Weapon-class destroyer

The Arsenal destroyer program was a major project of the United Nations Space Command, during the Insurrection and the Human-Covenant War. The program, also referred to as the "Weapon destroyers", were a series of proposed designs that resulted in some of the UNSC's most capable destroyers. 
#Tomahawk-class heavy destroyers (2505)
#Halberd-class light destroyers (2508)
#Broadsword-class heavy destroyers (2512)
#Chasseur-class light destroyers (2516)
#Claymore-class super-heavy destroyers (2517)
#Morning Star-class heavy destroyers (2519)
#Landsknecht-class super-heavy destroyers (2521)
#Partian-class light destroyers (2522)
#Culverin-class heavy destroyers (2524)
#Falchion-class light destroyers (2525)
#Trident-class super destroyers (2527)
#Glaive-class light destroyers (2529)
#Zouave-class light destroyers (2536)
#Rapier-class heavy destroyers (2537)
#Mameluke-class light destroyers (2541)
==Classes==
===Parthian-class===
The Parthian-class of fifty-four heavy destroyers, sometimes referred to as "cavalry destroyers," first entered service in 2510. 
*1 x magnetic accelerator cannon, numerous missile pods, and room for a squad of ODSTs
*UNSC Carrhae
*UNSC Parthian
===Tomahawk-class===
The Tomahawk-class heavy destroyers entered service in 2512 and were immediately approved for mass production.
*2 x magnetic accelerator cannons, missile pods
*UNSC Tomahawk
===Claymore-class===
The Claymore-class consisted of ten heavily-armed and armored destroyers that suffered from poor maneuverability and maintenance problems. 
*UNSC Claymore
===Broadsword-class===
*UNSC Broadsword
===Halberd-class===
The Halberd-class proved to be the most effective and successful destroyer class of both the Insurrection and the Human-Covenant War. Taken together, more than six hundred Halberd-class light destroyers were ordered by the UNSC, with more than four hundred and fifty successfully commissioned. 
*UNSC Chaco
*UNSC Cibola
*UNSC Halberd
*UNSC Herodotus
*UNSC Iroquois
*UNSC Kayenta
*UNSC Mesa Verde
*UNSC Pioneer
*UNSC Rio Grande
*UNSC The Heart of Midlothian
===Falchion-class===
The Falchion-class comprised forty-five heavy destroyers that featured reduced armor plating and diminished missile pods in exchange for greater speed and mobility; notably the class was designed with boarding actions in mind. 
*UNSC Falchion
===Landsknecht-class===
The Landsknecht-class was the first of two prototype destroyer classes ordered as part of the Weapon destroyer group. Easily the largest heavy destroyers of the war, twelve Landsknecht super-heavy destroyers were completed and commissioned. The design, while successful, was considered simply uneconomical for greater production. 
*UNSC Landsknecht
===Chasseur-class===
*UNSC Chasseur
===Morning Star-class===
The Morning Star-class was a trio of prototype heavy destroyers. Smaller than the Landsknechts, the Morning Star destroyers were outfitted with a modified magnetic accelerator cannon system, intended to be capable of rapid-fire volleys of slugs. Technically capable of achieving this feat, the Morning Star-class proved incapable of firing their guns repeatedly without overwhelming their internal systems; the designers concluded that a destroyer frame was inadequate for the rapid-fire system. Nevertheless, the Morning Star-class remained in service as frontline heavy destroyers after some significant reworking of their internal systems.
*UNSC Morning Star
===Culverin-class===
*UNSC Bad Neighbor
*UNSC Culverin
*UNSC God's Own Sling
===Glaive-class===
The Glaive-class of light destroyers was originally envisioned as a simplified version of the Halberd-class, designed for mass production and rapid deployment. Plagued by notoriously poor construction, the Glaive-class was an expensive failure that required all one-hundred-and-five completed destroyers to be extensively rebuilt. An additional twenty were cancelled and scrapped before completion. 
*UNSC Glaive
===Trident-class===
The Trident-class super destroyers were the most expensive proposed destroyers to be accepted and commissioned. 
*UNSC Majestic 
*UNSC Trident
===Rapier-class===
*UNSC Rapier
===Mameluke-class===
*UNSC Mameluke
===Zouave-class===
*UNSC Zouave
Category:Destroyer classes
Category:UNSC Ship Classes