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Pro Pipe

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M319 Individual Grenade Launcher
A render of the M319 grenade launcher.
Production overview

Manufacturer:

Misriah Armory[1][2][3][4]

Type:

Grenade launcher

Specifications

Length:

77 centimeters (30.5 in)[2][4][5]

Ammunition type:

All standard lethal and nonlethal 40mm grenades:[2][4]

  • Mk 110 MOD 2 High Explosive, Dual-Purpose grenade[4]
  • XM20 EMP grenade[4]

Capacity:

1 round[4]

Feed system:

Breech-loading[4]

Operation:

Break-action[4]

Service history

In service:

2263-present[6][2][3][5]

 

"Professional problem solvers demand proximity fusing and dynamic ballistics. Improved Grenade Launcher rounds adjust trajectory after ricochets to maximize lethality. EMP alt-fire is retained."
— Pro Pipe REQ description.[8]

The Pro Pipe is a specialised variant of Misriah Armory's M319 grenade launcher used by the United Nations Space Command.[9][10]

Overview

Design details

Main article: M319 grenade launcher

The Pro Pipe is identical in most respects to the standard M319 launcher, with its most obvious visual deviation being a blue-white striped paint coating across the weapon. The weapon is equipped with a laser targeter that allows the rounds to adjust their trajectory after firing to improve accuracy, similarly to the behaviour of the Forerunner Z-180 Scattershot.[8][9][10]

Operational history

In late 2558, Spartan-IVs serving aboard the UNSC Infinity trained with the Pro Pipe in War Games simulations.[7]

In-game information

Halo 5: Guardians

The Pro Pipe was introduced into Halo 5: Guardians in the Monitor's Bounty update alongside the standard grenade launcher. It is useable in-game as a Rare REQ variant of the standard launcher that can be used in Warzone at 4 energy, or sold for REQ Points 100.

Production notes

The Pro Pipe was not the only Grenade Launcher REQ variant to be developed for inclusion in Halo 5: Guardians' Monitor's Bounty update; an unused variant of the launcher known as the "Grenade Launcher CLUSTER" was kept within the game files. While viewable in Halo 5: Forge via modding, it is unusable in the game itself.[11]

As with the standard grenade launcher, the launcher's projectiles explode upon impact with an enemy - a behaviour inherited from the launcher's mechanics in Halo: Spartan Assault and Halo: Spartan Strike.

Trivia

The name "Pro Pipe" is a reference to a common online slang term for a grenade launcher.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: Reach, Grenade Launcher in-game weapon
  2. ^ a b c d Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 84
  3. ^ a b c d Halo Waypoint, Grenade Launcher (Retrieved on Apr 26, 2011) [local archive] [external archive]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 178
  5. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 329
  6. ^ Bungie.net, Halo: Reach ordnance - Grenade Launcher (Retrieved on Oct 13, 2014) [archive]
  7. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, Grenade Launcher in-game weapon
  8. ^ a b Halo 5: Guardians, REQ card: Pro Pipe "Professional problem solvers demand proximity fusing and dynamic ballistics. Improved Grenade Launcher rounds adjust trajectory after ricochets to maximize lethality. EMP alt-fire is retained."
  9. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Cannon Fodder - Bounty Hunters (Retrieved on Jul 9, 2021) [archive]
  10. ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Monitor's Bounty (Retrieved on Jan 25, 2018) [archive]
  11. ^ YouTube - Gamecheat13, Halo 5 REQ Leaks - ONI Wasp, Grenade Launcher Variants, and Scopes