
Operation Īn animation of a coilgun's operating principle. However, the technology is not exclusively used in spinally-mounted MACs, with naval autocannons (themselves sometimes referred to as "Mini-MACs") and even ground-based weapons such as the M68 Gauss cannon and M99 Stanchion operating on the same principle. With a handful of exceptions, MACs are typically spinally-mounted, meaning that the entire ship is built around the gun, with the cannon running a significant portion of the ship's length. MACs are fitted as a standard armament on most UNSC Navy vessels, ranging from small Gladius-class corvettes to Marathon-class heavy cruisers and even carriers or refit civilian ships such as the Phoenix-class colony ship. 5.3 Changes from Halo Wars to Halo Wars 2.

1.3.1 Atmospheric use and orbital bombardment.
