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<center>''Were you looking for the [[BR55 Battle Rifle]], used in [[Halo 2]], or the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]], used in [[Halo 3]]?''</center>
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[[Image:Contact Harvest.PNG|thumb|250px|[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Johnson]], holding the XBR55 Battle Rifle in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''. Two recruits can also be seen with the rifle in the background.]]
<center>''Were you looking for the [[BR55 Battle Rifle]], used in ''[[Halo 2]]'', or the [[BR55HB SR Battle Rifle]], used in ''[[Halo 3]]''?''</center>
The '''XBR55'''<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 9.5MMx40 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 J. 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]].
[[Image:Contact Harvest.PNG|thumb|250px|[[Staff Sergeant]] [[Avery Junior Johnson|Avery Johnson]], holding the XBR55 Battle Rifle in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''. Two recruits can also be seen with the rifle in the background.]]
The '''XBR55'''<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 9.5MMx40 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]].


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

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Were you looking for the BR55 Battle Rifle, used in Halo 2, or the BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, used in Halo 3?
File:Contact Harvest.PNG
Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson, holding the XBR55 Battle Rifle in Halo: Contact Harvest. Two recruits can also be seen with the rifle in the background.

The XBR55[1] is the first model of the BR55 line; it is described as "a prototype long barreled weapon with an optical scope."[2] The weapon fires 9.5MMx40 FMJ SAP ammunition[3] from a 60 round magazine [4] and has a range of at least 950 meters.[verification needed] It was issued to Staff Sergeants Avery Johnson and Nolan Byrne as well as their militia squads' marksmen, Critchley and Jenkins by Lieutenant Commander Jilan al-Cygni for use during the Harvest event during the year 2525.

Trivia

  • This was the first weapon to be used against the Covenant and caused the first alien casualty in the Human-Covenant War
  • The prototype resembles the BR55HB SR much more than the standard BR55 model.
  • When first observed by Avery Johnson, he observed that it had a 60 round magazine. However, the cover shows the ammo count as the standard 36. Johnson may have already fired off a few shots, or this could be an error on the part of the cover artist.

Related Pages

Sources

  1. ^ Halo Encyclopedia, page 304
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 126
  3. ^ BR55 Battle Rifle
  4. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, pages 132-133

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