BR55HB battle rifle: Difference between revisions

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{{Weapon Infobox

|length={{Convert|115.8|cm|in}}<ref name="EVG"/>

|operation=[[wikipedia:Gas-operated#Short-stroke_piston|Short-stroke piston]], [[wikipedia:Rotating bolt|rotating bolt]], [[wikipedia:Blowback (firearms)|locked breech]]

|rate=Approximately 900 rounds per minute

|range=900 meters<ref name="BR55DMR">'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 206''</ref><ref group="note">Assuming the BR55HB has the same range as the XBR55.</ref>

The '''BR55 Heavy Barrel Service Rifle (BR55HB SR)''', also known as the "Mammoth Stomper,"<ref name="ENC">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''UNSC Weapons'', ''pages 318 - 319'' (2011 edition)</ref> is a select-fire rifle utilized by the [[UNSC]] and manufactured by [[Misriah Armory]]. It is a heavy-barreled version of the [[BR55 battle rifle|BR55 Service Rifle]].<ref name="EVG"/><ref name="ENC"/><ref name="Waypoint">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/weapons/dmr '''Halo Waypoint''', ''DMR'']</ref>

==Service history==

The BR55HB SR entered service in [[2548]], serving alongside the standard BR55 Service Rifle. For decades, the BR55 had steadily gained favor over the long-serving [[M392 Designated Marksman Rifle]]. The introduction of the BR55HB SR led to an immediate increase in the BR55's popularity, prompting all branches of the [[UNSC Armed Forces]], except the [[UNSC Army|Army]], to replace the M392 with the newer weapon.<ref name="Waypoint"/><ref name="EVG"/>

As with the basic model, the BR55HB SR is employed as a medium-to-long range [[Wikipedia:Marksman rifle|marksman rifle]]; though its barrel is 25.9 centimeters (10.2 inches)longer than that of the BR55, the BR55HB SR performs almost identically to its predecessor.<ref name="EVG"/> It fires [[M634 Experimental High-Powered Semi-Armor-Piercing|M634 X-HP-SAP round]] from a 36-round magazine, which fits flush in the receiver. The magazine housing is built directly into the underside of the stock of the rifle and is located behind the grip. Though the BR55HB SR is a select-fire weapon, it is most often used in its three-round burst mode.<ref name="EVG"/> Despite firing a very powerful cartridge, the weapon is subject to little recoil, even when being fired automatically.<ref>'''Halo: Last One Standing'''</ref>

*Though the battle rifle is not usable in ''Halo 3: ODST'', it makes a small cameo in the level, ''[[NMPD HQ|NMPD HQ]]''.

File:H3-BR55HBSR-Replica.jpg|Detail of the BR55HB SR created by [[Weta Workshop]].

*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''<ref group="note">In the Xbox 360 release of ''Halo 3: ODST'', the BR55HB only appears as an unusable weapon wielded by an NMPD officer in a cutscene. The weapon is available to use in the Firefight portion of ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection''.</ref>

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