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''' | The [[Covenant]] utilize various types of '''incendiary gel''' as ammunition in their weaponry.<ref name="hch">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 267''</ref><ref name="bnet">[http://www.bungie.net/projects/halo3/content.aspx?link=h3fourthgrenade '''Bungie.net''': ''Incendiary Grenade'']</ref> | ||
Green, radioactive incendiary gel is used in the [[Mgalekgolo]]'s [[assault cannon]]s and in [[fuel rod]] weaponry.<ref name="hch"/> The Mgalekgolo's assault cannons are able to fire the gel in mortar-like globular projectiles or in a searing stream of fire,<ref name="hch"/> whereas the fuel rods are compressed canisters of the material which explode upon impact. | |||
The [[Type-3 firebomb]], a type of native [[Jiralhanae]] grenade, uses a form of adhesive incendiary gel; a stable yet hazardous chemical mixture containing [[Wikipedia:Caesium|caesium]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 68''</ref> It burns at approximately twenty-two hundred degrees celsius, and will not burn underwater.<ref name="bnet"/> | |||
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Revision as of 03:57, May 26, 2014
The Covenant utilize various types of incendiary gel as ammunition in their weaponry.[1][2]
Green, radioactive incendiary gel is used in the Mgalekgolo's assault cannons and in fuel rod weaponry.[1] The Mgalekgolo's assault cannons are able to fire the gel in mortar-like globular projectiles or in a searing stream of fire,[1] whereas the fuel rods are compressed canisters of the material which explode upon impact.
The Type-3 firebomb, a type of native Jiralhanae grenade, uses a form of adhesive incendiary gel; a stable yet hazardous chemical mixture containing caesium.[3] It burns at approximately twenty-two hundred degrees celsius, and will not burn underwater.[2]
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo: Contact Harvest, page 267
- ^ a b Bungie.net: Incendiary Grenade
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 68
