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The '''Z-750 Special Application Sniper Rifle'''<ref>[http://blogs.halo.xbox.com/Headlines/post/2012/09/26/The-Halo-Bulletin-92612-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint''' ''The Halo Bulletin 9.27.12'']</ref>, commonly known as the '''binary rifle''', is a [[Forerunner]] [[directed energy weapon|energy channel weapon]].<ref name="Binary GP">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZCyrDbW1QE '''YouTube''': ''Binary Rifle first look - Halo 4'']</ref>  It is often carried by Promethean [[Knight Lancer]]s and [[Crawler Snipe]]s.

The Binary Rifle is a weapon of extreme rewards and extreme penalties. An excellent anti-personnel weapon, it can instantly kill a fully-shielded [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] in a single shot placed anywhere on the body, and can take down most Covenant or Promethean infantry in a single body shot as well. On harder difficulties and against higher ranked [[Sangheili]] or [[Promethean Knight|Promethean Knights]], it takes a few shots. This still makes it more powerful than other sniper weapons. The Binary Rifle is capable of destroying most light armored vehicles with one or two direct shots, and even heavy vehicles with only a few more. Though this is ill-advised, as ammunition is limited. In addition to this, the weapon has a much higher zoom level than its sniper weapon counterparts, allowing its operator to engage targets from extreme ranges. However, the line of fire created by the scope's orange laser sight can be seen by every player, thus giving away the location of the user. This can be negated by only aiming with the weapon when intending to shoot or by blocking the laser sight with nearby objects and surfaces in your peripheral vision when scanning an area beyond with zoom. Additionally, the Binary Rifle has a slow rate of fire (roughly one full second between shots) and a long reload time (roughly four seconds without Dexterity), leaving the user vulnerable. It holds a low ammunition capacity of 2 rounds per magazine with a total of four magazines (five with the [[Support upgrades|Ammo upgrade]]). When fired in scope, the Binary Rifle's aiming reticle recoils in a random direction, making it difficult for snipers to reacquire their target if they miss. When unscoped, the Binary Rifle's reticle is grossly enlarged, much like sniper rifles in other modern first-person shooter games and unlike other sniping weapons in ''Halo''. This makes no-scoping incredibly unreliable unless fired at extremely close range. Quick-scoping is an option to combat this effect, though the user will need to unzoom from the second zoom level, which can cost precious time in close quarters combat.

==Production notes==

*An early concept for the Binary Rifle was later repurposed for the creation of the [[Z-250 Directed Energy Engagement Weapon|Lightrifle]].<ref name="twoconcept">[[:File:H4-Concept-BinaryLightRifles.jpg|Concept art of the Binary Rifle. The concept weapon at the bottom later becomes the Lightrifle.]]</ref>