Gadulo-pattern needle rifle: Difference between revisions

{{Era|HCW|Post}}

{{Cleanup}}

{{Weapon Infobox

|image = [[File:HReach-T31NeedleRifleSide.png|300px]]

|manufacturer =*[[Sacred Promissory]] {{C|Pre-Great Schism}}<ref name="vis">'''[[Halo: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 127''</ref>

*[[Maeleesh Bazaar]] {{C|Post-Great Schism}}<ref name="waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/needle-rifle '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Needle Rifle'']</ref>

|model=Type-31

|type=Munitions launcher/[[rifle]]

|size=Shoulder-fired

|length= {{Convert|126.7|cm|in}}<ref name="vis"/>

|weight=

|operation=

|feed = 21 rounds/mag (105 max)

|ammotype = [[Blamite|Crystalline projectiles]]

|rate = ~150 RPM

|range = Medium to long

|service= [[Human-Covenant War]]  

<br> [[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]

|affiliation = [[Covenant]]

==Design details==

[[File:ReachSchematic - NeedleRifle.png|thumb|left|150px|A blueprint of the needle rifle.]]

The Type-31 Rifle fires unconventional, long and razor sharp projectiles made of [[blamite]]. The projectiles detonate several seconds after coming to rest in soft tissue. The rear end of the weapon appears to be on a hinge, indicating it may be able to collapse into a more compact form.

The needle rifle is a fully automatic, short- to medium-range rifle, similar in many respects to the Covenant's [[Type-51 Carbine]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Reach_Sandbox_Preview '''Bungie.net''': ''Reach Sandbox Preview]</ref> Unlike the [[Type-33 Needler]], the needles do not "home", or track on the enemy.<ref name="vis"/> They fire in a straight line at high velocities, similar to the [[M392 DMR]]. Rounds travel much faster than that of the needler, leaving the needle rifle's only destructive similarity to the needler being the individual/collected needle explosion.

The reload process for the needle rifle is very similar to that of the Covenant carbine. The scope for the weapon acts as a hatch, which flips open to expose a small canister that ejects upon opening, and a new canister is inserted by the user. The only difference between the reloads for the Carbine and the needle rifle is that the canister for the Carbine is not covered by any sort of hatch, which in the case of the needle rifle is its scope. This reload process implements another difference from the needler, which actually summons new needles from the inside of the weapon through the operation of what is suspected to be an internal mechanism.

{{Linkbox|gameplay=yes|gallery=yes|gallerypage=Images of Type-31 Needle Rifle}}

*Killing an opponent with a supercombine of the needle rifle's needles will grant the player a [[Needle Combine Kill Medal|Needle Kill Medal]].

*During the ''[[Halo: Reach Beta]]'', the needle rifle had an 18 round magazine. This was increased to 21 rounds (to match the three round increase in the DMR's magazine size) for the final game, but the render of the weapon wasn't updated, so a fully loaded needle rifle will still only show 12 needles sticking out.

File:Needle Rifle.png|A pre-Alpha render of the Type-31 needle rifle in ''Halo: Reach''.

File:Type-31 Rifle.png|Another early version of the needle rifle.

File:Needle Rifle - Gameplay.jpg|A Pre-Alpha screenshot of the needle rifle in use.

File:HaloReach - Screenshot 07.jpg|A Pre-Alpha screenshot of Noble Six utilizing the needle rifle.

File:Reach TotS FP02.jpg|First-person view of the needle rifle in the ''Halo: Reach'' campaign.

File:Reach E310 Firefight_Waterfront02.jpg|A [[Skirmisher]] Commando wielding a needle rifle in [[Firefight]].

File:Species inline.jpg|A [[Special Operations Sangheili]] wielding a needle rifle in [[Multiplayer]].

File:NeedleFace.jpg|A Spartan shot in the head with a needle.

File:Reach 24285509 Full.jpg|View through the needle rifle's scope.

File:Reach 24309157 Full.jpg|Another view through the needle rifle's scope.

File:H4FUD-JackalSniper-NeedleRifle.jpg|A Kig-Yar sniper wielding a needle rifle during the [[Fall of Circinius IV]].

<references/>

{{Covenant Weapons}}