Talk:Karak/@comment-70.196.81.51-20131221073503/@comment-5857935-20131221204704

The Karak, Boltor, Braton, Dera, and Soma* are video game assault rifles. The Latron, Burston, and Hind are video game battle rifles. The Gorgon and Supra are light machine guns.

In video games:


 * An assault rifle is a weapon that's accurate, fairly powerful, and is usually fully automatic.  Their playstyle allows a hybrid of accurate fire using controlled bursts, or heavy damage using the weapon's full firing rate.


 * A battle rifle is a weapon that's very accurate (although not as much as a sniper weapon), very powerful, and is usually either single-shot or burst-fire.  Their playstyle is characterized by putting multiple accurate shots on target.


 * A light machine gun is a weapon that can be carried and fired by a single soldier, and is most typified by its large (100 or more round) firing capacity between reloads.  Their playstle is characterized by full auto fire, using the weapons

Since Warframe's weapons aren't based on real weapons, they tend to fall into vide game archetypes of various weapons, and have similar firing characteristics (playstyles).


 * Yes, I count the Soma as an assault rifle.  While it has a huge magazine, it's firing rate, precision, and low damage put its playstyle much more in line with an assault rifle style of play then a LMG.

Note: in the real-world an assault rifle is "a selective fire (selective between semi-automatic, automatic and/or burst fire) rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine." A battle rifle is " ...a select fire or semi-automatic military service rifle that fires a full power rifle cartridge." The primary difference here is the cartridge (simplified: bullet) size.