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|name = Type-25 Spiker

|manufacturer = *[[Sacred Promissory]]<ref name="EVG">''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 186</ref>

*Jiralhanae [[Pack|clan]] workshops{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}}

|weight = {{Convert|6.4|kg|lb}} {{C|empty}}<br/>{{Convert|7|kg|lb}} {{C|loaded}}<ref name="waypoint">''[[Halo Waypoint]]'': Spike Rifle (defunct, [[Archive:Halo Waypoint/2009 to 2014/Universe/Weapons#Spike Rifle|Archived]])</ref>

|operation = [[Gravitic accelerator]]<ref name="OSFM190">''[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]'', p.190</ref>

The '''Type-25 Carbine''' ('''T-25 C'''),<ref name="bnet">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGBruteSpiker ''Bungie.net'': The Spiker]</ref> more commonly known as the '''Spiker''', '''Spike Rifle'''<ref name="believe">''[[Believe]]'': [[Enemy Weapon]]</ref> or '''hatchet gun''',{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} is a common [[Jiralhanae]] firearm used during the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

== Design details ==

[[File:Landfall Spike Impale.png|right|thumb|200px|A Marine is pinned to a wall by a spike impact, which pierced and went all the way through his arm and embedded in the wall behind, requiring the spike to be cut in half to allow the Marine the ability to move again.{{Ref/Reuse|LOS}}]]

The Type-25 Carbine is an automatic projectile weapon designed and used by the Jiralhanae, and has seen very little iteration since it was first designed and implemented during pre-Covenant conflicts on [[Doisac]]{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} though it has seen augmentation to some degree by Covenant technology.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} In the Covenant arsenal, it is one of the weapons most resembling those developed and employed by humanity, firing a solid metal projectile as opposed to plasma . The Carbine fires long, sharp projectiles made of superheated tungsten alloy,{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}{{Ref/Note|Id=metal|On the Halo Waypoint article for the Spiker, the blades are noted as being created from the same metal as that of the weapon's ammunition, making both made of tungsten alloy.}} which give the weapon its common label of "Spike Rifle" or "Spiker". The spike ammunition is coated with a pyrophoric compound unique to Doisac,{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} though the weapon's origins on the Brute homeworld obfuscate any further attempts to ascertain the composition of the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}} When fired, the coating burns with a white-hot intensity once exposed to atmospheric oxygen,{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} rendering the spikes superheated and semi-molten.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}} The spikes thus glow with a yellow-white light for a short time after impact, before they cool. Even Jiralhanae do not attempt to handle spike rounds without protective gloves.{{Ref/Reuse|OSFM190}}

These projectiles decrease in altitude the further they are shot, similar to the [[Type-33 needler|Needler]]. The are capable of piercing armor and flesh, in some cases even capable of pinning a target against an object behind them.<ref name="LOS">''[[Halo: Last One Standing]]''</ref> When fired directly at a surface, the spikes will embed themselves in most substances including concrete and metal, crumpling on impact. However, when fired at an angle, they are capable of ricocheting.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The spikes are large enough that they can be pulled out of the target's body with seemingly minimal fragmentation.{{Ref/Reuse|LOS}} Spikes fired by the weapon are adept at penetrating [[energy shielding]], and are also capable of being blocked by an [[Type-1 energy sword|energy sword]].<ref name="BS19">''Halo: Broken Circle'', Chapter 18</ref>

Two large blades made of tungsten alloy,{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} an extremely strong and durable material, are mounted under the barrel of the weapon, allowing it to be used as an effective melee weapon in close quarters. Some variants of the weapon employed by the [[Banished]], however, have up to six blades mounted radially around the barrel.<ref name="HW2">''[[Halo Wars 2]]''</ref> When used by Jiralhanae, these blades are intended for puncturing and dismembering{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}} and are capable of clean severing a human arm.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} These blades are, however, also effective as a psychological tool against anyone unfortunate enough to go against them.{{Ref/Reuse|waypoint}}

[[File:Landfall_Spike_Injury.png|200px|right|thumb|A spike round stuck in [[S. Hartley]] during the [[Battle of Sector Six]].{{Ref/Reuse|LOS}}]]

The Spiker was first encountered by UNSC forces when used by Jiralhanae forces during the initial skirmishes on Harvest in [[2525]],<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', p. 345</ref> and would remain a staple weapon of the Jiralhanae and the Covenant's shock troops<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=28445 ''Bungie.net'': Halo: Reach ordnance - Spiker]</ref> throughout the Human-Covenant War. The Type-25 Spiker was detested by the [[Sangheili]] due to its primitive origins, but the weapon was allowed to be serviced in low numbers<ref>''[[Halo: Broken Circle]]'', Chapter 15</ref> and even augmented with Covenant technology.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}

