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Assault Rifle | |
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As seen in the Black Market. | |
Weapon in Just Cause 2 | |
Type | Assault rifle |
Usage | Two handed |
Maximum ammunition carried | Up to 240 |
Maximum ammunition in the weapon | Up to 30 |
To unlock | 70000 Chaos points |
Cost | $ 55000 |
List of owners | Gambler's Den Gambling Group Japanese Military (also used by Masayo Washio) Panau Military (also used by Pandak "Baby" Panay) Reapers Roaches The Agency Ular Boys |
The Assault Rifle is a weapon in Just Cause 2.
For any other assault rifle, see Assault Rifle (disambiguation).
Appearance[]
The weapon is almost identical to the Colt M4A1, Heckler & Koch HK416, or the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. This weapon also features an IWI Galil-like skeleton stock, with a cheek rest on top of the stock. The weapon's front sight is folded down in the Black Market image. For more details, see the Trivia section.
Performance[]
The Assault Rifle is an average weapon and a jack of all trades, being more accurate than the Machine Gun at the cost of stopping power, yet still offers great firepower at midrange. In combat it fares moderately well, able to reliably suppress small groups of enemy infantry and can damage some chaos objects.
Initially, the weapon is unremarkable due to its somewhat low damage per shot and low ammo capacity. With upgrades it quickly picks up power and some much-needed benefits, such as being able to easily eliminate any enemies and sabotage destructable objects. It can even quickly shoot down UH-10 Chippewas with adequate ease, although this tends not to be thee best use of it.
Elites wielding this weapon are quite common, so ammunition is readily available throughout Panau.
Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Magazine size | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
Maximum ammunition (not including the magazine) | 160 | 176 | 192 | 208 | 224 | 240 |
Minimum number of shots to kill a grunt | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Minimum number of shots to kill an elite | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Locations[]
Spawn points[]
- Outside of two military bases, the only other ammunition crate for this weapon during free-roam is at the Reapers HQ. This is very convenient for the early game.
- Many missions, such as A Just Cause, have this weapon in weapon crates. Unfortunately, all of those listed spawn only during the mission and not any time else.
- Three can be found in Casino Bust. Two spawn at the Three Kings Hotel and another outside where Rico and Blaine land.
- Some spawn in the den during Into the Den, but it's not known if they still spawn after the mission.
- At the Ular Boys' opium-storage temple (Lelaki Temple) at X:13400; Y:30630 during Holy Smoke!.
- One appears in Oil for Blood near a building.
Panau Military[]
- An unnamed colonel in A Just Cause uses one. This is the only time a colonel can be found with one.
- Colonel bodyguards might wield one. Otherwise, they might also wield a Machine Gun or Shotgun.
- Pandak "Baby" Panay uses one at the end of A Just Cause.
- Military elites have a one in three chance of wielding this weapon, but grunts can also rarely be seen with this weapon. An example is in Can I get a Witness.
- Demolition Officers could have this weapon equipped. Otherwise they wield a shotgun or Machine Gun.
- Port Kepulauan Pelaut. There are two ammunition boxes of this here.
- Kastelo Singa. One of them can be found near the Gas Tanks, while another can be found near the Bio Fuel Shaft.
Other users[]
- Masayo Washio uses one.
- Some members of the Gambler's Den Gambling Group could have this weapon equipped.
- Some Imperial Japanese Military soldiers could have this weapon equipped.
- Used by faction elites. Likewise, they can also appear at their faction HQs:
Other[]
- It's one of the first few weapons to be unlocked in the Black Market, where one with 180 rounds costs $55,000.
Trivia[]
- It is not unusual for the front sight to be folded down for longer guns, such as MGs and various long-barreled rifles. Rarely is it done on shorter weapons like this one. It's done to prevent damage to the sight when the soldier has to rush through a forested area, or other obstacles. In the game the sight can not be folded up into the firing position, but conveniently Rico is an expert marksman.
- One of the loading images shows a Panauan soldier in front of a Propaganda Trailer, holding what looks like an AK-47. That assault rifle does not actually make an appearance in the game itself.
- The assault rifle could be considered as a successor to the two assault rifles from Just Cause (1), the Adler FF M-72 and the Haswell Gen2 Vindicator.
- This weapon may well have been sold to the Panau Military during the reign of Papa Panay. After all, the Agency did sell them the Flak Cannons (as stated in Welcome to Panau). The Panau Military could have started mass-producing these after Pandak "Baby" Panay took leadership, as copies of real weapons are often mass-produced in other nations.
- As a minor irony, Masayo Washio uses this weapon (and potentially some Imperial Japanese Military soldiers), even though this weapon is influenced by American assault rifle designs, of which the Japanese did not use.
- Masayo Washio was born after World War II, and the Japanese military had been completely remade since then. Obviously many of their designs were influenced by American weapons, so it could conceivably be something of a Howa type 89-like rifle, similar enough to the Assault Rifle as is; given the game's general restriction, less DLC, of only having one each "pistol", "assault rifle", and so on, it's unlikely that the developers would have added another weapon just for Masayo Washio to use - never minding that he might not have been sent to Panau with the gun in the first place.
- In the real world, $55,000 for an AR-15 styled rifle or an M4A1 styled carbine is entirely unrealistic. In fact, all of the guns in Just Cause 2 are overly inflated to an unimaginable extent.
Gallery[]
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