H2:Sniper Rifle

Sniper Rifle
The Sniper Rifles in Halo 2 (top) and the campaign of Halo 2: Anniversary (bottom).
Gameplay role
Faction:	Human (UNSC)
Weapon tier (?):	Sniping weapon
Weapon class (?):	Rifle
Weapon type (?):	Bullet
Firing mode:	Semi-automatic
Effective range:	Long
Counterparts:	Covenant: Beam Rifle
Weapon stats
Damage:	45 x2 vs shields
Damage type (?):	Generic: bullet_fast Specific: sniper
Projectile effects:	Headshots
Projectile speed:	1200 wu/s
Hitscan range (?):	80 wu
Max range (?):	120 wu
Rate of fire:	0.5s fire recovery time (2 rounds per second)
Spread (?):	0.5 degrees 0 degrees zoomed
Magazine size:	4 rounds
Reserve ammo capacity:	20 rounds (5 magazines)
Auto aim (?):	1 degree out to 10 wu (scales with zoom, zoom only)
Sticky aim (?):	4 degrees out to 14 wu (scales with zoom, zoom only)
Zoom:	3.5x to 9.5x magnification
Melee damage (?):	Strike Melee
Tag name (?):	sniper_rifle

The Sniper Rifle is a weapon featured in Halo 2 and its remaster, Halo 2: Anniversary.

This page only covers information on the Sniper Rifle from the original Halo 2 and the campaign of Halo 2: Anniversary; for information on the Sniper Rifle found in Anniversary multiplayer, see here.

Universe and lore

Main article: SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle

In the original Halo 2, the Sniper Rifle featured is the SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle, a 14.5×114mm anti-materiel rifle in the SRS99 series utilised by the UNSC Marine Corps and UNSC Navy.

In Anniversary, the weapon's model was replaced with that of the SRS99-AM sniper rifle from Halo: Reach.

Gameplay

Counterparts

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  Beam Rifle

Campaign

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The Sniper Rifle is first seen in the Halo 2 campaign level Outskirts. At the start of the level one is held by Sergeant Johnson and can be traded to the player or left for him to use. Numerous other rifles can be found throughout the mission by exploiting tricks to leave the map and access hidden areas. They are later provided for use on the levels Delta Halo and Regret.

The Sniper Rifle is featured in the Another Day at the Beach cutscene included on the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack disc. In the short, the ODST Walpole uses one to take out a Jackal Sniper.

Multiplayer

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Gallery

Halo 2

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  Alternate views of the Sniper Rifle.

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  Promotional artwork of Master Chief using a Sniper Rifle.

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  Side view of the SRS99C-S2.

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  A first person view of the SRS99C-S2.

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  A marine using the SRS99C-S2.

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  A Spartan with the SRS99C-S2 on Waterworks.

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  Walpole using a Sniper Rifle in Another Day at the Beach.

Halo 2: Anniversary

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  The Sniper Rifle in the campaign.

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  First-person view of the Sniper Rifle on Outskirts.

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  5x zoom on the Sniper Rifle.

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  10x zoom on the Sniper Rifle.

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  Sergeant Johnson using the Sniper Rifle.

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  A Sniper Rifle near the IWHBYD skull.

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  A Type-B ordnance pod on Delta Halo with a Sniper Rifle inside.