BR55 battle rifle

Were you looking for the Prototype BR-55 Battle Rifle, used in Halo: Contact Harvest, or the BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, used in Halo 3?

The BR55 Battle Rifle is a United Nations Space Command infantry service rifle, first seen in Halo 2, although it has been in service since 2525. It is the older of the BR55 series rifles. It is most notable for its powerful three-round burst fire and accurate 2x scope, making it more efficient at farther ranges than the Assault Rifle.

Tactics

Campaign

The BR55 is an all-around infantry weapon for Marines in Halo 2.

• The BR55 is the all around go to weapon when facing Covenant forces, as it can effectively take down Grunts and Jackals with one well placed three shot burst to the head (torso shots require about two to four bursts to kill).
• Given that the bullets bounce straight off a Jackal's Energy Shield, fire a well-placed shot through the small notch on the shield's right, and, as the Jackal recoils from the wound, finish it off with a head shot.
• The Elite's energy shield is a great defense to the Battle Rifle. Try to keep the rifle leveled at its head and keep firing until it falls dead. It is advisable to soften an Elite up with grenades, melee attacks, or a Plasma Pistol's charged shot before engaging them with a Battle Rifle, especially on higher difficulties. On higher difficulties, the Plasma Pistol/Battle Rifle Combo is extremely efficient, as it only requires one overcharge and a headshot against any Elite.
• You can kill a Brute with three head shots, as the first two bursts will knock off the helmet, and the following headshot will kill the Brute. However, shooting a Brute in any other area is not particularly effective due to their extreme resilience (on Heroic it takes about 17 3-round bursts, or one and a half magazines of battle rifle rounds, to bring down a Brute).
• When engaging a Hunter, dodge behind them, firing as many bursts as possible into their exposed orange sections before they turn around.  

Multiplayer

• The BR55 replaces the M6D from Halo: Combat Evolved. Most of the tactics remain the same; however, you do need to lead your shots as much as the M6D due to the fact that the BR55 relies on a hitscan mechanic.
• The BR55 paired with the Plasma Pistol makes a good combo. Paired with an SRS99C-S2 AMB Sniper Rifle the Battle Rifle will fill the gap of medium to long range.
• Use the "four-burst tactic": three to the body and one to the head. This will result in a kill, as long as the opponent doesn't have an Overshield.

Trivia

• On the side of the Battle Rifle, opposite side to the charging handle there are two Chinese symbols, "猴王", which translates to "Monkey King".
• The BR55's first canonical appearance was in Joseph Staten's novel Halo: Contact Harvest in the novel it is explained that the first prototype came out in 2525. It has a 60 round magazine, after the conflict at Harvest the UNSC standardized the BR55 for field deployment.
• On the Level Quarantine Zone in Halo 2, the player can find a Battle Rifle from a dead UNSC Marine that, when reloaded, can have a total of 236 rounds of ammo total instead of the normal 108 spare rounds.
• In the Halo 2 E3 Demo, the Battle Rifle was the only weapon shown used in making a melee combo, originally meant to be in the final version but was scrapped. It was also shown firing semi-automatically in both the demo and in the E3 2004 Multiplayer Alpha demo in which the semi auto mode was engaged when in zoomed mode.
• Much like the MA5B and the MA5C, the BR55 and its newer variant, the BR55HB SR Battle Rifle, has a screen with the number of rounds left in the magazine shown in bright blue text. A compass is absent from the screen, however.
• The cover art of Valentine's Exile by E. E. Knight depicts a man holding a rifle. In the original version of the art, this rifle was a render of the BR55 Battle Rifle, obtainable at Bungie.net, that was photoshopped to fit in the image. The illustrator, when confronted about it, claimed that he had found the wire frame model in a CD and gave it a generic appearance. The book has since been republished with the figure holding an XM8 OICW.Template:Fact

Gallery

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  A Flood Combat Form wielding a Battle Rifle.

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  A Battle Rifle in an early Halo 2 build.

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  Master Chief firing a BR55 Battle Rifle in a Halo 2 wallpaper.

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  Master Chief aboard the Cairo Station armed with a Battle Rifle.

See Also

• Prototype BR-55
• BR55HB SR Battle Rifle

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