User:Spartan G-23/M5 Serval Armoured Fighting Vehicle

Introduction
The M5 Armoured Fighting Vehicle, better known as the Serval is a United Nations Space Command ground vehicle. It sports a roof-mounted .50 caliber Machine-Gun and a rear mounted machine gun, both of which fire armour piercing rounds. It is named after the serval cat due to the fact that it is extremely quiet and is often painted to blend in with the natural landscape for before missions.

Creation/Introduction into Service
The Serval was created in 2548, it was meant to act as a replacement for the M12 as the UNSCDF's primary reconnaissance vehicle. Beforehand, prototypes were tested on Mars and Onyx by ONI. It first saw action where 25 were sent into combat. The marines used them to scout out Covenant camps and assault, which ended up saving the lives of over a hundred marines.

Usage
With its success in planetary combat, the CMA ordered several hundred thousand models to be built and put to action as soon as possible. Unfortunately, due to a lack of raw materials for low prices, there weren't many models available for combat until the First Battle of Earth.

During the Second Battle of Earth, almost three hundred-fifty thousand of the M5 Servals were put to use against the Covenant Loyalists. Servals managed to inflict serious casualties on Loyalist Choppers and Prowlers due to its much more powerful weapons.

Advantages
The advantages of a Serval is its high firepower combined with its great stealth abilities.

Disadvantages
The disadvantages are its high cost, and its lack of AA guns, which makes it an easy target for banshees and other aerial vehicles.