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<center>''For the "B" variant, see [[M808B Main Battle Tank]].''</center>
<center>''For the "B" variant, see [[M808B Main Battle Tank]].''</center>
{{Vehicle Infobox
{{Vehicle Infobox
|name= M808 "Scorpion" Main Battle Tank
|image=[[File:H3 Scorpion.png|300px]]
|image= [[File:H3-M808B-ScorpionMBT-Thumb800x800.png|350px]]
|manufacturer=[[Chalybs Defense Solutions]]<ref name="visual"/>
|manufacturer=[[Chalybs Defense Solutions]]<ref name="EVG">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 164''</ref>
|line=Scorpion
|line=
|model= M808
|model= M808
|class= Main battle tank
|class= Main battle tank
|length= {{Convert|10.2|m|ft|}}<ref name="visual"/>
|length= {{Convert|10.2|m|ft|}}<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 164''</ref>
|width= {{Convert|7.8|m|ft}}
|width= {{Convert|7.8|m|ft}}<ref name="visual"/>
|height=
|height=
|mass=
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|max accel=
|max speed=
|max speed space=
|max speed air=
|engine=
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|poweroutput=
|hull= Ceramic-titanium armor<ref name="H1man">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', ''game manual''</ref><ref name="H2man">'''[[Halo 2]]''', ''game manual''</ref><ref name="flood137">'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 137''</ref>
|power=
|armament=
|shield gen=
*One [[M512 90mm Smooth Bore High Velocity Cannon]]<ref name="visual"/><ref name="manual">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''game manual''</ref>
|hull= Ceramic-titanium armor<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]''', ''page 137''</ref>
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=
|avionics=
|countermeasures=
|armament= *One [[M512 90mm Smooth Bore High Velocity Cannon]]<ref name="visual"/><ref name="manual">'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''game manual''</ref>
*1 [[M247T Medium Machine Gun]]<ref name="visual"/>
*1 [[M247T Medium Machine Gun]]<ref name="visual"/>
|complement=
|crew=
|crew=*Driver
*Driver
*Gunner
*Gunner
|skeleton=
|complement=Up to four passengers
|passengers= Up to four passengers
|capacity=
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|role=*Main Battle Tank
|role=
*Main Battle Tank
*Anti-Vehicular platform
*Anti-Vehicular platform
*Anti-infantry platform
*Anti-infantry platform
|era            =
|affiliation=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|affiliation     = [[United Nations Space Command]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|<b>Anonymous Marine:</b> <i>Tank beats Ghost!</i><br /><b>Anonymous Marine:</b> <i>Tank beats Hunter!</i><br /><b>Anonymous Marine:</b> <i>Tank beats everything! Oh, man! I could do this all day!</i>|An anonymous Marine's remark of the M808 Scorpion during the [[Battle of Installation 00]].}}
{{Quote|<b>Anonymous Marine:</b> <i>Tank beats Ghost!</i><br /><b>Anonymous Marine:</b> <i>Tank beats Hunter!</i><br /><b>Anonymous Marine:</b> <i>Tank beats everything! Oh, man! I could do this all day!</i>|An anonymous Marine's remark of the M808 Scorpion during the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref name="boom">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref>}}
The '''M808 Main Battle Tank'''<ref name="visual">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 164''</ref><ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=25446 '''Bungie.net''': ''M808 MBT profile'']</ref>, commonly known as the '''Scorpion''', is a [[United Nations Space Command]]-employed heavy ground combat vehicle manufactured by [[Chalybs Defense Solutions]].<ref name="EVG"/>
The '''M808 Main Battle Tank'''<ref name="visual"/><ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=25446 '''Bungie.net''': ''M808 MBT profile'']</ref>, commonly referred to as the '''M808 Scorpion''', is the [[United Nations Space Command]]'s mainline armored mobile weapons platform. It was manufactured by [[Chalybs Defense Solutions]].<ref name="visual"/>
 
==Design details==
The M808 Scorpion is the UNSC's lead armoured vehicle, having served for almost thirty years. Its four-track nacelles design, with each track mounted on an independent computer-controlled suspension system, allows the M808 Scorpion to traverse, climb over, or manoeuvre around large debris or other battlefield obstacles, and prevents the vehicle from being easily disabled.<ref name="bnet"/>
 
