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Line 1: {{InfoBoxWeapon {{InfoBoxWeapon − | image = + | image = [[Image:*.***|191px]] | name = Medium Rifle | name = Medium Rifle | Type = Ballistic | Type = Ballistic | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] [[Rules Level#Experimental Rules|Experimental]] | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] [[Rules Level#Experimental Rules|Experimental]] − | Year Availability = Pre-spaceflight<ref name="TOp410">''Tactical Operations'', p. 411</ref> + | Year Availability = Pre-spaceflight<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 410</ref> − | Year Extinction = − IS = ~[[2825]]<ref name="TOp410"/><ref name="SSWp102">''Second Succession War'', p. 102, "Weapons and Equipment Extinction Table"</ref> | Heat = 2 | Heat = 2 | Damage = 6 | Damage = 6 Line 24:
Line 22: ==Description== ==Description== − The '''Medium Rifle''' is the middleweight of the "Rifle" family. The precursor to the modern [[Autocannon]], the Rifle was based on the main guns used by tanks on pre-spaceflight [[Terra]]. The Medium Rifle used heavier rounds and larger propellant loads to fire its shells. The Rifle was phased out of service with most major powers because it lacked stopping power against most battlefield units.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 337</ref> Unlike the [[Light Rifle]] the Medium Rifle can actually damage a BattleMech, but its weight and ammunition capacity are no match for the standard autocannon. Another drawback is the Medium Rifle's inability to use the [[:Category:Special_Munitions|special munitions]] available to autocannon. + The '''Medium Rifle''' is the middleweight of the "Rifle" family. The precursor to the modern [[Autocannon]], the Rifle was based on the main guns used by tanks on pre-spaceflight [[Terra]]. The Medium Rifle used heavier rounds and larger propellant loads to fire its shells. The Rifle was phased out of service with most major powers because it lacked stopping power against most battlefield units.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 337. "All rifles subtract 3 from their damage points when attacking any battlefield unit except conventional infantry, battle armor, 'Mechs with commercial armor, and support vehicles with a BAR less than 8. This can mean that the rifle inflicts no damage."</ref> Unlike the [[Light Rifle]] the Medium Rifle can actually damage a BattleMech, but its weight and ammunition capacity are no match for the standard autocannon. Another drawback is the Medium Rifle's inability to use the [[:Category:Special_Munitions|special munitions]] available to autocannon. − There are reports of some [[Periphery]] powers introducing units equipped with Rifles, but these reports were unconfirmed until the introduction of the ''[[Arbiter]]''. + There are reports of some [[Periphery]] powers introducing units equipped with Rifles, but these are currently unconfirmed. ==Models== ==Models== {{sectionstub}} {{sectionstub}} Line 45:
Line 43: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Tactical Operations]]'' * ''[[Tactical Operations]]'' − + [[Category:Weapons|Rifle, Medium]] − [[Category:Technology]]+ [[Category:Autocannon|Rifle, Medium]] − [[Category:Weapons]] + [[Category:Ballistic Weapons|Rifle, Medium]] − [[Category:Ballistic Weapons]] − [[Category:Ballistic Weapons (Heavy)]] − [[Category:Rifles (Cannon)]] − [[Category:Experimental Technology|Rifle, Medium]]
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| name = Medium Rifle | | name = Medium Rifle | ||
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| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] [[Rules Level#Experimental Rules|Experimental]] | | Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] [[Rules Level#Experimental Rules|Experimental]] | ||
| − | | Year Availability = Pre-spaceflight<ref | + | | Year Availability = Pre-spaceflight<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 410</ref> |
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | The '''Medium Rifle''' is the middleweight of the "Rifle" family. The precursor to the modern [[Autocannon]], the Rifle was based on the main guns used by tanks on pre-spaceflight [[Terra]]. The Medium Rifle used heavier rounds and larger propellant loads to fire its shells. The Rifle was phased out of service with most major powers because it lacked stopping power against most battlefield units.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 337</ref> Unlike the [[Light Rifle]] the Medium Rifle can actually damage a BattleMech, but its weight and ammunition capacity are no match for the standard autocannon. Another drawback is the Medium Rifle's inability to use the [[:Category:Special_Munitions|special munitions]] available to autocannon. | + | The '''Medium Rifle''' is the middleweight of the "Rifle" family. The precursor to the modern [[Autocannon]], the Rifle was based on the main guns used by tanks on pre-spaceflight [[Terra]]. The Medium Rifle used heavier rounds and larger propellant loads to fire its shells. The Rifle was phased out of service with most major powers because it lacked stopping power against most battlefield units.<ref>''Tactical Operations'', p. 337. "All rifles subtract 3 from their damage points when attacking any battlefield unit except conventional infantry, battle armor, 'Mechs with commercial armor, and support vehicles with a BAR less than 8. This can mean that the rifle inflicts no damage."</ref> Unlike the [[Light Rifle]] the Medium Rifle can actually damage a BattleMech, but its weight and ammunition capacity are no match for the standard autocannon. Another drawback is the Medium Rifle's inability to use the [[:Category:Special_Munitions|special munitions]] available to autocannon. |
| − | There are reports of some [[Periphery]] powers introducing units equipped with Rifles, but these | + | There are reports of some [[Periphery]] powers introducing units equipped with Rifles, but these are currently unconfirmed. |
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