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An M19 HEAT/SC rocket.

The M19 102mm high-explosive shaped-charge surface-to-surface missile (M19 SSM) is a munition that is utilized by the M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher^[1] and possibly the M19B surface-to-air missile launcher.

Overview

The missile is typically "dumb-fired", travelling on a straight path toward its target. However, it is capable of tracking sufficiently large moving targets, typically aircraft.

The M19 is capable of penetrating the armor of even the Type-26 Wraith tank; lighter vehicles, such as the Type-32 Ghost reconnaissance vehicle, are typically destroyed upon impact. The M19's blast radius is rather large, making the projectile effective against concentrated groups of infantry.

Gallery

An armory with a cache of M19 missiles packs.
Detail closeup of an M19 missile pack in Halo: Combat Evolved.
A case containing two M19 missiles in Halo 3.
An M19 compared to a LAU-65D/SGM-151 missile.
An M19 SSM as seen in Halo: Combat Evolved.
An M19 SSM as seen in Halo 3.
An M19 SSM as seen in Halo: Reach.
A non-scaled comparison the M19 SSM as seen in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach.
Ammunition label.