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I think Bungie took a lot of inspiration for halo in general from Star Ship troopers (The books not the films).
In the books they have powered armor exoskeletons ( these look like some of the earlier Mjolnir designs that were used ) used by the Mobile Infantry. "These suits were controlled by the wearer's own movements, but powerfully augmented a soldier's strength, speed, weight carrying capacity (which allowed much heavier personal armament), jumping ability (including jet and rocket boost assistance), and provided the wearer with improved senses (infrared vision and night vision, radar, and amplified hearing), a completely self-contained personal environment including a drug-dispensing apparatus, sophisticated communications equipment, and tactical map displays. Their powered armor made the Mobile Infantry a hybrid between an infantry unit and an armored one."
If i remember rightly the BR was inspired partially by The Morita Assault Rifle. The UNSC Marine Armour was also inspired by the SST Marine Armour, The UNSC Longsword was inspired by The TAC fighter from SST.
Does anybody see what i mean?