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H3ODST:Battle Rifle

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Battle Rifle
H3-BR55HB-ServiceRifle-LeftSide.png
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 Halo 3 that were previously not available in ODST. While it does not spawn on any Firefight maps by default, it can be set in custom gametype settings as a spawn weapon for the player.[2] The 2022 Floodfight update added the option for friendly Marines to spawn on select maps as part of the newly-implemented "Boon" feature, some of whom may additionally spawn with and use the Battle Rifle. Boons can also add weapon racks to the maps which contain Battle Rifles and Assault Rifles.[3]

The weapon performs identically to its Halo 3 counterpart, reusing the same model, animations, and tags/stats. As with all other ODST weapons in The Master Chief Collection, it does not support the use of the Halo 3 weapon skins.

Production notes[edit]

"We never took [the Battle Rifle] out of ODST because it was never actually in the game. That's the official party line."
— Paul Bertone, regarding the lack of a Battle Rifle in Halo 3: ODST.[4]

According to Halo 3: ODST design director Paul Bertone, the Battle Rifle was originally nev