User:HaloDude/Type-4 Pistol

The Type-4 Pistol, or more commonly known as a Spiker, is a single-handed Brute manufactured pistol with an aggressively designed hand-guard.

Summary
The Type-4 Pistol is a cross-design. The Brutes that had survived the Human-Covenant War designed the pistol based on traditional Brute decoratives, and also traditional Human sidearm designs. As an added safety precaution, or perhaps just a crude Brute idea, the pistol has a hand-guard attached which sports several large and clearly deadly spikes.

The weapon itself is fairly light for its size, and has a somewhat attractive appearance as a weapon of war. The ammunition is loaded into the hand-guard, which is then attached back onto the weapon. The ammo is automatically loaded one spike at a time into the barrel and propelled outwards, and the weapon fires single shots at a time. A small pipe vents super-radiated air onto the loaded spikes to heat them as an added damage bonus. The pipe can be seen protruding from the side of the weapon. In addition to the weapons ranged capabilities, the Type-4 Pistol is a competent melee weapon and Brutes have been known to use this to great effect. The spikes are hard enough to penetrate basic armor, with enough strength, but would most certainly damage any uncovered part of the body with great ease. The weapon can operate even after the super-radiated air supply runs out.

It is suggested that the Type-4 pistol is cheap to manufacture, as Brutes are often seen simply discarding their pistols when their is no ammo available. This would suggest that a replacement pistol would be easy to come by. A cheap pistol would be a great advantage for the Brute armies.

The weapon isn't usually used as a primary weapon, instead being carried by Brutes who are operating heavy weapons or rifles, and would use the pistol as a backup. However, it has been noted than some squads of Brutes prefer to dual-wield the Type-4 pistol as a primary set of weapons, and usually to a great advantage over unsuspecting or inexperienced enemies.

Interestingly enough, the weapon is often referred to as a "Spiker", a term commonly given to another Brute weapon used throughout the Human-Covenant War. It would appear that, due to the weapons firing the same ammunition in the same aggressive way, the name is given to both.