Halo is one of my favorite franchises of all time. I dedicated an unhealthy amount of my brain capacity to the deep lore these games have. So question for the runners, what is the lore reason for the change in shotgun design between Halo Reach (and CEA Anny Graphics) and Halo:CE despite Halo CE taking place directly after Halo:Reach?
Answer: The M90 Shotgun is the preferred shotgun of the UNSC Marines, where as the M45E is the preferred shotgun of the Army. Durring the fall of Reach, the Army spearheaded operations until the Fall. The Autumn was equipped for Operation RED FLAG, which means they were equipped to take in Spartans to take over a Covenant ship, who are Navy personnel at the time. So they preferred the M90 aka the classic shotgun. The leader of the ODSTs on the Piller of Autumn, Antonio Silva, complained about the Spartans taking the M90s leaving only M45Es, hence why both shotguns exist in CEA in canon in each graphics, M90 in Classic and 45E in Anniversary.
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