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The '''M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''', or simply the '''M19 missile launcher''', is a [[UNSC]] man-portable, shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft weapon.<ref name="GoO">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 17''</ref> This weapon saw limited deployment throughout the [[Human-Covenant War]].


The '''M19B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher''' is a man-portable anti-aircraft weapon used by the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="GoO">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 17''</ref>
==Design details==
 
The M19 missile launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, capable of destroying [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshees]] with relative ease. The weapon is ineffective against [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-31 Seraph fighters]] due to their [[energy shielding system]].<ref name="GoO"/>  
The M19B SAM launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, presumably [[M19 high-explosive anti-tank shaped charge rocket|M19 HEAT shaped charge rockets]], which can easily destroy [[Type-26 Ground Support Aircraft|Type-26 Banshees]], however; the weapon causes little damage to [[Type-31 Exoatmospheric Multi-role Fighter|Type-31 Seraph fighters]] due to their [[energy shielding]] and heavy armor.<ref name="GoO"/>
 
Though the weapon is quite powerful, it is not frequently deployed.<ref name="GoO"/> This is likely because its more common counterpart, the [[M41 Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle/Assault Weapon|M41 Rocket launcher]], can also serve as a potent anti-aircraft weapon.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

Revision as of 09:00, July 30, 2013

Template:Weapon Infobox The M19-B Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher, or simply the M19 missile launcher, is a UNSC man-portable, shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft weapon.[1] This weapon saw limited deployment throughout the Human-Covenant War.

Design details

The M19 missile launcher fires surface-to-air missiles, capable of destroying Type-26 Banshees with relative ease. The weapon is ineffective against Type-31 Seraph fighters due to their energy shielding system.[1]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 17