The central chassis is simple in design containing the main armament at the stern of the hull, a pintle-mounted machine gun, and the crew compartment forward of it. The chassis is covered with heavy titanium-ceramic armor plating, making it incredibly resilient to small-arms fire; however, it is still possible for infantry-portable anti-armor weapons to inflict catastrophic damage. The M808 Scorpion only requires two personnels to fulfil its effective role; the driver pilots the vehicle and has complete control of the main armament while the gunner would man the machine gun. Up to four additional passengers may ride on (and fire from) the vehicle's "jumpseats", though doing so would put them at great risk of enemy counter-attack.<ref name="H1man"/><ref name="H2man"/><ref name="manual"/>
 
===Armament===
The M808 Scorpion is equipped with a two-tier weapon system. Its primary armament is the [[M512 Smooth Bore High Velocity Cannon|M512 Smooth-Bore High-Velocity Cannon]], a gun capable of firing 90mm tungsten shells and [[S1 canister shell|canister rounds]] with a three-to-four-second interval between each firing session.<ref name="visual"/> The primary weapon is also equipped with an autoload feed system, requiring no manual loading from the armor's personnel. Its secondary armament is a pintle-mounted [[M247T Medium Machine Gun|M247T machine gun]], capable of firing 7.62mm armor-piercing rounds at a very high rate.<ref name="visual"/>
 
==Operational history==
The M808 Scorpion was still in service during the events of the [[Human-Covenant War]], serving alongside the [[M808B Main Battle Tank|M808B ''Scorpion'']] and the [[M850 Main Battle Tank|M850 ''Grizzly'']].
 
==Gameplay tactics==
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===Campaign===
 
===Multiplayer===
 
==Trivia==
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Snow Scorpion.png|Winter-variant of the M808
File:Reach MPBeta Scorpion2.png|A render of the M808 Scorpion during the beta stage of ''Halo: Reach''
File:Halo Reach Scorpion.png|A render of the M808 Scorpion
</gallery>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<references/>
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Revision as of 14:03, August 26, 2011

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For the "B" variant, see M808B Main Battle Tank.

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"Anonymous Marine: Tank beats Ghost!
Anonymous Marine: Tank beats Hunter!
Anonymous Marine: Tank beats everything! Oh, man! I could do this all day!"
— An anonymous Marine's remark of the M808 Scorpion during the Battle of Installation 00.[1]

The M808 Main Battle Tank[2][3], commonly referred to as the M808 Scorpion, is the United Nations Space Command's mainline armored mobile weapons platform. It was manufactured by Chalybs Defense Solutions.[2]

Design details

The M808 Scorpion is the UNSC's lead armoured vehicle, having served for almost thirty years. Its four-track nacelles design, with each track mounted on an independent computer-controlled suspension system, allows the M808 Scorpion to traverse, climb over, or manoeuvre around large debris or other battlefield obstacles, and prevents the vehicle from being easily disabled.[3]

The central chassis is simple in design containing the main armament at the stern of the hull, a pintle-mounted machine gun, and the crew compartment forward of it. The chassis is covered with heavy titanium-ceramic armor plating, making it incredibly resilient to small-arms fire; however, it is still possible for infantry-portable anti-armor weapons to inflict catastrophic damage. The M808 Scorpion only requires two personnels to fulfil its effective role; the driver pilots the vehicle and has complete control of the main armament while the gunner would man the machine gun. Up to four additional passengers may ride on (and fire from) the vehicle's "jumpseats", though doing so would put them at great risk of enemy counter-attack.[4][5][6]

Armament

The M808 Scorpion is equipped with a two-tier weapon system. Its primary armament is the M512 Smooth-Bore High-Velocity Cannon, a gun capable of firing 90mm tungsten shells and canister rounds with a three-to-four-second interval between each firing session.[2] The primary weapon is also equipped with an autoload feed system, requiring no manual loading from the armor's personnel. Its secondary armament is a pintle-mounted M247T machine gun, capable of firing 7.62mm armor-piercing rounds at a very high rate.[2]

Operational history

The M808 Scorpion was still in service during the events of the Human-Covenant War, serving alongside the M808B Scorpion and the M850 Grizzly.

Gameplay tactics

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Campaign

Multiplayer

Trivia

Gallery

  • Snow Scorpion.png

    Winter-variant of the M808

  • Reach MPBeta Scorpion2.png

    A render of the M808 Scorpion during the beta stage of Halo: Reach

  • Halo Reach Scorpion.png

    A render of the M808 Scorpion

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Ark
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named visual
  3. ^ a b Bungie.net: M808 MBT profile
  4. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named H1man
  5. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named H2man
  6. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named manual

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