Halo 3 - new weapon details

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The latest Halo 3 update has appeared on the official Bungie website, and this week it's all about the assault rifle.

"The MA5C 7.62mm rifle is an air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine fed weapon designed for automatic fire," the update reads. "The weapon has an attached electronics suite that provides information on rounds remaining in magazine, compass heading, as well as several other "housekeeping" functions."

This time around the power of Halo 3's remixed assault rifle is described as being "somewhere between the original MA5B Assault Rifle and the BR55 Battle Rifle", with clip capacity "reduced to the 32 rounds that you're used to seeing in the BR55" and the rifle's range has been "slightly improved over its predecessor to make it more formidable as an Assault Rifle."