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H3ODST:Battle Rifle

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Battle Rifle
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Gameplay role

Faction:

Human (UNSC)

Weapon tier (?):

Loadout Utility weapon

Weapon class (?):

Rifle

Weapon type (?):

Bullet

Firing mode:

Semi-automatic Burst

Effective range:

Medium

Counterparts:

Human (UNSC)
Automag
Covenant
Carbine
Gameplay stats

Damage:

6 * 3 rounds per burst (18 total)

Damage type (?):

bullet_fast_h3

Projectile effects:

Headshots

Projectile speed:

180 wu/s

Hitscan range (?):

12 wu

Max range (?):

60 wu

Rate of fire:

15 rounds per second
(burst firerate)

0.28s fire recovery time[Note 1]
(burst delay)

Spread (?):

0.15 to 0.5 degrees
(scales with zoom)

Magazine size:

36 rounds (12 bursts)

Reserve ammo capacity:

108 rounds (4 magazines)

Auto aim (?):

3 degrees out to 17 wu
(scales with zoom)

Sticky aim (?):

6 degrees out to 21 wu
(scales with zoom)

Zoom:

2x magnification

Melee damage (?):

Strike Melee

Tag name (?):

battle_rifle [1]

 
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The Battle Rifle is a human loadout weapon featured in Halo 3: ODST. It was not a player-useable weapon in the original Xbox 360 release of the game, having been functionally replaced by the Automag pistol, but was made playable for the game's Halo: The Master Chief Collection port for use in Firefight. It is mostly-identical to its Halo 3 counterpart, with the two games sharing assets and engine.

Universe and lore[edit]

Main article: BR55HB battle rifle

The BR55HB battle rifle is a standard service arm in the United Nations Space Command. It is a heavy barrel alteration of the standard BR55 battle rifle first featured in Halo 2.

Gameplay[edit]

Counterparts[edit]

Firefight[edit]

In the original Xbox 360 release of Halo 3: ODST the Battle Rifle was not useable at all in the game, having been supplanted in the utility weapon role by the Automag. The weapon was made available to use in ODST Firefight in Halo: The Master Chief Collection with Series 3: Recon, alongside a number of other weapons and vehicles from