I was playing halo 2 (the best marines of all the games) the other day and I realized how much the marines in halo suck. I am not talking so much about their strategy and tactics but more so their equipment. Let me compare the equipment of a halo marine to a modern marine.
Halo marines
- assault rifle fires 32 rounds at 710 f/s at 100 meters
- SMG is about even
- The SAW can fire 300 meters with the other states similiar
- The sticky detonator fires one round at mabye 200 meters
- The Sniper rifle fires 4 rounds at 90 rpm at 1530 m/s
- 2 frag grenades
- The scorpian can get destroyed by a grenade launcher given enough time. 90mm. range of
- Hornet is pathetic comparered to modern long range heat seaking rockets
Modern U.S. marines
- M4 carbine fires 30 rounds at 700-950 f/s at 500 meters
- Colt 9mm SMG is about even
- The M240 can fire 3,725 m with the other states similiar
- The Milkor MGL can fire 6 shots at 375 meters
- The SAM-R fires 30 rounds at 60 rpm at 930 m/s
- smoke grenade, flashbang, grenades, night vision goggles
- An A1 Abrams has not yet been lost to the enemy in the face of RPG's, grenade lauchers and more. 120mm. range of over 2,500 m
- Apache attack helicopters have longe range heat seaking rockets
TLDR. Halo marines have pretty decent guns but their grenade launchers and vehicles leave much to be desired.
Don't even get me started on how advanced the covenant should be.