Assault rifle

An assault rifle is a small arm designed for a balance of maneuverability and firepower. Assault rifles fire intermediate ammunition, falling in power between pistol ammunition and the full-power rifle ammunition used by battle rifles and sniper rifles. This intermediate round allows for a more controllable recoil (and thus more accurate rapid fire) than a full-power rifle round while still maintaining an effective range of several hundred meters. Despite being selective-fire weapons with large magazines, and because of their light weight, assault rifles do not have the thermal mass, cooling ability, or ammunition capacity to sustain a high volume of fire like a machine gun. Most modern assault rifles can mount various attachments such as special scopes, target illuminators, and grenade launchers.

Assault Rifles in the Battlefield Series

 * AEK-971
 * AK-101
 * AK-47
 * AKMS
 * AN-94
 * Steyr AUG
 * CAR-15
 * F2000
 * G3
 * G36E
 * L85
 * M16
 * M416
 * SCAR-L
 * StG 44
 * XM8 Prototype