Assault Rifle

The Assault Rifle is a fully-automatic Rifle that holds 32 rounds per-mag. In addition to its primary fire, it also has an attached underbarrel grenade launcher. It can seen as a Jack-of-all-trades weapon, where it doesn't really perfect on anything in particular, but rather does everything decently.

Advantages

 * The Assault Rifle's decent magazine capacity allows it to deal with multiple targets effectively.
 * The Assault Rifle also has a rapid-fire rate, bested only by a few weapons. This allows it to serve as a great support weapon.
 * The AR's Reload speed is also decent, supplementing its support role.
 * It can be found on nearly every map, and its distinctive shape and blue coloring makes it stand out.
 * The underbarrel grenade launcher can be used to weaken multiple zombies, or attack zombies hiding around a corner.

Disadvantages

 * While the Assault Rifle is great as a support weapon, it isn't good for crowd control. Weaken large hordes with the grenade launcher, and finish them with the primary fire.
 * While the Assault Rifle boasts excellent accuracy and firerate, although its damage-per-bullet is somewhat weaker compared to other guns. Aim for the head to slightly remedy this.
 * Since the Assault Rifle is more of a support weapon, though it's somewhat outclassed by better options, like the DMR or Battle Rifle. It's still a formidable force when used in numbers, or combined with other weapons.

Trivia

 * This is the first weapon in the game to feature a secondary fire mode.
 * The Assault Rifle is the second fully-automatic weapon added to the game. (The first being the SMG)
 * The Assault Rifle, (Both in looks and function) was inspired by the Assault Rifle featured in the first Marathon game, made by Bungie.
 * The grenades use the same mesh as the rockets fired by the RPG, but smaller, and missing the fiery exhaust.
 * In early stages of development, the Assault Rifle originally had stats similar to the SMG, and the grenade launcher held 6 grenades, which traveled much slower, but had more range, and did not drop due to gravity. (These stats would have made the Assault Rifle exactly identical to the Assault Rifle from the Marathon series.)
 * The Assault Rifle is the third gun in the game to have a survivor variant, with the first and second being the Survivor Shotgun and the Survivor SMG respectively.