Rifle

In the actual sense of the word, a "rifle" is a weapon with a spiral grooved barrel that imparts a spin on a projectile to obtain better levels of accuracy than a smooth-bore weapon, such as a musket or a shotgun. In the Halo sense of the word, a rifle can have several different meanings.

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Assault Rifles

MA series

• MA37 Assault Rifle - The Precursor to most variants of the MA series.
• MA2B Assault Rifle - A stripped-down variant MA5B assault rifle.
• MA3 Assault Rifle - An earlier version of the MA-series assault rifles.
• MA5B Assault Rifle - The most common MA-series rifle, featured in Halo: Combat Evolved.
• MA5C Assault Rifle - Newer version of the MA5B rifle, featured in Halo 3.
• MA5K Assault Rifle - Uncommon MA-series rifle wielded by special operations groups such as the SPARTAN-IIIs.

Battle Rifles

• XBR-55 - Halo: Contact Harvest-Prototype Battle Rifle.
• BR55 Battle Rifle - Two-handed firearm firing in 3-round bursts featured in Halo 2.
• BR55HB SR Battle Rifle - An updated version of the BR55 for Halo 3.

Nonlinear Rifles

• Anti-Vehicle Model 6 Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Rifle (W/AV M6 G/GNR) - A shoulder-carried, anti-vehicular, directed laser weapon. Only featured in Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach. it is better known as the Spartan Laser.

Sniper Rifles

Sniper Rifles are used for a more accurate and long range shots than other small arms.

• SRS99D AM Sniper Rifle - Halo: Reach-variant of the SRS99C Sniper Rifle.
• SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle - Long-range two-handed projectile weapon.
• SRS99C-S2 AMB Sniper Rifle - Seen in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.
• SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifle - Halo 3-variant of the SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle.

Covenant

Projectile

• Type-31 Rifle - A cousin of the Needler and used in a similar fashion to the Covenant Carbine. More commonly known as the Needler Rifle.
• Type-25 Carbine A one-handed "spike rifle". More commonly known as the Spiker.
• Type-51 Carbine A very scaled down version of the Fuel Rod Gun it has similar damage to the Battle Rifle. More commonly known as the Covenant Carbine.

Particle

• Type-50 Sniper Rifle System - Long-range two-handed weapon, primarily used by Sniper Jackals. More commonly known known as the Beam Rifle.

Plasma

• Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle- One-handed plasma-operated weapon typically wielded by Sangheili. More commonly known as the Plasma Rifle.
• Jiralhanae Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle - Variant of the standard Plasma Rifle wielded by Brutes. Seen only in Halo 2 and Halo 3: ODST.
• Type-51 Directed Energy Rifle/Improved- two-handed plasma-operated weapon used by Sangheili in particular. More commonly known as the Plasma Repeater.

Other

• Gravity Rifle - A Halo: Combat Evolved deleted Covenant long range rifle.

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