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As is typical of human firearms, the MA5B is fired by the depression of a trigger positioned at the top of the main grip. When the trigger is pulled, the round in the weapon’s chamber is fired, and the weapon’s gas system harnesses some of the energy from the deflagrating propellant to cycle the bolt back into its open position. As the bolt travels back, the spent casing from the expended round is pushed out of the ejection port. After the bolt opens, the weapon’s recoil system pushes it forward again to strip a fresh round from the currently loaded magazine and lock it into the firing chamber. Over the course of these actions, the ammunition counter situated on the display of the weapon’s integrated computer will register the expenditure of one round from the total supply provided by the magazine and tick down by that value.<ref name="HCE"/> From this point, one of three things will occur. If the weapon’s fire-selector was set to the semi-automatic mode of fire, the trigger will have to be released and pulled again before another round fires.<ref name="SilentStorm27"/> If the weapon is set to the 3-round burst fire mode, each pull of the trigger will result in 3 successive shots.<ref name="SilentStorm24"/> If the weapon is set to fully-automatic, however, the firing action will repeat successively while the trigger is held down until the magazine is expended or the trigger is released.<ref name="HCE"/> | As is typical of human firearms, the MA5B is fired by the depression of a trigger positioned at the top of the main grip. When the trigger is pulled, the round in the weapon’s chamber is fired, and the weapon’s gas system harnesses some of the energy from the deflagrating propellant to cycle the bolt back into its open position. As the bolt travels back, the spent casing from the expended round is pushed out of the ejection port. After the bolt opens, the weapon’s recoil system pushes it forward again to strip a fresh round from the currently loaded magazine and lock it into the firing chamber. Over the course of these actions, the ammunition counter situated on the display of the weapon’s integrated computer will register the expenditure of one round from the total supply provided by the magazine and tick down by that value.<ref name="HCE"/> From this point, one of three things will occur. If the weapon’s fire-selector was set to the semi-automatic mode of fire, the trigger will have to be released and pulled again before another round fires.<ref name="SilentStorm27"/> If the weapon is set to the 3-round burst fire mode, each pull of the trigger will result in 3 successive shots.<ref name="SilentStorm24"/> If the weapon is set to fully-automatic, however, the firing action will repeat successively while the trigger is held down until the magazine is expended or the trigger is released.<ref name="HCE"/> | ||
Once the weapon is empty, the bolt will close with no round in the chamber. After the depleted magazine is exchanged for a fresh one, the charging handle must be pulled back and released, or "cycled", in order to chamber the new round and prepare the weapon to fire again.<ref name="Oblivion19"/> The magazine can also be replaced before the weapon is completely emptied.<ref name="TheFlood1"/><ref group="note">The account of an empty MA5B being reloaded in ''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' Chapter 9 somewhat contradicts the gameplay of [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], in which the bolt is first manually locked open, then the | Once the weapon is empty, the bolt will close with no round in the chamber. After the depleted magazine is exchanged for a fresh one, the charging handle must be pulled back and released, or "cycled", in order to chamber the new round and prepare the weapon to fire again.<ref name="Oblivion19"/> The magazine can also be replaced before the weapon is completely emptied.<ref name="TheFlood1"/><ref group="note">The account of an empty MA5B being reloaded in ''[[Halo: Oblivion]]'' Chapter 9 somewhat contradicts the gameplay of [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], in which, whether the weapon is dry or not, the bolt is first manually locked open, then the magazine removed and replaced, and the bolt manually closed. However, the former interpretation is presumed to take precedence because an exchange of dialogue between [[Linda-058]] and the castoff Roselle no longer makes sense otherwise. It is possible that the weapon can function in both ways and that Linda-058 indicated that Roselle needed to pull on the bolt to make the weapon fire after loading a magazine because she had not already opened it, but if that is true, the method employed in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' should not be necessary, making it unlikely.</ref> | ||
===Performance=== | ===Performance=== | ||