Halo Sniper Rifle | The Armory

[@Tottleminerftw]

Here you may need these High Velocity Armor Piercing They'll take the Hat off and Elite at 2,000 Yards, and they aint cheap.

[@Installation00]

YES!

[@ramona1265]

They're basically mini versions of modern tank ammunition

[@sinjin8576]

When limited ammo capacity isnt due to weight but finances

[@shiddingfarting2675]

It’s almost hilarious how this rifle is an auto loader that uses the same cartridge as what the Soviet’s used in anti-tank rifles that required a team to operate and its al handled by 1 space marine

[@zacht9447]

PTRS-41 was an autoloader that could be used by a single person

[@zacht9447]

Also look up the Anzio 20mm

[@nathen4171]

You usually see the Marines operating these in groups of two or more.

[@dantejones1480]

Don't forget the Lathi L39 Anti-tank rifle. That's one big gun.

[@Gravemind2073]

I’m just happy that you correctly identified the ammunition type as APFSDS

[@randomcontent789]

Why does the cartridge look like a basic round of similar size? Is the part that looks like the bullet the one that gets discarded?

[@Oystercaulk]

Interestingly enough this sniper seems to be heavily inspired from the Denel NTW-20, a South African manufactured 14.5x114mm AMR. Makes some sense as it seems the only times you were on Earth in the Halo franchise it was in New Mombasa, Kenya.

[@benmeadows5874]

Yes 👍

[@logicplague]

Snipers certainly won't be swapping out scopes in the field, but adjusting the scope is required.

[@theslimbin]

I love listening to these I get all the information I care about from the halo novels and comics without having to read them so I can play halo whilst learning more about halo

[@0Scoops]

Well shit. I complained about the assault rifle being dumb for 500 years in the future, but this rifle's lore is great

[@keithhusain2141]

The sniper rifle is taller than the average male (5’10” or 177.8cm)

[@Grizcat-]

This number doesn’t seem to add up. He says 53.8 inches which is 6.2 inches less than 5 feet at 60 inches. So it’s a hair less than 4 and a half feet (if the the 53.8 is actually the correct number and not the measurement that was actually misspoken)

[@Grizcat-]

187.5 cm = 6.1ft so the inches measurement was off not the foot one. Idk why this bothered me so much but I actually paused the video when I heard the numbers. Big gun indeed

[@patmancrowley8509]

One of my favorite weapons in the game.

[@vegafadge3174]

I’m pretty sure that a sabot is a tungsten rod INSIDE the projectile that is used for extreme penetration. When the projectile impacts the target the bullet around the sabot will be left behind while the sabot keeps going through the target, this is most likely the cause of over penetration with the sniper rifle.

[@sciarpecyril]

I'll just make a citation: A sabot (UK: /sæˈboʊ, ˈsæboʊ/, US: /ˈseɪboʊ/) is a supportive device used in firearm/artillery ammunitions to fit/patch around a projectile, such as a bullet/slug or a flechette-like projectile (such as a kinetic energy penetrator), and keep it aligned in the center of the barrel when fired. It allows a narrower projectile with high sectional density to be fired through a barrel of much larger bore diameter with maximal accelerative transfer of kinetic energy. After leaving the muzzle, the sabot typically separates from the projectile in flight, diverting only a very small portion of the overall kinetic energy.

[@bradymenting5120]

small math error: 53.8 inches is actually about 4.5 feet, 6 feet is 72 inches.

[@DarkSlayer487]

I know this video is old, but I just want to point something out about the magazine and the overlay seen from the 2 to 3min mark. The mag is a double stack magazine meaning the bullets get "double stacked" in a zig zag pattern instead of being exactly on top of the one below it. This allows for greater capacity within the magazine itself. With that in mind, the physical size of the magazine is big enough to hold at least 10 rounds, possibly 12-13 instead of 4 that are in-game. Secondly, the overlay image shows the topmost bullet extremely far below the chamber. The bolt carrier group would be physically unable to chamber a round from where its at in the overlay. Even if the magazine was a single stack magazine, there appears to be enough space to place another 2 bullets within the magazine without being in the chamber.

