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Mosa-pattern carbine

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Mosa-pattern carbine
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Production overview

Model series:

Type-57[1]

Type:

Carbine

Specifications

Ammunition type:

Reactive projectiles[1]

Feed system:

20 round magazine

Operation:

Semi-automatic

Rate of fire:

300 RPM[2]

Effective range:

Medium to long

  • 36.6 m (120 ft) (unscoped)[2]
  • 91.4 m (300 ft) (scoped)[2]
Service history

In service:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

 
This article is about the model introduced in Halo 5: Guardians. For the model introduced in Halo 2, see Type-51 carbine.

The Type-57 Carbine (T-57 C) is the post-Covenant War successor to the Type-51 carbine.[3]

Specifications

Design details

The T-57 carbine is a versatile semi-automatic rifle renowned for its accuracy and long range. The weapon was used by various Covenant splinter groups after The Great Schism as a close-medium to medium-long range weapon. It fires at a maximum rate of 300 rounds per minute. It's color varies slightly from it's predecessor, being a dark blue opposed to the Type 51 Carbine's traditional purple. It was widely used in Jul Mdama's Covenant, and was likely used in service of the Banished during the Battle for Zeta Halo. [2]

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Variants

Type-57B Carbine

The T-57B uses a streamlined manufacturing process and reactive materials in place of radioisotopes for coating projectiles. It takes 7 rounds to kill a Spartan in War Games. This variant has a holoscope. It is ranked a Common REQ in Warzone simulations, and is available at Level 2 energy while giving 50 REQ points if sold.[3]

Type-57B variants

  • Rain of Oblivion: The Rain of Oblivion, whose grip has been held by a thousand heroes and a hundred villains, is an improved Carbine with fully automatic action and increased maximum spare clip count at the expense of a lower scoped range. The high rate of fire combined with relatively solid damage enable it to mow down a fully shielded spartan in 0.84 seconds. It is ranked an Uncommon REQ in Warzone simulations, and is available at Level 3 energy while giving 75 REQ points if sold.[3]
  • Blood of Suban: The Blood of Suban is an advanced Carbine that fires armor-piercing blamite shards.[3] These powerful explosive blamite needles will kill a Spartan in as little as 5 shots in 0.90 seconds.

Gameplay

Changes from Type-51 carbine in Halo 2: Anniversary

  • Much higher accuracy at longer ranges.
  • Slightly more bloom.
  • Magazine size increased from 18 to 20, also resulting in more reserve ammo to coincide with new magazine size (72 to 80).
  • Lighting on magazine will gradually change color from blue to red as ammunition is depleted, fulfilling a similar function as seen in Halo 2 and Halo 3.
  • Retains the 7-headshot kill of the Halo 4 version of the T-51 carbine.
  • The weapon's coloring has been altered to be more similar to that of the Beam Rifle in Halo 4.
  • Players using smart scope with the T-57 carbine now bring up its holoscope instead of a full-screen scope.
    • In addition, the aiming reticle no longer changes between hipfiring and scoped-in firing.

Gallery

Normal gallery

Halo 5: Guardians REQ cards

List of appearances

Sources