M95 Lance
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The M97 "Lance" Guided Missile Weapon System, alternatively called missile battery[1]. is a surface-to-air missile battery used by the UNSC.
Design details
Each battery can hold up to six missiles. The battery uses an universal weapons emplacement base similar to the one used by the M71 Anti-Aircraft Gun.
Operational history
In August 2552, during the Siege of New Alexandria, two such batteries were used by SPARTAN-B312 to cripple a Covenant SDV-class heavy corvette holding station over the city, thus allowing three civilian transports to escape the city. [2]
The UNSC Infinity had several of these missile batteries mounted on its dorsal surface. After the ship crash landed inside the shield world Requiem in July 2557, John-117 had to reactivate the batteries to help repel Covenant forces.[3] When the Infinity came back to Requiem in 2558, some of these missile batteries were deployed on a select few UNSC bases on Requiem's inner surface, such as Galileo Base.[4]
Gallery
- Missile battery 2.jpg
A front-angle view of the missile battery
- Missile battery 3.jpg
A rear-angle view of the missile battery.
- Ih missile turret01.jpg
Concept art of the turret.
A render of the missile battery.
The missiles hitting a Covenant Corvette.
One of the Infinity's missile batteries.
- H4-M97LanceMissileBattery-ScanScreen.jpg
A screenshot of the M97 "Lance" Missile Battery.
List of appearances
- Halo: Reach (First appearance)
- Halo 4
Sources
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 77
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level Exodus
- ^ Halo 4 campaign level Infinity
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E4 Didact's Hand
