Both Misriah Armory and Materials Group have acquired the aforementioned Forerunner machinery, but are reluctant to produce potentially dangerous feedstock isotopes. The Merchants of Qikost, the fuel rod gun's current manufacturer, are only able to replicate its manufacture using prehistoric Forerunner machinery that occasionally requires Huragok maintenance and has proved nearly impossible to study. The weapon's energetic component has been the subject of nearly three decades of intense human study. It is also sometimes called the flak cannon or fuel rod cannon though the latter term is usually reserved for vehicle-mounted weapons based on the same technology. The Type-33 Light Anti-Armor Weapon ( T-33 LAAW), colloquially known as the fuel rod gun, is a shoulder-fired mortar/radiation weapon, formerly used by the Covenant military and now in service with the Swords of Sanghelios. Ya hear that weird “whump” sound and even if ya see it comin' you're transfixed, these big green blobs flying at you throwin’ off sparks!' - Anonymous Serviceman Barrel: 73.66 centimetres (29.00 in) Ĭlass-2 38mm radioactive explosive fuel rods.For the model featured in Halo: Combat Evolved, see unidentified fuel rod gun, and for the Halo 5: Guardians model, see Type-58 fuel rod cannon.
This article is about the fuel rod gun introduced in Halo 2.
