Ghoul

The Tempest-class armored assault sled is a somewhat uncommon Covenant multi-purpose ground war-machine. The Tempest is officially known to the UNSC as the Type-33 Assault Gun Carriage, and colloquially referred as the Ghoul.

Design details
The central turret and its tear shaped hull gives the Ghoul an easily recognizable look on the battlefield. Like most Covenant war-machines, it uses a boosted gravity propulsion drive for propulsion and suspension above the ground. Most known patterns of the Ghoul are crewed by a single individual, almost always a Sangheili based on the seat layout. Some design patterns have a second seat reserved for a secondary gunner.

Light nanolaminate armor covers most of the top part of the vehicle, with its underbelly being either thinly armoured or entirely exposed, presumably as a weight saving technique. In terms of weight, the Ghoul weighs a third less than the Wraith at 32 metric tons, despite this, its hardly faster or maneuverable due to a cheap, underpowered reactor for its size. A known modification by its users is the replacement of its normally standard plasma cannon for projectile based weapons, such as fuel rod cannons, in order to free up power supply from its reactor, notably increasing maneuverability. Early patterns of the Ghoul had a shield generator, though most of these were landed due to aforementioned power issues

The main armament of this vehicle is quite modular. Although the standard is a heavy plasma cannon easily capable of defeating the armor of both Covenant and UNSC vehicles alike, anti-armor/personnel and guided anti-air fuel rod guns see more frequent use, as do heavy needler cannons in an anti-infantry and close anti-air role. Rarer weaponry also include light plasma mortars and defoliant projectors.