Assault rifle

The assault rifle is a long gun in The Last of Us and a purchasable in Factions MP. It also appears in The Last of Us: American Dreams. It is primarily carried by FEDRA soldiers as well as some Fireflies in Boston and Salt Lake City."The Quarantine Zone""The Firefly Lab"
== Overview ==
The assault rifle has fully automatic fire. However, its spread increases drastically when doing so. As such, semi-automatic or burst firing is favorable, as it is more accurate and conserves ammunition.
=== Singleplayer ===
The assault rifle is used throughout the game by FEDRA soldiers and the Salt Lake City Fireflies. The Fireflies and the military always fire either in bursts or on full auto, making them very dangerous foes.
Joel cannot obtain one when facing the military when escaping Boston but can pick one up at the end of the game when storming Saint Mary's Hospital to rescue Ellie from Jerry Anderson and Marlene. Most Fireflies drop it, the only fully automatic gun obtainable in single player.
Capable of holding 30 rounds, the player can carry up to 90 bullets total. If playing on a difficulty above hard, ammo becomes scarce; the player can only obtain 9-15 rounds per pickup compared to 30 on lower difficulties.
=== Multiplayer ===
The assault rifle is available for purchase in Factions. To unlock, the player needs to collect 900 supplies. It costs three loadout points and requires 350 parts to purchase, or 270 parts with the cheaper purchased weapons booster. It has a 20 round magazine rather than a 30 round magazine, and ammunition must be purchased in sets of ten. Only fifty rounds may be carried by the player at any time. The ammo costs 420 Parts for every ten rounds and increases by 70 parts for every purchase.
The assault rifle does the same damage per shot as the 9mm pistol, taking five body shots, two headshots, or one headshot and two body shots to kill, but with a very high rate of fire. Because of this, it's very easy to use up all of the ammunition quickly, so it is recommended to fire in bursts unless in close proximity. It does fire slower than the specter but is not silenced, so one has to choose what they want; accuracy or stealth. Despite its high rate of fire and expensive ammunition, recoil is very low, and it can reliably hit targets at most ranges, making it well rounded in almost any scenario.
Like the specter and shotgun, ammo is both expensive and expended quickly which means using the "cheaper ammo" one-use booster is very helpful when using this weapon. Alternatively, one could equip the full-auto rifle instead, as this does essentially the same thing as the Assault Rifle but is much cheaper and is specialized for close-range combat.
== Used by ==
*Joel
*Ish 
*Danny 
*Fireflies
*FEDRA
**Ramirez
*Hunters (Factions MP)
*Cannibals (cutscene, unseen)
*Washington Liberation Front 
== Behind the scenes ==
*The game developers modeled the assault rifle after a M4A1 with an M16A4 upper receiver. It is equipped with an LMT fixed rear sight, an unusable flashlight taped under the barrel, and a folding foregrip.IMDB - TLOU (Accessed 2014) They initially intended for the player to collect and use the assault rifle against the military at the Capitol Building. Despite removing it from the game, it is still accessible via hacking.Freako. 10 Facts You Absolutely Didn't Know About The Last of Us (Video), YouTube. Event occurs at 1:12. As such, the assault rifle (like Ellie's pistol) cannot be upgraded, as they can each only be used in one chapter. The developers also changed the magazine capacity for the rifle in Factions MP from a 30 round magazine to a 20 round magazine.
*When using the assault rifle in the single player mode, Joel misuses the weapon. Joel pulls the charging handle to chamber a round when reloading a half-empty magazine; this is not necessary, as a round is already chambered. He also doesn't use the bolt catch when reloading the assault rifle on empty, instead opting to pull the charging handle back.
*While the cannibal who shoots at Joel and Ellie at the university could not be seen at all in the original game, in the Part I remake, it is now possible to see they were using the assault rifle.
== Gallery ==
=== The Last of Us ===
AssaultRifle.jpg|An assault rifle on the ground, dropped by a dead Firefly.
AssaultRifleLeft.jpg|Left side of the assault rifle.
HospitalM16side.jpg|Joel wielding an assault rifle during "The Firefly Lab".
HospitalM16fireflies.jpg|Fireflies wielding assault rifles.
HospitalM16execution.jpg|Joel prepares to execute a downed Firefly soldier with an assault rifle.
M16ready.jpg|Joel wielding an assault rifle.
=== Part I ===
Icon-assult.png
Assault rifle ready.png
Assault Rifle Remake Cocking.png
Assault rifle detail.jpg
The Last of us assault rifle left side.png
Assault Rifle.png
StragglerRemover.png|A FEDRA soldier with an assault rifle.
Tlou cannibal assault.png|The unseen cannibal that shot at Joel and Ellie with an assault rifle.
Cleanhandssavelives.png|A Firefly with an assault rifle.
FirefliesARs.png|Fireflies with assault rifles.
556rounds.png|Assault rifle ammo, 5.56x45mm.
== References ==
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Category:The Last of Us Part I long guns
Category:Factions MP purchasables
Category:The Last of Us: American Dreams long guns