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The '''Type-31 Rifle''',<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=24583 '''Bungie.net''': ''Type-31 Rifle'']</ref> also known as the '''needle rifle''', is a [[Covenant]] infantry weapon originally manufactured by [[Sacred Promissory]]. After the [[Battle of High Charity|fall]] of ''[[High Charity]]'', [[Maeleesh Bazaar]] took over the production of the needle rifle.<ref name="waypoint"/> It is commonly used by [[Sangheili]], [[Jiralhanae]], and [[Kig-Yar]], particularly [[Skirmisher]]s.
The '''Type-31 Rifle''',<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/article.aspx?ucc=ordnance&cid=24583 '''Bungie.net''': ''Type-31 Rifle'']</ref> also known as the '''needle rifle''', is a [[Covenant]] infantry weapon originally manufactured by [[Sacred Promissory]]. After the [[Battle of High Charity|fall]] of ''[[High Charity]]'', [[Maeleesh Bazaar]] took over the production of the needle rifle.<ref name="waypoint"/> It is commonly used by [[Sangheili]], [[Jiralhanae]], [[Kig-Yar]], particularly [[Skirmisher]]s, and sometimes even [[Yanme'e]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Shadow of Intent]]'''</ref>


==Design details==
==Design details==
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==Gallery==
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File:Needle Rifle.png|A pre-Alpha render of the Type-31 needle rifle in ''Halo: Reach''.
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: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:Needle Rifle - Gameplay.jpg|A Pre-Alpha screenshot of the needle rifle in use.
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File:Reach 24285509 Full.jpg|View through the needle rifle's scope.
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: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]].
File:H4FUD-JackalSniper-NeedleRifle.jpg|A [[Kig-Yar Sniper]] wielding a needle rifle during the [[Fall of Circinius IV]] in ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''.
File:HE23-Sali forces.jpg|[[Sangheili Storm]] part of [[Sali 'Nyon's Covenant faction]] armed with needle rifles during [[Operation: ATHENA]] in ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.
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Template:Weapon Infobox The Type-31 Rifle,[1] also known as the needle rifle, is a Covenant infantry weapon originally manufactured by Sacred Promissory. After the fall of High Charity, Maeleesh Bazaar took over the production of the needle rifle.[2] It is commonly used by Sangheili, Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, particularly Skirmishers, and sometimes even Yanme'e.[3]

Design details

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.[4] Unlike the Type-33 Needler, the needles do not "home", or track on the enemy.[5] 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.

Trivia

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  • The scope of the needle rifle has a hash-mark compass. To the right of the scope, it also features a symbol which turns red when the crosshairs are aimed at an enemy.
  • Kat-B320 was killed by a needle rifle shot to the head. Unusually, the round went straight through her helmet instead of sticking and detonating on the surface.
  • Killing an opponent with a supercombine of the needle rifle's needles will grant the player a 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.

Gallery

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Bungie.net: Type-31 Rifle
  2. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named waypoint
  3. ^ Halo: Shadow of Intent
  4. ^ Bungie.net: Reach Sandbox Preview
  5. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named vis

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