[@YukimareThePsion]

Eric Nylund's novels on Halo actually note this, as in his entries to the series, this very sniper rifle is noted to have far more than just 4 rounds in a magazine. From what hints I can get off, 4 rounds were settled on in the game for game balance reasons. Else with a more realistic mag size of say... 10 rounds, a player who could just send a volley of high caliber rounds down range as fast as they can pull the trigger, either to compensate for bad aim (or lack of desire to go for headshots) or to gun down a particularly durable target. 10 rounds seem to be a more accurate representation of the Halo Sniper Rifles' mag size, as the S7 Flexfire has a 10 round mag.

[@_blood_moon_proto_1500]

@@YukimareThePsion its also noted from bungie era writers that 4 rounds was also a compromise between capacity and weight, those rounds are bloody heavy after all

[@zacht9447]

I think it's funny how you said it "Does not have a safety" when you can literally see the safety on the rifle in the picture at that time

[@ianchoi7142]

Exactly

[@Tottleminerftw]

A safety doesn't stop you form beating someone to death with it

[@zacht9447]

@@Tottleminerftw That doesn't even make sense dude

[@ianchoi7142]

@@zacht9447 it does

[@zacht9447]

@@ianchoi7142 it doesn't in regards to this comment

[@baxtersands9955]

the t in sabot is silent

[@ianchoi7142]

Does not contain a safety? So that "safety" on the rifle at 2:29 is just for show?

[@yougotaknife]

i saw this too 😕😅

[@bradymenting5120]

it's not a safety, it switches the drink dispenser on and off

[@ianchoi7142]

@@bradymenting5120 is the shooter consuming the rifle's water coolant?

[@andrewbutton2039]

It's more akin to a modern anti-materiél weapon than a modern sniper rifle. But the size and shielding of the aliens we face in game needs something with a bit more punch than a 7.62 NATO, or any other common modern long range rounds.

[@TheTGRproductions]

I find this a bit funny, considering the SMG shoots 5.56 by 23 mm rounds. But I guess that's why the UNSC needs to use Armor Piercing rounds with all of their weapons, so it can actually damage/penetrate the shields and armor.

[@andrewbutton2039]

@@TheTGRproductions there was the American 180 chambered in some kind of .22 cartridge, it had a 180 round pan magazine, it was designed to get through armour with sheer volume of fire. Perhaps that's what the SMG takes inspiration from.

[@shigwig9751]

Amazing video dude great job again

[@rvbagentky6532]

Literally the same caliber as the Kraber from Titanfall

[@voodoo_1_viper]

Kraber is my favorite gun, I still prefer the Kraber than that sniper rifle

[@John2r1]

Do the M99 Stanchion and M99A2S3 version. It's the sniper rifle Sgt. Johnson used in Contact Harvest. And the M99A2S3 is seen in halo wars2. Its supposedly a silenced version.

[@SniperRed0092]

My weapon of choice.

[@RikaRikaItsumika]

Ah yes,the Denel NTW20 xD (the halo combat evolved model I mean)

[@rndss1]

Yeah, the CW one might as well be a semi auto Denel

[@RikaRikaItsumika]

@@rndss1 CW? What does stand for?

[@IamDogge]

@@RikaRikaItsumika clone wars I assume

[@IM_THE_CHANGLLER]

i honestly wonder why the UNSC have smart scopes

[@_blood_moon_proto_1500]

take a look at 343 screw ups then look at how the visors work, it makes more sense than whatever 343 ever did

[@pheorrungurd8746]

I am surprised they did not have that thing in a bullpup, make it match the rest of their rifles from the earlier games.

[@AerodynamicBrick]

Bullpups tend to have a squishy trigger compared to traditional style rifles. With a 2 stage trigger, you can have a great, crisp feeling trigger and less likely to pull the rifle while operating it, but it is very difficult and expensive to make a bullpup style rifle to have the same feeling behind the same assembly primarly due the ways the trigger is connected to the rest of the trigger assembly (hammer, disconnector, etc).

[@sergaljesus]

So since it fires an apfsds round, is it smoothbore, or does it have a rifled barrel?

[@manbeardog4415]

Sabots don't work with flash suppressors the discarding fins get trapped and damage the flash hider when the gases leave the barrel

[@Stan-ce4oz]

14.5x114mm APFSDS Round... How Powerful Is It?

[@Stinger522]

You should do the SAW from Halo 4 and 5 next.

