Assault Rifle
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| Tactical Information | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 5.56mm |
| Capacity | 30 |
| Reload type | Magazine |
| Base damage | 2.5 hearts |
| Firerate | 600 RPM |
| Alternate fire | Switches between semi- and full-auto |
| Lifespan | 3000 shots |
| Action type | Gas-operated |
| Sight type | Iron sights |
The assault rifle (aka the G3) is a select-fire rifle chambered in 5.56mm ammunition. Unlike the StG 77's progressive trigger, it features a selector switch which manually flips between fire modes via secondary fire.
Crafting
The assault rifle can be crafted using the following recipe:
Zebra Rifle
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| Tactical Information | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 5.56mm |
| Capacity | 30 |
| Reload type | Magazine |
| Base damage | 3.75 hearts |
| Firerate | 600 RPM |
| Alternate fire | Switches between semi- and full-auto |
| Lifespan | 6000 shots |
| Action type | Gas-operated |
| Sight type | Scope |
The Zebra Rifle is the assault rifle's B-side. Its stats are largely identical, however it has 50% higher base-damage, and a much lower hipfire penalty, making it somewhat accurate even when not using the scope.
Furthermore, the zebra rifle comes with a pre-installed scope and silencer, which both work identical to the scope and silencer mods available to the assault rifle.
Finally, all shots fired by the zebra rifle, no matter the ammunition used, are incendiary, causing 15 seconds of phosphorus afterburn. The phosphorus effect does more damage than standard fire, and is not permanently extinguished when submerged in water.
Crafting the Zebra Rifle
The zebra rifle can be made by upgrading a standard assault rifle using saturnite:
Ammo
| Name | Damage Multiplier | Armor Piercing | Damage Threshold Negation | Special Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
.png){kind=small} 5.56mm Round (Soft Point) |
x1 | 0% | 0 | - |
.png){kind=small} 5.56mm Round (Full Metal Jacket) |
x0.8 | 10% | 4 | - |
.png){kind=small} 5.56mm Round (Jacketed Hollow Point) |
x1.5 | -25% | 0 | - |
.png){kind=small} 5.56mm Round (Armor Piercing) |
x1.25 | 15% | 10 | Piercing (no falloff) |
Mods
- Silencer: Replaces the firing sound with a much quieter one.
- Scope: Replaces the standard iron sights with x1.5 zoom with an optical scope with x3 magnification.
- Hacksaw: Removes the stock, shortening the draw duration from 0.5s to 0.25s. The recoil of the gun's animation is increased, although the player view recoil stays the same.
- Polymer Furniture (Green): Replaces the gun's wooden furniture with a green polymer one, reduces recoil.
- Polymer Furniture (Black): Replaces the gun's wooden furniture with a black polymer one, reduces recoil.
- 7.62mm Conversion Kit: Rechambers the gun from 5.56mm to the larger 7.62mm. Also allows use of depleted uranium and explosive rounds.
The assault rifle has a few unique names for mod combinations. Installing a silencer, scope, removed stock and black polymer furniture, the gun is renamed "Infiltrator", in reference to a gun of same name and makeup from the Fallout 3 DLC The Pitt. When installing green polymer furniture (but keeping the stock at full length), it is renamed to the "G3A3".
The zebra rifle cannot take most of these mods, as it already comes installed with a silencer, scope, and unreplaceable furniture. However, it can still take the hacksaw, allowing it to be drawn faster.
Trivia
- The assault rifle's model was made by Vær.
- It is largely based off of the R71 assault rifle as shown in the game Fallout 3.
- The real life H&K G3 is a battle rifle that fires 7.62x51mm NATO, whilst the R71 is an assault rifle firing 5.56mm.
- However, the R71 has a magazine capacity of only 24 rounds, whilst the assault rifle possesses a 30-round magazine.
- There are several additional objects in the model, as well as alternate textures. With the arrival of the gun modification table, these can now be viewed in-game.
- There is a fully-textured suppressor and magnified scope, and the stock itself is removable. Enabling all of these allows for an appearance similar to the Infiltrator from the Fallout 3 addon, The Pitt, excluding only the carbine-length barrel.
- Both of its alternate textures replaces the assault rifle's furniture — including the wooden handguard, stock, and rubber grip — with polymer, one black (like the Infilitrator) and one green. The latter results in a similar look to the real-life A3 variant, although the color is much closer to the StG 77's polymer.
