Assault rifle

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Name	assault rifle
Appearance	assault rifle
Damage vs. small	1d2
Damage vs. large	1d2
To-hit bonus	-2
Weapon skill	firearms
Size	one-handed
Base price	1000 zm (+10/positive enchant)
Weight	40
Material	iron

An assault rifle is a firearm introduced in SLASH'EM. It is often found on soldiers and their senior officers. It fires bullets at a high rate, and is one-handed.

Select fire

An assault rifle is set on fully automatic mode by default, but can be set to burst mode (rate of fire cut to ¹⁄₃) or single-shot mode by applying it.

Rate of fire

In fully automatic mode, the assault rifle's rate of fire depends on its enchantment and skill of the user.

Enchantment	Unskilled & Basic	Skilled	Expert
−7 to −6	5	5	5
−5 to −3	5	5	1d2+4
−2 to +2	5	1d2+4	1d3+4
+3 to +5	1d2+4	1d3+4	1d4+4
+6 to +8	1d3+4	1d4+4	1d5+4
+9	1d4+4	1d5+4	1d6+4

Generation

Assault rifles are frequently found on sergeants (50% chance) and occasionally found on captains (25% chance).

Strategy

For a character seeking the optimal combination of weight and firepower from a firearm, the assault rifle is one of the best choices. It is one-handed, enabling the use of a shield, and it has a moderate weight at 40 (the same as a long sword). Along with the submachine gun, the assault rifle is an excellent tool for clearing out monsters in the Astral Plane. Compared to the submachine gun, it is heavier and less accurate, but has a higher rate of fire and a longer range.

Origin

Assault rifles are a type of select-fire automatic rifle that use intermediate power cartridges. First emerging during World War II, they became common during the Cold War. Compared to earlier battle rifles and semi-automatic rifles, they traded accuracy at extreme ranges for lighter cartridges (enabling soldiers to carry more rounds) and higher rates of fire.

The iconic AK-47 is an assault rifle, as is the American M16. Most modern armies use an assault rifle as their standard service weapon.