Anti-vehicle barrier: Difference between revisions

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[[File:AV_Barrier_2.jpg|thumb|250px|An anti-vehicle barrier blocking a tunnel on the [[Tsavo Highway]].]]

The barrier functions similarly to a large [[shield door]], and bears a resemblance to the [[Deployable Cover]] [[equipment]]. It was first seen in use during the [[Harvest campaign]],<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level, ''[[Relic Approach]]''</ref> and several variants later used in [[2552]] during the [[Battle of Mombasa]] and on the [[Tsavo Highway]] to prevent [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] forces from reaching [[Voi]].<ref name="tsavo">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref> The barriers seen in Mombasa were apparently a more advanced iteration of the technology, featuring a fully protected power source and not allowing enemy infantry to pass through.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', campaign level, ''[[Mombasa Streets]]''</ref> The power sources of the barriers are sometimes protected by additional sets of [[roadblock]]s.<ref name="tsavo"/>

In [[2558#October|October 2558]], during the [[Battle of Nuusra]], [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant]] deployed two of these barriers to block access through old ruins. Unlike the barriers encountered in [[Voi]] and on [[Harvest]], infantry forces could not pass through these to reach the power source. [[Fireteam Osiris]] was able to take down the first one by heading through a side passage in a nearby where a small opening gave them a shot on the shield generator. In the second case, Osiris was able to break through a cracked wall below the shield's location and come up behind it to take out the shield generator.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level ''[[Enemy Lines]]''</ref>

On [[Genesis]], the Covenant deployed several of these to protect one of the gravitational cores Osiris had to destroy to free [[Blue Team]]'s [[Cryptum]]. Unlike the other barriers, these were vulnerable to weapons fire, particularly from a [[HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark IX Mantis|Mantis]], taking down the shields and allowing Osiris to destroy the gravitational core and continue on with their mission.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''', campaign level ''[[Guardians (level)|Guardians]]''</ref>

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