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[[Image:Fuel Rod Beam Cannon in Action.jpg|thumb|left|A Hunter (Mgalekgolo) using his Assault Cannon]]The Assault Cannon is a [[Covenant]] weapon which is used by the Mgalekgolo (or Hunters). Its ammunition comes in the form of incendiary gel tubes called Fuel Rods which can be fired as bolts or a continuous stream<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] pg.267</ref>. It is used to arm the [[Mgalekgolo]] sentries of the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in the novel [[Halo: Contact Harvest]]. In the first Halo game, [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] the Mgalekgolo use a version of the Assault Cannon preferably referred to as the [[Fuel Rod Gun]] which would charge and then fire one bolt. In [[Halo 2]] the Mgalekgolo also use the same variant of the Assault Cannon as in Halo: Combat Evolved, and it isn't until [[Halo 3]] that we see the second variant of the Assault Cannon which fires in a continuous stream. It is located on the right "arm" of the colony, built into the Lekgolo that make up the limb.
[[Image:Fuel Rod Beam Cannon in Action.jpg|thumb|left|A Hunter (Mgalekgolo) using his Assault Cannon]]The Assault Cannon is a [[Covenant]] weapon which is used by the Mgalekgolo (or Hunters). Its ammunition comes in the form of incendiary gel tubes called Fuel Rods which can be fired as bolts or a continuous stream<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]] pg.267</ref>. It is used to arm the [[Mgalekgolo]] sentries of the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] in the novel [[Halo: Contact Harvest]]. In the first Halo game, [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] the Mgalekgolo use a version of the Assault Cannon preferably referred to as the [[Fuel Rod Gun]] which would charge and then fire one bolt. In [[Halo 2]] the Mgalekgolo also use the same variant of the Assault Cannon as in Halo: Combat Evolved, and it isn't until [[Halo 3]] that we see the second variant of the Assault Cannon which fires in a continuous stream.  
 
It is located on the right "arm" of the colony, built into the Lekgolo that make up the limb.





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File:Fuel Rod Beam Cannon in Action.jpg
A Hunter (Mgalekgolo) using his Assault Cannon

The Assault Cannon is a Covenant weapon which is used by the Mgalekgolo (or Hunters). Its ammunition comes in the form of incendiary gel tubes called Fuel Rods which can be fired as bolts or a continuous stream[1]. It is used to arm the Mgalekgolo sentries of the Forerunner Dreadnought in the novel Halo: Contact Harvest. In the first Halo game, Halo: Combat Evolved the Mgalekgolo use a version of the Assault Cannon preferably referred to as the Fuel Rod Gun which would charge and then fire one bolt. In Halo 2 the Mgalekgolo also use the same variant of the Assault Cannon as in Halo: Combat Evolved, and it isn't until Halo 3 that we see the second variant of the Assault Cannon which fires in a continuous stream.

It is located on the right "arm" of the colony, built into the Lekgolo that make up the limb.


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