Editing BR85HB battle rifle

{{Status|Canon}}

{{Weapon infobox

|width={{Convert|2.4|in|cm}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4VG}}

|height={{Convert|11.8|in|cm}}{{Ref/Reuse|H4VG}}

|ammotype=9.5×40mm [[M634 Experimental High-Powered Semi-Armor-Piercing|M634 X-HP-SAP]]{{Ref/Reuse|brief}}

|feed=36-round box magazine{{Ref/Reuse|brief}}

|range=*Lore: 950 meters (3,117 feet){{Ref/Note|The [[:File:BRhud.jpeg|tick marks]] on the BR85HB's smart-linked scope range between 100 and 950 meters. This presumably reflects the weapon's maximum effective range.}}

The '''BR85 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle''' ('''BR85HB SR''') is a select-fire battle rifle used by the [[United Nations Space Command]]. It is a heavy-barreled version of the [[BR85 battle rifle|BR85 Service Rifle]]. Like its predecessors, the [[BR55 battle rifle|BR55]] and [[BR55HB battle rifle|BR55HB service rifles]], the BR85 is manufactured by [[Misriah Armory]].<ref name="Ides of March">[http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/03/15/The-Halo-Bulletin-31412.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 3.15.12'']</ref><ref name="O+A">[http://halo.xbox.com/halo4/en-US#!an-epic-universe/ordnance-armor/cbbca9b3-5108-41aa-aa21-9b523de68266 '''Halo 4 Official Site''' - ''Ordnance + Armor'']</ref>

While the BR85HB Service Rifle had entered service late in the [[Human-Covenant War]] manufacturing concerns and logistical issues involved with its ammunition meant the BR85HB was not widely adopted until after the war ended.<ref name="Canon Fodder">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-locke-load '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - Locke and Load'']</ref> BR85HBs were used within the [[Damascus Materials Testing Facility]] in November 2525.<ref name="TFORAS">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach - The Animated Series]]'''</ref> The {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} had some BR85HBs aboard before the [[Battle of Trove]].<ref name="SAH">'''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]''', ''[[Something has Happened]]''</ref> Some BR85HBs were aboard the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} during the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref name="Dawn">'''[[Halo 4]]''', campaign level, ''[[Dawn]]''</ref> By February [[2556]] a small number had been purchased by the [[Sedran Colonial Guard]].<ref name="Nightfall">'''[[Halo: Nightfall]]'''</ref> The {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} carried a large supply of BR85HBs during the [[Battle of Requiem]]<ref name="Reclaimer">'''Halo 4''', campaign level, ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref> and the [[Requiem Campaign]].<ref name="Spops">'''Halo 4''', '''[[Spartan Ops]]'''</ref>

The BR85HB Service Rifle is a gas-operated, magazine-fed battle rifle. A select-fire weapon, the BR85HB is optimized for firing three-round bursts, though it is capable of semi-automatic and fully automatic fire.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[Artifact]]'' introductory cutscene</ref>{{Ref/Note|All official sources claim that the BR85HB is a "semi-automatic weapon optimized for three-round burst firing". This is a convoluted way of identifying the weapon as select-fire.}} The BR85HB is effective against most [[Covenant remnants|Covenant]] battle armor and the [[energy shielding]] of [[Combat harness|Sangheili combat harness]]es; it also proves effective against the shields and plating of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor (GEN2)|GEN2 MJOLNIR armor]] during War Games exercises. Like its predecessors, the BR85HB features a 2× magnification scope and receives a 36-round detachable box magazine. In the hands of a skilled marksman the weapon's precision and accuracy make it versatile at a variety of ranges.{{Ref/Reuse|Ides of March}}{{Ref/Reuse|O+A}} The BR85HB battle rifle features multiple design improvements on the BR55 and BR55HB [[battle rifles]]. The BR85HB also features a new lightweight frame and rail mounts for [[weapon attachment]]s and other accessories.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} The BR85HB, as well as most other UNSC weapons, requires power to feed ammunition due to its electromagnetic feed system.{{Ref/Reuse|Nightfall}}

===Changes from the BR55HB SR from ''Halo 3'' to ''Halo 4''===

*Once again features hitscan properties.

*Larger reticle and higher magnetism at close range, lower magnetism at long range.

*Scope is now square instead of round.

*Rate of fire has been increased allowing for more fluid gunplay, at the cost of damage output.

In ''Halo: Spartan Assault'' the battle rifle is not available in the campaign, appearing only in the [[Halo: Spartan Assault co-op missions|Flood missions]] cooperative mode, and as the primary weapon of [[Edward Davis|Spartan Davis]] in the cutscenes. The weapon appears throughout the ''Spartan Strike'' campaign.

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===Concept art and illustrations===

File:H2A - Battle rifle render.jpg|An early, unused render of the BR85HB for ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.

File:H4-BR85HBSR-Scope.png|The BR85's scope in the 2012 E3 build of ''Halo 4''.

File:Halo_4_dlc_armure_octobre_2012_8.jpeg|A high res look at the BR85HB arctic skin.

File:H4-BR85HBSR-Infobox.jpg|BR85HB Infobox for Halo 4.

File:DeMarco - Soldier.png|[[Paul DeMarco]] wielding the BR85HB.

File:H4 BR85 Magazine.png|thumb|A magazine used with the BR85HB in ''Halo 4''.  

===''Halo 4'' skins===

File:H4-BR85HBSR-Skin.png|Dunes (DNE) skin.

File:BR85HB SR (arctic camouflage).png|Arctic (ACT) skin.

File:H4 - Steam skin (transparent).png|Steam (STM) skin.

File:H4_Skin_Salvage.png|Salvage (SLV) skin.

File:H4 Render BattleRifle-BLAST.png|Blast (BLS) skin.

*''[[Halo Mythos]]''

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