- JABBERWOCK xeno
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I wondered the same thing.
Non-energy sheild armor's stranght in the halo universe seems off.
In contact harvest, it was said that bullets from the rebels rounds just "bounced" off of Johnson's heavy armor, and that was a good 15 years or more so before Mjonler IV was made.
Yet, in 2552, the standred marine's helmet is said to not protect agansit anything other than glancing blows, the same of their battledress.
Yet, in game, a marine with a helmet can take one magnum shot to the head, and go uharmed, but his helmet will fall off.
So, we have it that the marine helmet, which supposdly is not actually very combat ready, is better protecting than the mjonler helmet.
Riiight.
The covie's armor is even more spastic, with the grunt and jackal's armor seems to be negilgent as far as bullets go, brute have barely anything better.
Hunter's armor is canonically explained, it's super strong, hence why the use it on star ships, yet super heavy, explauining why other troops don't use it.
Of course, that doesn't explain why they leave huge blank sectio ns off it of thjough, but whatever.
Elte's armor seems to be like mjonler, in canon it's stated to be strong, yet in the books during combat and in game, it acts weak.