#covenantweapons

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Lore Thursday — Gadulo-pattern needle rifle

Unlike its smaller cousin, the Needler, the Needle Rifle fires Subanese crystalline shards that cannot home in on targets. Instead, it is utilized as a longer-range marksman rifle with an optics system.

Gadulo-pattern needle rifle - Weapon - Halopedia, the Halo wiki

The Gadulo-pattern Needle Launcher also known as the needle rifle, is an infantry weapon originally manufactured by the Covenant's Sacred Pr

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Lore Thursday - Type Classifications

When analysing recovered Covenant equipment, ONI researchers assigned a Type-designation based on the year of recording. However, these entries rarely matched the Covenant's own internal classification schemes.

Alien technology catalogued by the United Nations Space Command and Office of Naval Intelligence is classified by type number. Type classifi