Despite this, however, it would be rarely employed by front-line Covenant infantry during the war - only rising to prominence in late [[2552]] following the return of Jiralhanae as front line troops.{{Ref/Reuse|EVG}}{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The weapon would be employed by Jiralhanae forces during the [[Siege of New Alexandria]] and [[Battle of Asźod]] during the [[Fall of Reach]],<ref>''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level [[Exodus]]</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level [[New Alexandria]]</ref><ref>''Halo: Reach'', campaign level [[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Reach level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]</ref> before later being employed during the [[Battle of Earth]] by the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] and [[Truth's fleet|Jiralhanae reinforcements]] sent by the [[Prophet of Truth]] to [[Mombasa]].<ref name="odst">''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''</ref>{{Ref/Film|Id=Oct20|Film=Halo Waypoint|Story=Ten Twenty|StoryLinkText=Ten Twenty}} Following the outbreak of the [[Great Schism]], the Spiker would be employed by Jiralhanae serving the Prophet of Truth on Delta Halo {{Ref/Reuse|BS19}} and aboard the ''[[Anodyne Spirit]]''<ref>''[[Halo: Uprising]]''</ref> and in his fleet during the later stages of the Battle for Earth and [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref name="h3">''[[Halo 3]]''</ref> Following the base's re-activation, the UNSC tested captured Spikers at [[Outpost C9]] on Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}} The Spiker would be one of many subjects of the report [[Machines, Materiel and Munitions from the Human-Covenant Conflict, 2525 - Present]].{{Ref/Reuse|bnet}}

Spikers have seen proliferation in the [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]], with the weapons being widely employed by various Jiralhanae splinter factions including the [[Keepers of the One Freedom]],<ref>''[[Halo: Last Light]]''</ref> [[Lydus' clan]]<ref>''[[Halo: Escalation]]''</ref> and the Banished, the latter of whom seem to have their own variant of the weapon.{{Ref/Reuse|HW2}}

* Despite popular belief, the Spiker's bayonets do, in fact, provide a small increase in melee damage in ''Halo 3''. The Spiker's melee damage is 72 points. if the player melees while dual wielding with a spiker the damage increase will remain for that hit. All non-Brute weapon melee attacks in ''[[Halo 3]]'' with the exception to the Sword, Hammer, and assassinations inflict seventy points damage out of a player's 115 total health. It is 70 to the shield, and then the remaining 45 to the player's own health.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=13233 ''Bungie.net'' - Bungie Weekly Update: 02/08/08]</ref>

* In ''Halo 3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s campaign mode, if a [[Type-52 Phantom|Phantom]] is shot down and a Heavy Grunt survives, it will often have a Spiker as its weapon, and in which case will not shoot at you.  This is the only time in which an Unggoy can hold a Spiker.

* According to Halo community, the Type-25 Spiker's UNSC counterpart seems to be the MA5B ICWS or the M7 Caseless Submachine Gun and the Type-25 Spiker's Sangheili counterpart seems to be the [[Type-25 plasma rifle|Type-25 DER]].

File:H3-T25SpikeRifles-Replicas.jpg|A pair of Spike Rifle replicas created by [[Weta Workshop]] for ''[[Halo: Landfall]]''.

File:H3-T25SpikeRifleSide-Replica.jpg|A side view of a Spike Rifle replica for ''Halo: Landfall''.

File:Halo3-BruteSpikeRifles-Views.png|Views of a pair of Spike Rifles in ''Halo 3''.

File:H3_SpartanSpikers_Render.jpg|A Spartan dual-wielding the Type-25 Spiker.

File:H3_BruteCaptain.png|A [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Captain|Captain]] with a Spiker.

File:H3ODST Firefight SecurityZone2.jpg|An [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper|ODST]] using a Spiker in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.

File:HReach - Minor Jiralhanae.png|A [[Jiralhanae Minor]] wielding a Spiker in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.

File:HW2_Spiker_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of the Banished Spiker for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.

File:HW2_Spiker_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of the Banished Spiker in ''Halo Wars 2''.

File:HW2-Spikerpew.png|A Banished Spiker shoots a [[Pod infector]] in ''Halo Wars 2''.

File:HINF SpikerConcepts.jpg|Concept art of a Spiker redesign for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.

File:HINF SpikeySpikerConcept.jpg|Another concept of a Spiker redesign for ''Halo Infinite''.

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