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MJOLNIR Mark V stands actually only for the fifth generation of Dr. Halsey's MJOLNIR combat suits. The Mark I, II and III were rather like robotic mobile suits which made the carrier or better say pilot over 7 or even 8 feet high. WHile the Mark I and II were described as not really operational as it was difficult to power the mobile suits long enough for combat operations, Mark III was more or less a success but was way too expensive to enter service (Prototype was destroyed in Halo Legends "Prototype" as part of the cole protocol). Remember that those mobile suits were meant to be piloted by regular UNSC operators as the Spartan II program was not ready.
Mark IV was the first generations of MJOLNIR armor that were designed as an armor suit for Spartan soldiers that fit the carrier's body size.
Mark IV suits (issued in the year 2525) seen in Halo Wars were the standard version while other variants also existed such like EVA or Grenadier variants etc. The Mark IV armor suits were usually slightly bulkier than the Mark V (issued in 2551) because they only rely on physical armor as the Mark IV did not have the shield energy yet.
The Mark V shoulder armor parts in Halo Reach is the basic one but that does not mean that Master Chief's Mark V armor was all standard variants. If you look closely on the shoulders of Master Chief in Halo CE on XBOX, the shoulde parts were much more bulkier and looked rather like the ODST shoulder parts instead of the standard Mark V.
Speaking of the appearance of Master Chief's armor in the Halo CE Anniversary trailer presented at the E3, Frank O'Connor replied in an interview, that the footage was from an earlier stage and that the revised one did not make it in the E3.
So we can relax a bit and hope that the final design of Mark V helmet looks rather like in Halo 3 or Halo Reach.