rifle/7b27101b-fec7-41d9-9fe3-c4dcc04f01b1|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Assault Rifle|LocalArchive=Archive:Halo_Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Universe/Weapons|D=14|M=03|Y=2011}} The [[Insurrectionist]] guards on [[Eridanus Secundus]] were armed with MA3As, which replaced the [[HMG-38 heavy machine gun]]s they had previously used.{{Ref/Novel|HFS|Chapter=28}}
-The '''MA3 Assault Rifle''' is an older variant of the [[Assault Rifle|MA5B Assault Rifle]] used by the [[UNSC Marine Corp|Marines]] of the [[UNSC]]. These weapons were obsolete when the [[MA5B]] was produced, as the MA5B was capable of being stripped down or reconfigured in different ways for various missions. The [[MA5B]] could become an [[MA2B Assault Rifle]] when its excess components were removed.
+==Notes==
+{{Ref/Notes}}
-As of [[2552]], these weapons were in the black market. Notably, they were used by the [[Eridanus Rebels]] for security of [[Eridanus Secundus]]. When [[Master Chief|Spartan-117]] returned to the base, the guards were using MA3Bs,<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 257</ref> which replaced the [[HMG-38 Rifle]] model they were previously using.
+==List of appearances==
+*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{1st}}
+*''[[Halo: Outcasts]]''
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