- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
For a new weapon:
The HA877 SPEC OPS Battle Rifle
The HA877 weapon is actually based on the newly adopted HA871 Battle Rifle, which is replacement for the aging MA5B Assault Rifle. This new battle rifle has been modified by Special Weapons Developement for a new type of personel. The first revision being that the barrel has been lengthend a bit and a sound/flash suppresor has been built in. The magazine has been enlarged to carry to newly created 10x40mm high explosive, armor piercing smart round, which is lightly based on the explosice tipped round used in the M6D HE pistol. The reason for the "smart" is that after the round is fired from the barrel, when it hits a Covenant target wearing a shield it will detonate the primary exlposion causing the shield to go down for that moment. Leaving the shield momentarily down, the round will continue to hit and pierce the armor and penatrate it, at which point the secondary explosion will detonate causing extreme internal damafe to the target. The optics on the rifle are mcuh precise than the standard issue scope used on the comon BR, with new features such as night vision, and heat sorce tracking. The action of the gun has been upgraded slightly with the burst fire being upped from just 3 shots to 5 shots. Along with the new firing mode, the magazine capacity has been increased from 36 to 45. This new firearm isnt issued to just any UNSC personel, or any UNSC personel for that matter. Due to the need for recon into the Covenant order, a new group of soldiers have been brought together to fill a small niche. These men are Special Operations soldiers that are registed under ONI rather than the UNSC. They have different skills than that of Spartan 2s or ODSTs. The true identity of them is classified to anyone who is not in ONI or SWD.
DISCLAIMER- Sorry about that, I got on a roll.
New vehicle
The new vehicle I would want is something that slots in between the Warthog and the Scorpion. Something like an APC, that has an enclosed cockpit and passenger hold. Its primary weapon is a pair of dual LAAGs that are situated on the roof of the vehicle. They can be controlled sepratley from the vehicle, so in practice the driver can drive in one direction while firing the main guns in another direction. The crew can be one, but can also be made to have a dedicated gunner and a driver. The passenger capacity can hold 6 marines. The vehicle is also amphibous, which can transform the vehicle into a beach landing craft.