Viper

"A full-auto pistol known as the most compact and lightweight weapon of the Grineer arsenal. Though it has a small clip size, the VIPER has a very high rate and ultra-fast reload times thanks to a simplified magazine design."

- In-Game Description

The Viper was released on the 18th of March, 2013. Viper is an Automatic Pistol.

Advantages:

 * One "Bar" polarity mod slot
 * Good Damage
 * VERY HIGH Rate of Fire (for a single pistol)
 * Reload Time is superior ( under a sec)
 * Colour customizable ^.^

Disadvantages:

 * Clip Size is very small (not good against infested)
 * Without great mods you can only kill one enemy per magazine
 * ammo starving
 * no armor piercing to make this weapon effective against grineer

Acquisition
The Viper can be purchased for 75 (platinum). The Viper blueprint can be purchased for 20,000 ( credits ).

Manufacturing Requirements

Tips

 * Use Armor Pen, Damage, Crit Damage, Seeker, Multishot and anything else you can get your hands on to improve bullet efficiency, so you spend less on each enemy, counter-acting the natural bullet hungryness of this weapon.