Assault rifle

AR (Assault Rifle) is a selective fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are the standard infantry weapons in most modern armies. Assault rifles are categorized in between light machine guns, which are intended for more sustained automatic fire in a light support role and submachine guns, which has a higher rate of fire and fires pistol cartridges rather than a rifle cartridge.

Overview
An assault rifle is chambered with intermediate rifle cartridges or small caliber cartridges. It has good accuracy, high rate of fire and more powerful than the submachine guns. Assault rifles can be used in close, middle and even long range combat depending on the users skill. However, a 'Carbine' is a type of rifle that is shortened and made lighter (Colt M4A1 Carbine for instance). These following assault rifles have been adopted and used in the game:

FAMAS

 * Main article: FAMAS F1

FAMAS has lower magazine capacity than its counterpart, the Galil but it can be fired in two modes; fully-automatic for close battle and burst-fire for long range battle.

M4A1

 * Main article: Colt M4A1

The M4A1 is one of the famous assault rifle in game and known to be the mark for the counter-terrorists. When compared to the AK-47, M4A1 does lower damage and has a higher purchase cost but it has higher accuracy, lower recoil and attachable silencer for stealth missions.

AUG

 * Main article: Steyr AUG A1

The AUG is the sharpshooter assault rifle for counter-terrorists. It has smaller crosshair size but has longer reload time when compared to the SIG SG552

SCAR

 * Main article: FN SCAR L

The SCAR is the free edition assault rifle for counter-terrorists. It is more accurate than its counterpart, the XM8 Carbine but it is slightly heavier. Another variant for the SCAR-L is the SCAR-H, which is an advanced 7.62 mm Battle Rifle.

M16A4

 * Main article: M16A4

The Colt M16A4 is the standard service rifle of the US Armed Forces. It does lower damage, has lower accuracy, higher recoil than its counterpart, the AN-94. It can be fired in three-round burst only.

L85A2

 * Main article: L85A2.

Enfield L85A2 is the standard-issue rifle of the UK military. It is bullpup design and feeds with 30 rounds of 5.56 NATO ammunition in its magazine. The weapon can be fired in fully-automatic or 3-round burst, just like FAMAS.

HK 416

 * Main article: HK416.

The Heckler Koch HK416 is a assault rifle which was built to replaced the defective M4A1 carbine. It is accurate, stable and also does high rate of fire. The weapon fires the NATO standard 5.56 mm cartridge and can be feed with 30 rounds. A detachable silencer can be installed to the muzzle if necessary.

M16A1

 * Main article: M16A1.

The Colt M16A1 is the first generation model of the M16 rifle. It is fed with 30 rounds 5.56 NATO cartridges in its magazine, plus one round in its chamber. There are two firing mode for this weapon, semi-automatic and fully-automatic. Overall, The weapon is more accurate and powerful compared to M16A4.

Galil

 * Main article: Galil

The Galil is a cheap battle rifle comes with good accuracy and high rate of fire. Its 35 rounds per magazine makes it is safer for matching two consecutive enemies. This rifle is widely used in Original modes. Another variant for this weapon is the FNC.

AK-47

 * Main article: AK-47

The AK-47 is a trademark assault rifle for the Terrorists. It fires 30 rounds of 7.62mm rifle caliber which deals higher damage than ordinary assault rifle. Thus, it is very accurate in long range and good rate of fire. The only disadvantage for this rifle is its high recoil due its strong penetration power. It is widely used in Original modes and has two variants; 60 rounds and the AKM.

SG552

 * Main article: SIG SG552

The SG552 is a sharpshooter rifle comes with 1× optical scope feature. It fires 30 rounds of 5.56mm rifle caliber and does pretty good damage and rate of fire. Its scope is usable for long range battle, making it one of the most favorite weapon among players in Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch modes.

XM8

 * Main article: XM8 Carbine

The XM8 is an lightweight assault rifle comes with 1× optical scope feature. It fires 30 rounds of 5.56mm rifle cartridge and has high rate of fire but high recoil. It is commonly used due to the free edition. It has a variant called XM8 Sharpshooter.

AN-94

 * Main article: AN-94

The AN-94 is an Russian-made assault rifle which fires 30 rounds of 5.45mm cartridge in 2 burst-fire mode and accurate in long range. It has low recoil, light and high rate of fire. The Counter-Terrorist counterpart is the M16A4.

FN FNC

 * Main article: FN FNC

The FN FNC is a 5.56 mm assault rifle which served as the Belgian Armed Forces ' standard issue weapon. The rifle is fed with 30 rounds and its quite stable as well as it does high rate of fire.

AKM

 * Main article: AKM

The AKM is the upgraded version of the well-known AK-47 assault rifle which was built by the Soviet Union. Like the AK-47, the AKM can be fed with 30 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition in its magazine. It has higher accuracy and lighter weight when compared to the original version.

AK-74U

 * Main article: AK-74U.

