Hind

"A powerful mid-range rifle used by Grineer shock troops, the Hind fires in five round bursts."

- In-Game Description

The Hind is a Grineer rifle used by Grineer Elite Lancers. It fires five-round bursts. Recoil is low; all rounds fired will land very close to one another.

This weapon can be sold for.

Characteristics
Advantages:
 * High damage compared to other rifles.
 * Large magazine size.
 * Highest number of shots per burst out of all burst-fire type weapons.
 * Very high base damage per burst
 * Burst weapon with highest accuracy.
 * Low recoil.
 * One polarity slot.

Disadvantages:
 * More expensive than most blueprints and huge number of Neurodes and Rubedo are required.
 * Burst-fire can be uncomfortable to use for many players and is less effective against groups or weak enemies.
 * Burst-fire punishes missed shots more than fully or semi-automatic fire. See notes below.
 * Burst delay can often throw a player off meaning more time spent between bursts.
 * Linearly less efficient -- sometimes a target may only die with six bullets, which requires an entire second burst to be fired.

Acquisition
The Hind can be purchased for. The blueprint can be acquired from the market for.



Weapon Loadouts
See the user build section for builds using this weapon.

Tips

 * New players who prefer burst fire but cannot afford this weapon's heavy building cost should stick with the Burston until they have enough resources.

Trivia

 * Hind is one of the Grineer weapons to be showcased in the Chemical Lab.
 * Hind is sometimes jokingly called 'The Baguette' by players due to the distinctive shape and color of the barrel.
 * Hind probably gets its name from the NATO reporting name for the famous Mil Mi-24 helicopter gunship/troop transport.
 * A lesser known aircraft, the Hawker Hind, is a pre-WWII British propeller driven bomber.
 * The Golden Hind is the name of Captain Sir Francis Drake's privateer galleon.
 * There is a lunar crater named Hind.
 * Prior to its introduction Elite Lancers used Burstons as placeholders.