Rifle

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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.

Summary

When regarding human weapons, there are a few forms of the word "rifle" used. An "assault rifle" is a kind of firearm, that may or may not be fully-automatic (and may posses a fire selector), that fires a round between a pistol or battle rifle. A "battle rifle" fires a large full-size rifle round and is usually, but not always, semi-automatic and often has a long full-size barrel. A "sniper rifle" fires a multitude of ammunition, almost exclusively in semi-automatic, in the goal of achieving high levels of accuracy, and typically longer ranges than assault or battle rifles.

Regarding Covenant weapons, a "rifle" is used not to describe the technical of the weapon itself, but in the role it plays on the battlefield. For example, the Plasma Pistol and Plasma Rifle, while similar, are used in two different ways. Basically, a rifle is larger than a pistol, often requiring two hands to use (except while dual-wielding), but is smaller than a heavy weapon like a Brute Shot or Fuel Rod weapon. This applies to the Plasma Rifle, Brute Plasma Rifle and Beam Rifle. The Covenant Carbine is also considered a rifle and the Type-25 Carbine (commonly called a Spiker or a "Spike Rifle") can fit into this list as well.

There are a total of 20 known appearances of a "rifle" in the Halo universe:

United Nations Space Command

Assault Rifles

MA series

Battle Rifles

Nonlinear Rifles

Sniper Rifles

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

Covenant

Projectile

  • Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher - A Covenant projectile weapon that fires long and very sharp shards that are guided until they impale a target — hence the “needler” moniker — several seconds after coming to rest in their target the needle shard detonates creating severe and in most cases fatal wounds.
  • 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

Plasma

Other

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

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