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M41 |
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Surface-to-surface rocket launcher |
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137 centimetres (53.8 in)[2] |
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2-rocket disposable tube assembly |
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The M41B Surface-to-Surface Rocket Medium Anti-Vehicle / Assault Weapon (M41B SSR MAV/AW or M41B SPNKr) is a variant of the M41 SPNKr and a heavy ordnance weapon used by the United Nations Space Command.[2][5] It is manufactured by Misriah Armory.[1][2]
OverviewEdit
Design detailsEdit
- Main article: M41 SPNKr
The M41B SPNKr is a variant of the standard M41 SPNKr. Unlike other variants of the M41, the M41B lacks a smart-linked sight and a trigger guard;[6] it possesses a pistol grip in place of an ergonomic thumbhole stock, resulting in a more skeletal overall appearance. However, the M41B features a 2× magnification optics sight,[2] allowing users to fire rockets over long distances without relying on the use of smart-linking.
GameplayEdit
- Main article: Rocket Launcher
The M41B SPNKr is featured in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST. In each of these games, it is a usable weapon known as the Rocket Launcher. It is a power weapon, which fires slow-moving rockets that deal an incredible amount of damage upon detonation, with a wide area of effect. The Rocket Launcher is one of the most powerful weapons in the game, and to compensate, it has a small magazine size, slow reload speed and ammo is generally very rare.
Production notesEdit
- The weapon was identified as the M19 SSM rocket launcher in the game manuals of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 as well as in the Art of Halo 3. It was also referred to in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx as the M19 missile launcher. It was established in Halo: The Essential Visual Guide that M19 SSM refers to the rocket ammunition while the launcher itself is designated as the M41.[1] The 2022 edition of the Halo Encyclopedia further expanded on the designation, giving the M41B designation to the variant first introduced in Halo: Combat Evolved.[2]
- On the last level of Halo 3: ODST there are four rocket launchers with 1000 rockets each for use in Vidmaster Challenge: Deja Vu. These only appear on the Legendary difficulty when the Iron Skull is activated. If any player boards a Warthog, these rocket launchers will not spawn. These rocket launchers hold a tag separated from the regular rocket launchers, as they can be picked up even when the player has a rocket launcher holstered as their second weapon, though the two weapons will not share the ammo reserve.
GalleryEdit
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Halo: Combat EvolvedEdit
The HUD icon of the M41B rocket launcher.
An in-game profile view of the M41B.
Multiple M41B SPNKr and their ammunition case in the UNSC Pillar of Autumn's armory.
John-117 using an M41B SPNKr against a Banshee on Installation 04.
John-117 using an M41B SPNKr against a Zurdo-pattern Wraith on Installation 04.
A Spartan carrying an M41B SPNKr on Battle Creek.
A first-person view of the M41B.
A view through the 2× scope of the M41B.
Halo 2Edit
Concept art of John-117 holding with an M41B SPNKr.
An M41B rocket launcher with a synthetic black finish.
Two views of the M41B rocket launcher.
A profile view of the M41B rocket launcher.
The M41B held by John-117.
A Spartan with an M41B on Lockout.
An Orbital Drop Shock Trooper carrying an M41B SPNKr.
A first-person view of the M41B.
A view through the 2× scope of the M41B.
Halo 3Edit
The M41B prop made by WETA Workshop for Halo: Landfall.
Another look at WETA's M41B.
Concept art of John-117 with an M41B SPNKr.
The right-side of the M41B SPNKr.
The left-side view of the M41B SPNKr.
An in-game profile view of the M41B SPNKr.
A CQB-clad Spartan wielding the M41B.
Marines firing rockets at a Banshee.
Thel 'Vadam carrying an M41B SPNKr.
Spartans on Mongoose carrying M41B SPNKr on Sandtrap.
A Spartan firing an M41B SPNKr on Assembly.
First-person view of the M41B on High Ground.
A view through the 2× scope of the M41B.
Halo WarsEdit
Models of the M41B as it appears in Halo Wars' cinematics.
List of appearancesEdit
SourcesEdit
- ^ a b c Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 156
- ^ a b c d e f g Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 176
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition), page 314
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 328
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Universe: Rocket Launcher (Retrieved on Apr 13, 2016) [archive]
- ^ Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 156
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