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"Assault weapons" is a term used to demonize semi-automatic weapons that look like assault rifles in peoples' minds. Assault rifles are select-fire rifles chambered in intermediate rifle calibers.
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{{SeeWikipedia|7.62x51 NATO}} | {{SeeWikipedia|7.62x51 NATO}} | ||
[[File:NATO_7_62x51.jpg|thumb|right|150px|7.62x51mm rounds, with a ruler and AA battery for scale.]] | [[File:NATO_7_62x51.jpg|thumb|right|150px|7.62x51mm rounds, with a ruler and AA battery for scale.]] | ||
The 7.62x51mm NATO was originally developed by [[wikipedia:NATO|NATO]], a military alliance between national governments, in the middle of the 20th century. It was developed to be reliable when used in fully automatic weapons, to have a large punch, and to standardize | The 7.62x51mm NATO was originally developed by [[wikipedia:NATO|NATO]], a military alliance between national governments, in the middle of the 20th century. It was developed to be reliable when used in fully automatic weapons, to have a large punch, and to standardize service rifle calibers between governments, in order to improve logistics. It replaced a variety of smaller ammunition and largely achieved the goals of development. | ||
It is a full-power rifle round in the 20th century, and is fairly common in machine guns, battle rifles, and sniper rifles, but not in lightweight assault rifles | It is a full-power rifle round in the 20th century, and is fairly common in machine guns, battle rifles, and sniper rifles, but not in lightweight assault rifles due to recoil and the size of 7.62x51mm NATO weapons; they are usually larger and heavier to accommodate the longer, more powerful cartridge. Its ineffectiveness in individual infantry weapons led to the adoption of the [[wikipedia:5.56x45mm NATO|5.56x45mm NATO]] round, due to better controllability and the ability to fit it into small, lightweight assault rifles. | ||
It is not known why the 5.56x45mm NATO round disappears in the ''Halo'' universe, but it could be possible that weapons technology advanced so much as to fit enough recoil control systems on a firearm to allow this powerful round be used as an infantry rifle round (the same could apply to the [[M6 series]]). It also seems that in the ''Halo'' universe, the 7.62x51mm round is no longer considered a full-power rifle cartridge, explaining why weapons that use the round such as the MA5 series are considered assault rifles when they would be considered battle rifles by today's standards. | It is not known why the 5.56x45mm NATO round disappears in the ''Halo'' universe, but it could be possible that weapons technology advanced so much as to fit enough recoil control systems on a firearm to allow this powerful round be used as an infantry rifle round (the same could apply to the [[M6 series]]). It also seems that in the ''Halo'' universe, the 7.62x51mm round is no longer considered a full-power rifle cartridge, explaining why weapons that use the round such as the MA5 series are considered assault rifles when they would be considered battle rifles by today's standards. | ||