M19 missile

An M19 HEAT/SC rocket.

The M19 102mm high-explosive, shaped-charge surface-to-surface missile (M19 SSM) is a munition for the M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher^[1]^[2] and M39 rocket turret employed on the back of the M12A1 Rocket Warthog.^[3]

Overview

The M19 SSM is capable of penetrating the heavy armor of even the Type-26 Wraith tank; lighter vehicles, such as the Type-32 Ghost reconnaissance vehicle, are typically destroyed upon impact. The M19's blast radius is rather large, making the projectile effective against concentrated groups of infantry.

HEAT warheads in missiles like the M19 use explosive fillers to collapse a cone of ductile metal, typically copper, in order to form a jet of metallic particles that expand toward the target at hypersonic velocities. The tip of the jet punches a small hole in the armor while the remainder of the jet that travels at slower speeds widens the hole and provides spall effect to whatever lies beyond the armor.

Gallery

An M19 SSM in Halo: Combat Evolved.
An M19 fired from an M39 rocket turret.
An armory with a cache of M19 missiles packs aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.
Detail closeup of an M19 missile pack in Halo: Combat Evolved.
A case of M19 missiles in Halo 2.
A case containing two M19 missiles in Halo 3.
An M19 compared to a LAU-65D/SGM-151 missile in Halo 3.
An M19 SSM in Halo 3.
An M19 case that was sold as a promotion for Halo 3.
An M19 SSM in Halo: Reach.
A non-scaled comparison of the M19 SSM in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach.
A case of M19 missiles in Halo 2: Anniversary.
M19 missiles being fired at a Z-1800 Phaeton in Halo 5: Guardians.
An M19 SSM in Halo 5: Guardians.
Ammunition label.