M6/18 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Emplacement

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The Weapon/Anti-Armour M6/18 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Anti-Materiel Laser Emplacement (W/AAM6/18 G/GNAMLE) is a squad-operated, fixed long-range emplacement fielded by all branches of the and select aggregate military units under semi-independent Colonial jurisdiction. 
Other names for the emplacement are;
* The Succubus/Incubus - On account of its ability to ‘suck a whole power plant dry’.
* The Prom Queen - On account of its ‘prominent overbite and temperamental nature’.
* The Pointer - On account of its powerful optic scope and tracking laser.
* The Persuader - On account of its nature as a prominent and effective long-range area-denial tool.
* The Red Glare - On account of the discharged laser itself.
* Mr Angry Eye - On account of the charge-up producing a sphere of energy at its barrel as the lenses align.
* ‘Amelie’ Emplacement - A personification of the initials of ‘Anti-Materiel Laser Emplacement’.
The emplacement is a semi-portable long range anti-armour/anti-materiel energy weapons platform. It can be mounted on vehicles, or airborne transports with very little modification. It features a tripod-like base designed to be drilled or bolted onto hard surfaces to support the bulk of the weapon’s frame. A powerful optic and secondary monitor feed can sight targets up to sixty kilometers away, depending on the terrain, while the effective range of the primary laser armaments is theoretically unlimited. However, due to the practical limitations of the weapon’s operator, and the mechanism by which the target is sighted, and due to the nature of the targets themselves, effective range is limited to 20km-25km.
In order to sight the target, the operator must first use the optic to locate the vehicle or item of interest, and tilt the emplacement until the optic and thus the attached weapon is aimed in that direction. The efficiency of such manual operation reduces by orders of magnitude over the effective distances that this emplacement’s armament can reach, and so specialised helmets developed in tandem with the baseline M6 are allocated to the squads who operate these emplacements. This helmet and the optic contained therein assist in the accurate location and acquisition of targets.
Once a target is within the optics field of view, a lock-on mechanism is engaged which will automatically cause the emplacement to follow any moving object within its sightline. If the optic is too far zoomed in, it will fail to discern the object. If it is too far out, then it will fail to separate the object from the background. 
Operators zoom in such that the object in question is within frame, and not cut off by the optic in any way. The emplacement will then outline it, asking for confirmation from the operator. When locked in, the weapon is now ready to fire.
Due to the destructive nature of the emplacement, no single Marine, Trooper, Specialist attaché or Officer can fire it. A two person system, similar to a sniper/spotter configuration, is employed to ensure accountability and mitigate the risks associated with Fog of War. One person sights the target, and the other man pulls the trigger only after confirming via secondary rear-mounted optic, what the spotter is targeting.
Once the trigger has been pulled, the weapon will begin to fire. Only through the disconnecting of its fuel cells, the engagement of emergency shutdown, or significant damage may prevent this charge from building up to critical levels, and discharging towards the target.
The destructive force of such a discharge is fully capable of destroying almost any single ground vehicle fielded by both the Covenant or the UNSC in a single shot. Notable exceptions include the M3 Elephant series, the M510 Mammoth, the HRUNTING/YGGDRASIL Mark II series, the Type 26, 36, or 47 Scarab series, the Type 58 Harvester, and the Type 55 Kraken.
When fielded against Covenant ultra-heavy weapons platforms, such as the Typer 26, 36, 47, or above, the weapon displayed proficiency at eliminating strategic points of the unit’s chassis, such as leg joints or support struts or Anti-Aircraft cannons. However, this effectiveness is limited to un-armoured areas, as confirmed hits on the platform’s Nanolaminate plating served only to scorch off the majority of the protective armour, which is built to withstand such Directed-Energy weapon attacks, due to the Covenant’s own technology. 
Operators must sight un-armoured joints, exposed interiors or other inherent structural weaknesses present in the frames. Effectiveness against ultra-heavy weapons platforms, then, is purely reliant on the innate skill of the operator or team assigned to such an emplacements, and is accordingly not indicative of the weapon’s own success in these roles.