The Human Weapons of "Halo" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Threshold

The MA5B Assault Rifle can fire approximately 15 rounds per second. That means it can drain its clip in about four seconds. It also has a tracker that will always point at the gas giant Threshold, which Installation 004 orbits. It's nice in levels like the Library in which it's easy to get turned around.

Answer: X2

There are few weapons with a zoom feature, and you should exploit this ability as much as you can. If you can hit your enemy before he/she can hit you, you already have an advantage (sure, it's dishonorable, but it keeps you alive). The pistol is also semi-automatic, making it quite deadly.

Answer: Twelve

The M6D Pistol can be semi-automatic, which drains the clip fairly fast. You'll want to renew the clip whenever there're no enemies around even if the clip is more than half full. Reloading the pistol in a fight may seem like an eternity, and is normally enough to get you killed.

Answer: Fragmentation Grenades

M9 HE-DP Grenades, also known as Frag Grenades, can be bounced off walls and other structures to where you want them. They're best used when thrown into a group of enemies, used to flip or destroy a vehicle, or if you can get your target to walk over it when it explodes. You can carry a maximum of four M9's at one time.

Answer: Two

The M19 SSM Rocket Launcher can hold two rockets at one time and once both have been fired, the entire magazine has to be replaced. This is a long process, but if you're using the M19 SSM Rocket Launcher, you should not be anywhere close to your enemies anyways, so reloading shouldn't be a dangerous task in which you're left vulnerable in the middle of a firefight.

Answer: Four

The M8O8B Scorpion MTB has four track pods on which allies can sit upon and shoot from. The Scorpion has a main gun, which fires 90mm High Velocity rounds which create massive explosions when they hit a hard surface, and a secondary, anti-infantry machine gun.

Answer: Twelve

The M90 shotgun is effective against all forms of flood. It seems to take them down faster than any other weapon, and because it fires spread-shots, it's good when you're being swarmed by enemies. Like the M6D Pistol, though, you'll want to reload it whenever you're not engaged with the enemy. You have to load each round individually, which can be a pain in a fight.

A neat trick though, unlike the M6D Pistol, you can fire each round as it's loaded in. If you hold down the fire button when you don't have any rounds left in the gun, it will reload one shot and fire it. You can just repeat the process by holding down the trigger.

This way, you don't have to wait for all twelve shells to be inserted.

Answer: Target Health

The S2 AM Sniper Rifle has two levels of zoom: 2X, and 8X. It uses 14.5mm armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding-sabot rounds, which can penetrate multiple targets each. Its clip can hold only four of these rounds, so replace it as often as possible.

Answer: It can overheat

The M7O57 Defoliant Projector is the only weapon in the humans' arsenal that can overheat. Its range is short and aiming it can be a pain, but when mastered, it can be devastating on maps such as 'Wizard', or if you're guarding your base in 'Blood Gulch', etc. The Flame Thrower can only be used in multiplayer.

Answer: Warthog

The M12 LRV is a fast car with a gun mounted on the back. It can hold three people: a driver, a gunner, and a passenger. A common strategy in a team game on 'Blood Gulch', such as Capture the Flag, is to have a Warthog filled. Once at the enemy base, the passenger will jump out, run into the base, grab the flag and get back out while the driver and gunner circle the base, providing a distraction. Once back outside, the flag carrier will jump back into the passenger side and will get a quick ride back to his/her home base to score.