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Here we see MC holding an unfamiliar weapon on the cover of this Xbox magazine. To me it looks like it could be some sort of energy powered weapon as there is a split in the barrel that could allow some sort of energy shot to travel out from it.

 

 

 

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People have been saying its a grenade launcher (imo i couldnt see how it could be from the look of it)

David Ellis says its not a grenade launcher and he leaves it at that.

 

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If you look up along the top of the weapon you will see an indentation at the very top. This is speculation but maybe this could be where the ammunition is inserted? Due to the long and open nature of the barrel, perhaps it would be some sort of laser or sniping weapon? There is also smoke trailing from the very edge of the bottom, so maybe this could be here the projectiles are released. The smoke also seems to be coming out in a more wider and horizontal direction.

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When I first saw this I thought to myself "Assault Rifle". The reason I thought this is because the indentation at the top looks like it may be an ammo counter. It's definitely NOT the AR that we saw in the footage though, so could this be an upgrade?

 

Another theory I have (based on the barrel) is that it could be an upgraded form of the spartan laser that fires a blue laser instead of a red one, or perhaps a shoulder fired MAC launcher. :o

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I would say it is a forerunner weapon similar to the sentinel beam but maybe it's one that fires a large shot like a sniper rifle or similar to a gauss weapon might even be a gauss rifle .

 

I was thinking the same thing but it says UNSC on it so I scrapped the thought. It definitely resembles a grenade launcher with the barrel shape and all but seeing as they said it's not I would imagine it's like what Director said: some sort of new laser maybe.

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they could be possibly putting in a weapon with MAC rounds in it. sort of like like the MAC gun in reach. But maybe just one bullet with a certain range. That when fired you just drop it.

 

Sounds legit? :)

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They've said the UNSC has incorporated new Covenant technology into its arsenal. To me this looks a lot like a human version of the Plasma Rile or the Plasma repeater, it has the open centre and there's what looks like an energy link at the end of the barrel, both of which are key features of Covenant weaponry.

 

I'm guessing it's going to be some sort of long-range plasma counterpart to the DMR. Perhaps it strips shields a lot quicker but can't score headshots?

 

EDIT: Maybe it's a railgun? I haven't seen one of those in a game since Red Faction II and if it could fire through walls it would certainly synergise well with Forerunner Vision.

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EDIT: Maybe it's a railgun? I haven't seen one of those in a game since Red Faction II and if it could fire through walls it would certainly synergise well with Forerunner Vision.

Actually you HAVE seen a railgun :D In Halo Reach, in fact. It's the Gauss cannon lol It fires through forge objects. Also, a Gauss cannon is basically a mini-MAC.
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I'm thinking of a Forerunner/human hybrid

 

 

since this is four years after halo 3, and we have discovered the dyson sphere

 

I wouldn't be surprised if we do see some forerunner influenced human weapons

 

like this for example

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Idk about you guys, but because of the look of the end of the gun, I was IMMEDIATELY reminded of Forerunner tech. I think it's a Forerunner weapon, harnessed by UNSC. They have given it a UNSC look, but its all alien. It looks beast either way.

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Idk about you guys, but because of the look of the end of the gun, I was IMMEDIATELY reminded of Forerunner tech. I think it's a Forerunner weapon, harnessed by UNSC. They have given it a UNSC look, but its all alien. It looks beast either way.

I actually think It's more of a UNSC Plasma Repeater :P

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