The AK-74U is the Russian assault rifle fed with 30 rounds of 5.45mm caliber. It has very high rate of fire and light weight. However, it has low firepower and high recoil.

M14 EBR

 * Main article: M14 EBR

M14 EBR is a battle rifle chambered with 20 rounds of 7.62mm rifle caliber. It does high damage as an AK-47 and accurate as an M4A1. This rifle is frequently used as a semi-automatic rifle; fired in one-burst due to ammunition reservation. It is suitable for 1 vs 1 combat.

TAR-21

 * Main article: TAR-21

IMI (Israel Military Industries) TAR-21 (Tavor Assault Rifle - 21st Century) is an assault rifle chambered with 30 rounds of 5.56mm rifle caliber. It comes with a usable EOTech holographic sight which acts as a scope in game. TAR-21 is famous in Zombie modes due to its very high knock back power against zombies.

FN F2000

 * Main article: FN F2000.

FN F2000 is a premium assault rifle that cannot be bought from Shop. It can be obtained randomly from Code Box. It does moderate damage and has standard fire rate for an assault rifle but it has poor accuracy, medium recoil and heavy.

StG 44

 * Main article: StG 44.

StG 44 is a World War II assault rifle that is designed in game as the middle between AK-47 and M4A1. It does high damage, has short reload time, stable accuracy and standard purchase price for an assault rifle. However, it has low fire rate, high recoil and heavy.

QBZ-95B

 * Main article: QBZ-95B.

QBZ-95B is a shorten-barrel version of the PLA's standard issue rifle. It is fed with 35 rounds of 5.56 NATO bullets in its magazine. This weapon shares most performance as the Galil.

HK G11

 * Main article: HK G11.

HK G11 is a bullpup assault rifle which was built during the Cold-war era. It holds 50 rounds of 4.73x33mm Caseless Ammunition in its magazine. The weapon can be fired in fully-automatic or 3-round burst. It is accurate, low recoil and has very high rate of fire even in 3-round burst mode. The only disadvantages of the G11 are, expensive and does low damage per shot.

Lightning AR-1

 * Main article: Lightning AR-1.

Lightning AR-1 is a 5.56mm assault rifle which is based with a AK pattern rifle and a guitar. The weapon has high rate of fire and high accuracy. However, it can be obtained randomly from Code Box only.

Blaster

 * Main article: Blaster.

Blaster is a future weapon which is fed with 45 rounds of 5.56mm bullets in a capsule-like magazine. The weapon has high rate of fire and has low recoil, making it suitable to use in Metal Arena Mode. However, it can be obtained randomly from Code Box only.

Lightning AR-2

 * Main article: Lightning AR-2.

Lightning AR-2 is the second generation of Lightning AR-1 with an appearance of Bass Violin. It can only be obtained randomly from Code Box.

Ethereal

 * Main article: Ethereal.

Ethereal is a science fiction assault rifle which can be obtained only from Bingo events. Its body is light and takes less time to reload.

OICW

 * Main article: OICW



The OICW is the next-generation assault rifle that is fed with 30 rounds of 5.56 NATO and fires 20mm grenade launcher ammunition. It has high firepower and good rate of fire. The grenade launcher attached to it can be used to blast hidden enemies.

Skull-4

 * Main article: Skull-4



Skull-4 are 2 dual-wielded anti-zombie rifle, each rifle loaded with 24 rounds of 5.56 anti-zombie cartridges finalizing an ammo of 48 developed by Rex Research Institute. Skull-4 is light weight, has low recoil with usable scope and deals critical damage to zombies.

Balrog-V

 * Main article: Balrog-V



Balrog-V is chambered with 40 rounds of 5.56mm AHE, a specialized bullet developed by the Aegis Institute. This weapon is equipped with the Balrog Charging System which enables the Balrog-V to fire continuous explosive rounds after 15 consecutive shots on a single target.

SCAR & XM8
Both SCAR and XM8 cost $2450 but SCAR dose greater damage, lighter and has shorter reload time. However, XM8 owns in term of accuracy and the ability to zoom.

FAMAS & Galil
FAMAS costs higher, less accurate, lower fire rate, lower magazine size and takes longer time to reload if compared to Galil but both FAMAS can be fired in automatic or 3-burst fire mode. Both of them does the same damage, same recoil rate and weight.

M4A1 & AK-47
M4A1 costs more than AK-47, does lower damage, lower accuracy and longer reload time but it has lower recoil, lighter and can be attached with a silencer for stealth tactics.

AUG & SG552
Both AUG and SG552 cost $3500, share same accuracy, recoil and reload time but SG552 does higher damage but heavier.

M16A4 vs AN-94
M16A4 and AN-94 share same cost and same weight. M16A4 does lower damage and slower firing speed than its counterpart but the 3-round burst and the reload time cover up the disadvantage of M16A4.

M16A1 vs AK-74U
M16A1 has greater firepower, has lower recoil and can be fired in semi-automatic while AK-74U is cheaper, more accurate, has higher rate of fire and lighter.