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Sulok-pattern beam rifle

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This article is about the weapon featured in Halo 2 and Halo 3. For other beam rifle models, see particle beam rifle.
Sulok-pattern beam rifle
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A cropped screenshot of the Sulok-pattern beam rifle.

A cropped screenshot of the Sulok-pattern beam rifle in Halo 3.
A screenshot of the Sulok-pattern beam rifle. Original image by User:Saphira.

Production overview

Manufacturer:

Type:

Particle beam rifle

Specifications

Length:

  • Halo 3 variant:
  • Halo 5 variant:
    • 160 centimeters (62.8 in)[2]

Weight:

18.0 kilograms (39.6 lb)[5][4]

Ammunition type:

Ionized accelerated hydrogen particles[3]

Feed system:

100 battery units (10 shots)[5][4][3]

Operation:

Particle beam

Muzzle velocity:

3,657 m/s (12,000 ft/s)[5][Note 2]

Effective range:

1,829 meters (6000 ft)[6]

Service history

In service:

Human-Covenant War
Great Schism
Post-Covenant War conflicts

 

"As soon as the first guy goes down with blood and steam whistling out through the neat new hole in their head, you know you’re in for a long, miserable game of ‘where the foxtrot did that come from.'"
— Unknown UNSC serviceman

The Sulok-pattern Long Rifle[2] (UNSC Type classification: Type-50 Sniper Rifle System or Special Application Sniper Rifle, T-50 SRS or SASR)[5][3][4][7] is a particle beam rifle weapon system employed by the military forces of the Covenant empire and its remnants.

The Sulok-pattern rifle is the Covenant counterpart of the UNSC SRS99 series sniper rifles. It is also the successor to the earlier Zubo-pattern beam rifle. The weapon has a variety of nicknames including PBR,[8] PB and Covenant Sniper.[4]

Overview[edit]

Design details[edit]

A screenshot of the Sulok-pattern beam rifle in Halo 3.
A Particle Beam Rifle.

The Sulok-pattern rifle is a battery-powered directed energy weapon that fires ionized particle beams.[4][7] The battery for the weapon has enough charge to fire ten shots. The muzzle velocity of the weapon is 3657 m/s (12,000 f/s)[5], with a maximum effective range of roughly 1,500 m (4900 ft)[5][4] When firing, the weapon has a near-silent and negligible muzzle signature, and inflicts wounds comparable to the 14.5×114mm round fired by the UNSC's SRS99 series of sniper rifles,[5] capable of instantly killing a target.[4] The beam rifle has a barrel length of 82.55 cm (32.5 in.) and an overall length of 160.4 cm (63.2 in.), weighing in at 18 kg (39.6 lbs).[5][8][Note 3]

The Sulok-pattern has little recoil when firing. The mechanism by which the beam rifle functions is unknown to the UNSC, but accounts for the weapon's drastically different properties. The scope of the beam rifle is capable of a 5x or 10x zoom, but has the potential to induce slight nausea in humans who try to use it.[5] The round section in front of the hand guard and trigger area of the weapon appears to contain the Sulok-pattern's "ammunition." After the weapon has completed its firing sequence, the section rotates presumably to "chamber" another "round."

One variant of the weapon, employed during the Battle of Installation 05, is capable of a battery capacity of 18 shots.[9]

Variants[edit]

As with the other military equipment types used by th