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-{{SeeWikipedia|Sniper rifle}}
+{{Wikipedia|Sniper rifle}}
-<center>''Sniper redirects here. You may have been looking for [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Sniper variant]].''</center>
+A '''sniper rifle''' is a [[wikipedia:Crew-served weapon|crew served]], man-portable, high precision-[[rifle]] used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than with other small arms. A sniper rifle is built for infantry support and optimal levels of accuracy, being fitted with a [[telescopic sight]] and chambered for a military centerfire cartridge.
-A '''sniper rifle''' is a rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than with other small arms. A sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, being fitted with a [[telescopic sight]] and chambered for a military centerfire cartridge.
+It is a common misconception that any scoped [[rifle]] is a sniper rifle. While certain long guns are more suited for the application than others, it is the act of using a scoped weapon strategically as a [[Sniper|sniper-qualified specialist]] that designates it as such (i.e. camouflage, field craft, infiltration, special reconnaissance and observation, surveillance and target acquisition).
 '''Sniper rifle''' may refer to the following:
-== UNSC ==
+==Gameplay==
-=== SRS99 series ===
+*'''[[Sniper Rifle]]''' - A [[power weapon]] first introduced in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
-*'''[[Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel]]''' - Featured only in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.
+*'''[[Weapon class#Sniper rifle|Sniper rifle (weapon class)]]''' - A classification of weapon in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
-**'''[[Sniper Rifle System 99C-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99 99C-Series 2 Anti-Matériel]]''' - a variant in Series 2 of SRS-99. Featured only in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.
-**'''[[Sniper_Rifle_System_99C-S2_Anti-Matériel#SRS99C-S2_AMB|SRS99 99C-Series 2 Anti-Matériel B]]''' - A variant of the SRS99C-S2 AM. Featured in ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''.
+==Universe and lore==
-**'''[[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99 99D-Series 2 Anti-Matériel]]''' - a variant in Series 2 of SRS-99. Featured in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
+=== UNSC ===
-*'''[[Sniper Rifle System 99-Series 5 Anti-Matériel]]''' - a variant in Series 5 of SRS-99. Featured only in ''[[Halo 4]]''.
+==== SRS99 series ====
+{{Main|SRS99 series}}
+*'''[[SRS99-AM sniper rifle|Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel]]''' - Featured  in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' and ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
+**'''[[SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle|SRS99C-Series 2 Anti-Matériel]]''' - A variant in Series 2 of the SRS-99 series. Featured in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''.
+**'''[[SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle|SRS99D-Series 2 Anti-Matériel]]''' - A variant in Series 2 of SRS-99. Featured in ''[[Halo 3]]'' and ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''.
+**'''[[SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle|SRS99-Series 5 Anti-Matériel]]''' - A variant in Series 5 of SRS-99. Featured in ''[[Halo 4]]'', ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'', ''[[Halo: Spartan Strike]]'', and ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.
+**'''[[SRS99-S7 AM sniper rifle|SRS99-Series 7 Anti-Matériel]]''' - A variant in Series 7 of SRS-99. Featured in ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
+==== Other sniper rifles ====
+*'''[[Hard sound rifle]]''' - A sonic weapon colloquially known as the '''Buzzer''', used by [[ONI]] assassins. Featured in ''[[i love bees]]''.
+*'''[[M99 Stanchion|M99 Special Application Scoped Rifle]]''' - A magnetic weapon colloquially known as the '''Stanchion'''. Featured in the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'', ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', and ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.
+**'''[[M99A2S3 Stanchion]]''' - A variant of the M99 Stanchion designed by [[Isabel]] for manufacture on the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} in [[2559]].
+*'''[[Signature-suppressed anti-materiel rifle]]''' - Another sniper rifle, wielded by sniper units in ''Halo Wars 2''.
+*'''[[The Surgeon]]''' - A sniper rifle.
+*'''[[Unidentified sniper rifle]]''' - An as-of-yet unidentified sniper rifle that was used by an [[Unidentified insurrectionist group|Insurrectionist group]] on [[Harvest]] and [[Arcadia]] in [[2531]]. Featured as the weapon wielded by [[rebel sniper]] units in ''[[Halo Wars]]''{{'}} [[multiplayer]].
-=== Other sniper rifles ===
+=== Covenant ===
-*'''[[M99 Special Application Scoped Rifle]]''' - Better known as the '''Stanchion'''. Used by [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]] in [[Operation: KALEIDOSCOPE]].
+*'''{{Pattern|Zubo|beam rifle}}''' - A [[Covenant]] analogue of human sniper rifles; more commonly known as the '''Beam Rifle'''. Featured in ''Halo 4'', ''Halo 2: Anniversary'' and ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
+*'''{{Pattern|Sulok|beam rifle}}''' - A Covenant sniper rifle; more commonly known as the '''Particle Beam Rifle'''. Featured in ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', ''Halo Wars'', and ''Halo 3: ODST'' and ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
+*'''{{Pattern|M'tara|focus rifle}}''' - Another Covenant sniper rifle analogue; more commonly known as the '''Focus Rifle'''. Featured in ''Halo: Reach'' and ''Halo: Spartan Assault''.
-== Covenant ==
+===Banished===
-*'''[[Type-50 Sniper Rifle System]]''' - A [[Covenant]] analogue of human sniper rifles; more commonly known as the '''Particle Beam Rifle'''. Featured in ''Halo 2'', ''Halo 3'', ''[[Halo Wars]]'', and ''Halo 3: ODST''.
+*'''[[Sicatt Workshop shock rifle]]'''
-*'''[[Type-52 Special Applications Rifle]]''' - Another Covenant sniper rifle analogue; more commonly known as the '''Focus Rifle'''. Featured only in ''Halo: Reach''.
+*'''{{Pattern|Elutuzem|stalker rifle}}'''
-*'''[[Type-27 Special Application Sniper Rifle]]''' - A Covenant sniper rifle also known as the '''Particle Beam Rifle'''. Featured only in ''Halo 4''.
-== Forerunner ==
+=== Forerunner ===
-* '''[[Z-750 Special Application Sniper Rifle]]''' - Used by Forerunner [[Promethean Knight]] units encountered on [[Requiem]]. Better known as the '''Binary rifle'''. Featured only in ''Halo 4''.
+* '''[[Z-750 binary rifle|Z-750 Special Application Sniper Rifle]]''' - Used by Forerunner [[Promethean Knight]] units encountered on [[Requiem]]. Better known as the '''Binary Rifle'''. Featured in ''Halo 4'', ''Halo: Spartan Strike'' and ''Halo 5: Guardians''.
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