LOREWISE GUYS, NOT GAMEPLAY

 I'm not talking about the general idea of an Assault Rifle--I'm talking about the ingame Assault Rifle.

There is literally, no reason at all for this weapon logically.  Let's take a look shall we?

Battle Rifle

Range - Medium/Short
Penetration - High
Rate of Fire - Triple Burst
Attatchments - Scope
Size - Medium
Clip Size - 36 Rounds

SMG (Submachine Gun)

Range - Short
Penetration - Moderate
Rate of Fire - Full Automatic
Attatchments - Ironsight (Not used in-game, but canon-wise it's there and would be used)
Size - Compact/Small
Clip Size - 60 Rounds

Now, for the Assault Rifle.

Assault Rifle

Range - Short
Penetration - Moderate
Rate of Fire - Full Automatic
Attatchments - None
Size - Medium
Clip Size - 32

So tell me.  What does the Assault Rifle provide that an SMG and the Battle Rifle don't already do much better?  Medium Range and Penetration is vastly outdone by the Battle Rifle.  However, one might argue in ridiculously close range that the Assault Rifle will beat the BR.  However, as seen, the SMG has TWICE the ammo per clip than an Assault Rifle AND double the firing speed as shown in-game.

That means it can do double the penetration just as fast as an Assault Rifle, from the same range.  Not to mention it weighs substantially less and is much more compact than the Assault Rifle.  Not to mention with the iron sights, it can also be fired from the shoulder and accurately at that.

So tell me, what plus does an assault rifle hold that an SMG or Battle Rifle does not already?

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Aloysius:
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if you do short burst with the assault rifle you pretty much have the equivalent to that of the battle rifle without the scope but with 4 shots more.

other than that the battle rifle wins all the time.

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newb hunter 117:

if you do short burst with the assault rifle you pretty much have the equivalent to that of the battle rifle without the scope but with 4 shots more.

other than that the battle rifle wins all the time.

The Battle Rifle has more penetration per shot than the assault rifle, and a longer range. 

This isn't talking about gameplay anyways--it's talking about lore.

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Aloysius:
-Less than half a of percent of players have the General rank on Xbox Live.

How is the General rank fair again?

Halo Fanboys. The next most annoying thing next to Jonas Brothers fanboys.

Yeah, but It's just a spawn gun. It's meant to suck till you pick up something different.

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Oh look, this thread again.

Gods, if I had a "bored" or "copypasta" picture, I'd use that too.

Seriously. The search bar. Use it.

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Spartan R41:

Oh look, this thread again.

Gods, if I had a "bored" or "copypasta" picture, I'd use that too.

Seriously. The search bar. Use it.

The last "thread" on it derived into people not getting what the guy was saying and 90% of the posts consisted of:

1) Someone saying that Assault Rifles (the idea of an AR in itself) is vital to the battlefield.

2) Someone saying something about how it's better in gameplay--mentioning nothing about lore.

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Aloysius:
-Less than half a of percent of players have the General rank on Xbox Live.

How is the General rank fair again?

Halo Fanboys. The next most annoying thing next to Jonas Brothers fanboys.

I'm not exactly sure, but perhaps it was cheaper to produce for the UNSC?

Korther:

The last "thread" on it derived into people not getting what the guy was saying and 90% of the posts consisted of:

1) Someone saying that Assault Rifles (the idea of an AR in itself) is vital to the battlefield.

2) Someone saying something about how it's better in gameplay--mentioning nothing about lore.

Then you post this there in an attempt to bring it on track. That's what I refer to as a "purposeful resurrection," and is allowed.

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Halo: Archangel

In the books it can take out elite shields in 3-4 rounds.  Same as the BR with better stopping power.  Just less range.  The magazine size on the AR is 60 in the lore also, not 32.  That was done because otherwise, the AR and SMG would have been almost exactly the same.

to kill the mass amount of grunts? just a spray gun

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it was probably cheap and easy to make, used a clip thats easy to change, and threw a lot of bullets in the air. im sure it was very effective against the humans that it was designed to kill. i bet the UNSC focused on air superiority in much the same way that the US military does. the foot soldiers are there to physically hold the ground, extract stuff and do things that the air cant do. so they dont need super accurate weapons.

One practical use for the Assault Rifle: You can shoot people with it.

 

In the first halo the Assault Rifle has 60 bullets in the second it has the same i think and the third it only has 32. It maybe more powerfull in the 3rd halo but i still like it in the first.(When i'm not using my shotgun or pistol with a scope)

troutthat:In the first halo the Assault Rifle has 60 bullets in the second it has the same i think and the third it only has 32. It maybe more powerfull in the 3rd halo but i still like it in the first.(When i'm not using my shotgun or pistol with a scope)

In Halo 1, the AR has 60 rounds. It's not even there in H2. In H3, it is horribly underpowered.

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They used the Assault Rifle as the main line weapon because if i remember correctly.

That the BR was not in mass producion during the start of the war. That it was easyer to use and people were more used too it.

The only reasion why i could the downgrade in the amount of ammo was because they were starting to really lose the war and lots of ammo factorys were mostly destoryed or forced to stop. Another thing is that maybe it could only use 32 rounds of HE-Rounds or some other ammo type that forced the barrle or another part to being forced to only fire 32.

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