[@brandonscott5512]

love the bid but to critique on it you made a mistake by saying it does not have a safety when in the image you show the weapon visualoly does have a safety but that was probably the Halo CEA model and i cannot wit 100 percent certainty that the Original graphics Halo CE it had a safety on the model i would presume so from a canonical perspective considering the game is set 500+ years into the future they are still using ballistic firearms and as it stand in modern day almost all firearms have a safety some do not and others do so if i had to say the sniper rifle would have a safety but the M6 series might not ill need some help with that

[@chaddamharkness7119]

the only thing that bothers me about this is that it's gas operated, not recoil. like the G6 Lynx, or Barrett 50. a 6 foot 13LB rifle, thats going to have a shit ton of fouling is going to be a bitch to clean.

[@chadwicktaylors7543]

Nice job, just made a common mistake, the rifle is recoil operated not gas operated.

[@lorenzgerber9655]

No it is gas operated. The gas tube would be right under the barrel where the bipod kinda pops up for storage.

[@chadwicktaylors7543]

@@lorenzgerber9655 Except that the barrel is not connected to anything in the first three Halo games. For the games that have a link between the barrel and the object beneath it gas operation would still be difficult with the block being too far back on the barrel, there being a clear gap between the barrel and receiver until the magazine, and a large protrusion at the supposed piston around that wouldn't help. I really do mean this to be a common misconception by the fans, but one I wish would get fixed. 343 already has it in writing for the Spartan Field Manual that it is recoil operated.

[@MoeMoeJoeJoe]

"This weapon does not possess a safety" Then what's that big ass switch on the side with clearly labeled SAFE & FIRE position???

[@ChillyReaper]

Holy shit that is a long sniper rifle. It's almost as tall as me.

[@tristanbackup2536]

50. cal* this will kill. 57. cal* this will kill & everyone else in the room. 😂🤣😂 Wait? Its standard range is 2.3km?! Snipers today barely reach a km as standard engagement with only a small select few snipers today only getting ever reaching 3km range confirmed kill. I can UNSC snipers trying to 6km kills or more by thier extreme range for thier giuness interworld record, thats impressive.

[@jameson1239]

Well I mean it’s a 14.5x114mm round

[@baker90338]

Tristan Backup its a flechette round firing rifle, what did you expect?

[@Muscovy7]

And yet it’s using a Russian bullet from the 1930s heh

[@ianchoi7142]

You're also talking about a rifle made centuries from now, at least 400 years from now. So it wouldn't be much of a surprise that's the average distance.

[@bloodgulchpatrick]

@@Muscovy7 same caliber does not mean the same round.

[@Bunjee98]

I wonder if the Halo universe has a bolt action rifle,

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

Maybe as a hunting weapon but definitely not as a military one.

[@kofiamoh8265]

I’ll see if I can donate

[@robertandrewbaptie3006]

Theirs a handgun thats .577 made in Britain in the early 1900

[@spartanajax1831]

Hey 00, I was wondering if you could tell people about the chainguns in halo being battery powered? It's a common misconception that the chainguns run out of ammo, but really it just runs out of battery as you disconnect from the stand. Could you mention that?

[@ianchoi7142]

You are correct on being battery powered, but it is in fact not the battery that runs out, but instead the ammo. Even our existing mini guns like the M134 is powered by an external power source, but ammo is more likely to be depleted first than the battery. If it really does run on a battery, then the ammo counter would display a percentage instead and it would sputter as it nears depletion. Also, a tripod does not have the ability to "charge" a chaingun, they did this throughout the game as an act of balancing.

[@daivdjackson1719]

A two rounds are more powerful than a Bolter round

[@benmeadows5874]

It looks like a ntw 20 🤔

[@mattmc9812]

I hope the stanchion become usable in halo infinite

[@romanace3432]

6ft it’s as tall as me.

[@holdguard4624]

Why the fuck is this under Planetside 2?

[@brackpin]

53.8in.... "just over 6 feet" did you mean just under 5 feet ? By 8in? Lulz small nit pick on an otherwise good video.

[@stonegiant4]

Please familiarize yourself with firearms irl. It's super cringy listening to you mispronounce common words every other sentence.

[@IamDogge]

What words did he mispronounce? I don’t think pronunciations have anything to do with general knowledge. It’s not a language, just terminology. I hear sabot, but that’s literally one word.

[@highlordlaughterofcanada8685]

Yes how dare he not have an encyclopedic knowledge of pronunciation.