Assault rifle

An Assault Rifle is a automatic firearm using a projectile with muzzle energies in between those of a full sized rifle and a pistol. Assault rifles are categorized inbetween light machine guns, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and submachine guns, which fire a pistol cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge.


 * MA2B Assault Rifle: the stripped-down version of the MA5B Assault Rifle.
 * MA3 Assault Rifle: the older variant of the MA5B Assault Rifle.
 * MA5 Series
 * MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System: The standard UNSC armament in Halo: Combat Evolved.
 * MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System: The assault rifle featured in Halo 3.
 * MA5K Carbine: the cut-down version of the MA5B Assault Rifle utilized by the SPARTAN-IIIs.