CQB-class Mjolnir
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The Mark VI Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/C variant[1]more commonly known as Close Quarters Battle Armor[2], is a type of United Nations Space Command ground infantry body armor. It is often abbreviated as CQB armor.
It will be an armor permutation in Halo 3 multiplayer.
Bungie has confirmed all of the armor permutations have no effect on gameplay.
C.Q.B.: Close Quarters Battle
- The Mjolnir/C variant was developed and tested at UNSC facilities in Essen, Deutschland and Songnam, Hanguk, respectively; integrating feedback gathered from the Jericho VII Theater.
- Developed at Beweglichrüstungsysteme of Essen and tested at the Special Warfare Center in Songnam, the Mjolnir/C variant focuses on improving combat survivability and mobility.
- The intent with the Mark VI Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor/C variant was to improve survivability in close combat; specifically by looking at alternate methods of K dispersal and improving joint mobility. [3]
- CQB.jpg
The first sighting of CQB Armor - in a newspaper article about Halo 3.
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Side profile of a SPARTAN in blue CQB Armor with an MA5C Assault Rifle.
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Bungie render of a SPARTAN in orange CQB Armor.
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SPARTAN in CQB riding passenger on a Mongoose.
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A SPARTAN in purple CQB helmet, EVA shoulder pads and EVA chest plate with an M41 Rocket Launcher
Trivia
- The CQB chestplate seems to look like a reinforced MJOLNIR chest plate and has a combat knife encased in it. It also has a tube down at the bottom.
- The CQB helmet bears some similarity to the ODST helmet. The main difference is that which it seems similar it has large cheek guards over the top of it, giving it a T shape. It also appears to have strong reinforcement on the head to provide extra protection. The extra protection and smaller visor would be ultimatly to protect the SPARTAN's head more in close combat situations.
- The shoulder pads appear similar to that of the ODST troops in the halo 3 concept art on the halozune. They appear to be rather large and rounded and omit armor from the upper shoulder. [4]
