details:
name: Type-56 light anti armor semi guided munitions launcher
Manufacturer: Lodam Armory
Munitions: High explosive crystalline projectiles
Range: Medium to Long
projectile speed: hitscan(nearly instanteous impact)
Clip Size: 1 shot(Which is a three round burst)
Total Number of Clips: 10(+1 already inserted)
UNSC Counterpart: ARC 920 Railgun
Description:
The Shard Launcher is a covenant weapon designed after the great schism, drawing majorly from the design of the type 31 needle rifle. It is ideally designed as a counter vehicle weapon, its incredibly powerful supercombine explosion can inflict large amounts of damage to light vehicles(Eg mongoose, ghost, banshee), most times destroying them upon exploding. however, it is less effective versus medium to heavily armoured vehicles, taking multiple bursts in order to destroy them. This weapon is especially devastating versus infantry, the three round burst has enough power to ignore infantry energy shields and instantly cause a supercombine explosion unlike its needler and needle rifle counterparts who are incapable of piercing energy shields right away. When the unsc first encountered this weapon, many marines, even ODSTs, where shocked by the sheer destructive capability it inflicted. many soldiers witnessed the their comrades being completely blown apart if the burst connected with them, adding to the intimidation factor of this weapon. It is often see being wielded by Spec ops Sangheili or high ranking Zealots along side the concussion rifle.
