Forum:Service Rifle- What is it?

What exactly would the Service Rifle be labeled as, a Battle Rifle or an Assault Rifle? The two are qualified as follows: -Battle Rifle: fires a full-power (ex. 7.62x51mm NATO) rifle cartridge.Capable of selective fire, but usually not cyclic fire. -Assault Rifle: fires an intermediate (ex. 5.56x45mm NATO) rifle cartridge, capable of both semi-automatic and cyclic fire.

Obviously the Service Rifle mixes traits of the two. Personally, I would qualify it as an Assault rifle, as the NCRA would severely lack any sort of suppression capability on the squad level otherwise. On my files at least, the only LMG's I have seen were in the hands of Heavy Troopers, meaning the regular Army has very little suppression capability other than that provided by 9mm SMGs, which isn't a lot of firepower. While fully cyclic fire is not seen in the game, one could extrapolate that the NCRA has more suppression-purposed weapons than just the 5.56mm LMG.--76.19.204.246 17:59, November 11, 2011 (UTC)

I would refer to it as a P.O.S. The only use I see for it is to repair Sniper rifles with the Jury Rigging perk and monitarily/wise it is better to repair it with kits and sell it. It is NOT a rifle grip weapon and does not contribute to "the rifleman" challenge. The Grunt perk upgrades it only slightly because it is so weak-sauce to begin with. It's better than the Varmint rifle unmodded but that's not saying much. The sad thing is, it's real world counterpart, the M16 is about the same. That is to say, inferior to the AK74 (5.45x39) in battlefield environments. Squalor 00:44, November 19, 2011 (UTC)