Sniper rifle (disambiguation)

A sniper rifle is a crew served, man-portable, high precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than with other small arms. A sniper rifle is built for infantry support and optimal levels of accuracy, being fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military centerfire cartridge.

It is a common misconception that any scoped rifle is a sniper rifle. While certain long guns are more suited for the application than others, it is the act of using a scoped weapon strategically as a sniper-qualified specialist that designates it as such (i.e. camouflage, field craft, infiltration, special reconnaissance and observation, surveillance and target acquisition).

Sniper rifle may refer to the following:

SRS99 series

 * Sniper Rifle System 99 Anti-Matériel - Featured in Halo: Reach, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary and Halo 2: Anniversary.
 * SRS99C-Series 2 Anti-Matériel - A variant in Series 2 of the SRS-99 series. Featured in Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.
 * SRS99D-Series 2 Anti-Matériel - A variant in Series 2 of SRS-99. Featured in Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.
 * SRS99-Series 5 Anti-Matériel - A variant in Series 5 of SRS-99. Featured in Halo 4, Halo: Spartan Assault, Halo: Spartan Strike, and Halo 5: Guardians.
 * SRS99-Series 7 Anti-Matériel - A variant in Series 7 of SRS-99. Featured in Halo Infinite.

Other sniper rifles

 * Hard sound rifle - A sonic weapon colloquially known as the Buzzer, used by ONI assassins. Featured in i love bees.
 * M99 Special Application Scoped Rifle - A magnetic weapon colloquially known as the Stanchion. Featured in the Halo Graphic Novel, Halo: Contact Harvest, and Halo Wars 2.
 * M99A2S3 Stanchion - A variant of the M99 Stanchion designed by Isabel for manufacture on the in 2559.
 * Signature-suppressed anti-materiel rifle - Another sniper rifle, wielded by sniper units in Halo Wars 2.
 * Unidentified sniper rifle - An as-of-yet unidentified sniper rifle that was used by an Insurrectionist group on Harvest and Arcadia in 2531. Featured as the weapon wielded by rebel sniper units in Halo Wars' multiplayer.

Covenant

 * Type-27 Special Application Sniper Rifle - A Covenant analogue of human sniper rifles; more commonly known as the Beam Rifle. Featured in Halo 4, Halo 2: Anniversary and Halo 5: Guardians.
 * Type-50 Sniper Rifle System - A Covenant sniper rifle; more commonly known as the Particle Beam Rifle. Featured in Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, and Halo 3: ODST and ''Halo 5: Guardians' '.
 * Type-52 Special Applications Rifle - Another Covenant sniper rifle analogue; more commonly known as the Focus Rifle. Featured in Halo: Reach and Halo: Spartan Assault.

Banished

 * Sicatt Workshop shock rifle

Forerunner

 * Z-750 Special Application Sniper Rifle - Used by Forerunner Promethean Knight units encountered on Requiem. Better known as the Binary Rifle. Featured in Halo 4, Halo: Spartan Strike and Halo 5: Guardians.