Dab1001/GameplayLayoutGuide/Weapon

Sniper Rifle
Gameplay role
Faction:	Human (UNSC)
Weapon tier (?):	Power weapon
Weapon type (?):	Precision weapon
Firing mode:	Semi-automatic
Effective range:	Long to medium
Counterparts:	Covenant: Beam Rifle; Focus Rifle; Forerunner: Binary Rifle;
Weapon stats
Damage:	High
Damage type (?):	Kinetic
Projectile speed:	Very high, near instantaneous
Rate of fire:	Low
Magazine size:	4 bullets
Variants and attachments
Halo 5 REQ variant(s):	End of the Line; Arrow of Time; Nornfang;

The Sniper Rifle, sometimes shortened to just Sniper or Snipes, is a human precision power weapon featured in all major Halo games, starting with Halo: Combat Evolved. It is a long-range weapon which typically has two levels of scope, and is best used to pick off enemies at a great distance. The Sniper deals a large amount of damage per shot, but has a slow rate of fire and usually only carries four shots per magazine.

Universe and lore

Main article: Sniper rifle (fiction)

Most of the sniper rifles seen in the Halo games are part of the SRS99 family, a series of rifles produced by Misriah Armory for the United Nations Space Command armed forces. The original SRS99 AM rifle entered service in 2460 with the UNSC Army, and the SRS99 series was eventually adopted by all remaining branches in 2521, thanks to its impressive modularity and continuing support on behalf of Misriah.^[1] Having gone through at least three further revisions since its initial adoption, the series remains in service as of 2558, with the Series-5 model being in mass production at that time.^[2]

Another prominent sniper rifle is the M99 Stanchion, a now-defunct weapon that has been out of production since 2521.^[3] The Stanchion bears more resemblance to a coilgun or railgun than a traditional chemical propellant-based firearm, using electromagnetism to launch its projectiles.^[4] It was used by the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire during the Second Ark Conflict, along with another sniper rifle known as the signature-suppressed anti-materiel rifle.^[5]^[6] Additionally, an Insurrectionist group active on Harvest and Arcadia was known to equip its soldiers with an as-of-yet unidentified sniper rifle.^[7]

The following is a list of all sniper rifles in Halo lore that have appeared in the games:

SRS99C-S2 AM sniper rifle
Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2
SRS99D-S2 AM sniper rifle
Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST
SRS99-AM sniper rifle
Halo: Reach, Halo: CE Anniversary and Halo 2: Anniversary
SRS99-S5 AM sniper rifle
Halo 4, Halo: Spartan Assault, Halo: Spartan Strike and Halo 5: Guardians
Unidentified sniper rifle
Halo Wars
Signature-suppressed anti-materiel rifle
Halo Wars 2
M99 Stanchion
Halo Wars 2

Overview

General info here

Variants

REQ variants, brute plasma rifle in the case of the plasma rifle, suppressed SMG in the case of the SMG, etc

Sights and scopes

For REQ loadout weapons with swappable scopes. Not present in this particular case.

Attachments

For REQ loadout weapons with attachments. Not present in this particular case.

Counterparts

Beam rifle, focus rifle, binary rifle, etc

Gameplay

Gameplay info here

First-person shooters

Main article: First-person shooter

FPS info here

	CE	H2	H3	HR		H4		H2A	H5G
	CE	H2	H3	Launch	TU	Launch	TU	MP	Launch	Overtime
Weapon type	Power	Power	Power	Power	Power	Power	Power	Power	Power	Power
Damage type	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic	Kinetic
Firing mode	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto	Semi-auto
Precision weapon	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Zoom levels	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2x, 8x
Shots per trigger pull	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Magazine/clip size	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Reserve ammo (reserve mags)	28 (7)	24 (6)	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Headshots to kill	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Body shots to kill	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Headshots to break shields	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Body shots to break shields	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Red reticule range	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

Twin-stick shooters

Main article: Twin-stick shooter

Twin-stick info here (Spartan Assault, Spartan Strike, etc)

Real-time strategy games

Main article: Real-time strategy

Wars info here

Evolution

Changes from CE to H2

...

etc

...

Changes from H2A to H5G

...

Skins

Discussion of skins and skin unlock conditions here.

Medals

Medals tied to the weapon.

Achievements

Discussion of achievements related to the weapon.

Production notes

Usual production notes section

Trivia

Trivia here

Gallery

Concept Art

TODO

Renders

The sniper rifle in Halo: Combat Evolved.
An alternate configuration of the sniper rifle, seen in Halo 2.
The Halo 3 sniper rifle.
An image of the Halo 4 sniper rifle.

Screenshots

A Marine using a sniper rifle in Halo 2: Anniversary with a spotter beside him.
The sniper rifle in Halo 2: Anniversary campaign.
The 5× zoom in Halo 2: Anniversary campaign.
The 10× zoom in Halo 2: Anniversary campaign.
A sniper being used in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.
A sniper being used by a player on Lockdown.
A sniper being used by a player on Shrine.
A player using a sniper on Stonetown.
First person view of a sniper rifle.
The 5× zoom of the sniper in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.
The 10× zoom in Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer.