X7896 Energy Mortar

The X7896 is an ancient human Cannon used during the Human-Forerunner war. if you need to read about the Ancient Humans, go to this article: Everest class ship
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The X7896 was the standard ground forces Mortar that was first used by the Ancient Humans during the Human-San'Shyum war, and was very successful during it's history.
The Mortar was very simple, it was a small cannon that was remotely aimed by a Soldier in a protected location and could fire up to 1 mile away fully charged, and if the Covenant existed then, they could kill a fully sheilded Elite Zealot with one precise shot. The only major drawback was the Mortar could never be controlled maually, so if the controller unit broke or was destroyed, it would have to be overriden on the battlefeild so it could fire automatic as the automatic mortar duty was given to the newer X8888 Mortar. These Energy Mortars served in the Ancient Human Navy for many years until the Forerunners destroyed the Humans and pushed them back to the Cavemen era and placed them on Earth and Halo installation 04. There is no known surviving X7896's and have only been seen by UNSC Marines in Forerunner terminals.