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<center>''Were you looking for the [[BR55 Battle Rifle]] or the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]]?''</center> | <center>''Were you looking for the [[BR55 Battle Rifle]] or the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]]?''</center> | ||
[[File:SSgt Avery Johnson, UNSC Marine Corps.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]], holding the XBR55 Battle Rifle. Two recruits can also be seen with the rifle in the background.]] | [[File:SSgt Avery Johnson, UNSC Marine Corps.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]], holding the XBR55 Battle Rifle. Two recruits can also be seen with the rifle in the background.]] | ||
The '''XBR55 Battle Rifle'''<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 304''</ref> is the first model of the BR55 line; it is described as ''"a prototype long barreled [[weapon]] with an [[optical scope]].''"<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 126''</ref> The weapon fires 9.5x40mm FMJ SAP ammunition<ref>[[BR55 Battle Rifle]]</ref> from a 60 round magazine <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 132-133''</ref> and has a range of at least 950 meters.{{Verify_source}} It was issued to [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]] as well as their militia squads' marksmen, [[Critchley]] and [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]] by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jilan al-Cygni]] for use during the [[First Battle of Harvest|Harvest event]] during the year [[2525]]. This was the first weapon to be used against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] and caused the first alien casualty in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | The '''XBR55 Battle Rifle'''<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 304''</ref> is the first model of the BR55 line; it is described as ''"a prototype long barreled [[weapon]] with an [[optical scope]].''"<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 126''</ref> The weapon fires 9.5x40mm FMJ SAP ammunition<ref>[[BR55 Battle Rifle]]</ref> from a 60 round magazine<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''pages 132-133''</ref> and has a range of at least 950 meters.{{Verify_source}} It was issued to [[Staff Sergeant]]s [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] and [[Nolan Byrne]] as well as their militia squads' marksmen, [[Critchley]] and [[Wallace A. Jenkins|Jenkins]] by [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jilan al-Cygni]] for use during the [[First Battle of Harvest|Harvest event]] during the year [[2525]]. This was the first weapon to be used against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] and caused the first alien casualty in the [[Human-Covenant War]]. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The prototype resembles the BR55HB SR much more than the standard BR55 model. | *The prototype resembles the BR55HB SR much more than the standard BR55 model. | ||