Battle Rifle

Battle Rifle
Overview
Game	Wasteland 3
Type	Assault rifle
Tier	7
Skill req.	Automatic Weapons 3
Skill req. penalties	-10% Hit chance; -100% Critical chance; -100% Strike rate
Damage Data
Damage	10 - 12 x3 (30 - 36)
Dam. type	Physical. Low to medium penetration, equally effective against any target.
Penetration	8
Crit. damage mult.	x1.5
Attack pattern	Single target
Performance Data
Base chance to hit	75%
Range	18 squares
AP cost	4 AP
Capacity	15 x 5.56mm ammo
Ability
Single Shot: Make each shell count. Fires a single shot with +30% Hit chance, but -50% spread. Damage: 100% of weapon damage.
Item Data
Value	$ 225
ID	ITM_Equip_Weapon_AssaultRifle_Tier2-2_BattleRifle

Battle Rifle is an assault rifle in Wasteland 3.

	For the M16 assault rifle in other Wasteland games, see M16. For more information about the M16, see M16 rifle on Wikipedia.

Description

A classic infantry weapon of the US military. Light, with high accuracy.

Characteristics

Damage can be increased from various bonuses. However, it is not recommended to waste high-tier mods on this weapon, due to low damage output. Especially not recommended to use rare and expensive damage type conversion mods.

Physical damage maximization example +8 Damage from Titanium-Cobalt Barrel +8 Damage from Toxic Linkage or Crippling Linkage or Razor Linkage +33% Ranged damage from Sadomasochist quirk at the cost of +33% Received damage +35% Ranged damage from Awareness at level 10 +25% Ranged damage from Threat Intelligence helmet modification at the cost of -6 Armor Applying all bonuses (+16 Damage +93% Ranged damage) leads to the following result: 50 - 54 x3 (150 - 162) damage in weapon stats. The damage dealt to targets will depend on the armor they are wearing and the armor penetration rate on your character.

Field stripping results

• 6-10 Scrap
• With Expert Disassembler:
  • +30% Scrap
  • Chance to get one mod:
    • 1% Broach-Rifled Barrel
    • 1% Cut-Rifled Barrel
    • 1% Columbium Barrel
    • 1% Alloy Barrel
    • 1% Cylinder Choke
    • 1% Wide Choke
    • 1% Extended Mag
    • 1% Long Mag
    • 1% Red Dot Scope
    • 1% Reflex Scope
    • 1% Tactical Light
    • 1% Underbarrel Light

Locations

• Downtown Colorado Springs: Sold by Taiwan Jones.
• Peterson Air Force Base: Sold by Inspector Delgado.

Trivia

• The Battle Rifle is based on the Colt M16.