AR-55

The AR-55 is a weapon in Saints Row: The Third.
==Overview==
The AR-55 is the standard-issue assault rifle of Steelport's National Guard and SWAT teams. Unlike the K-8 Krukov, the AR-55 is a military-assault rifle, boasting a burst function as opposed to firing on full-auto. This saves ammunition and makes the AR-55 much more accurate than its predecessor, the AR-40 Xtnd. It is easily acquired by salvaging one from SWAT or National Guard units, or it can purchased from Friendly Fire for $10,000 after The Belgian Problem. By default, the assault rifle is fitted with two scopes, a vertical foregrip, weaponlight and fixed carbine stock.
The AR-55's burst-fire makes it more suited towards engaging medium and long-distance targets, in contrast to the full-auto K-8 Krukov, which is more suited towards close-quarters combat. It also boasts the highest per-shot damage of the assault rifles (not including the Viper Laser Rifle when upgraded), making it extremely useful as a marksman rifle when upgraded with a zoom scope.
Every time the AR-55 fires, it fires an entire burst, which is inefficient when dealing with multiple targets. It also has a short downtime between bursts, during which the AR-55 cannot fire at all.
==Analysis==
;Pros
* Excellent accuracy and range, even with no upgrades
* Firepower is quite high
* Zoom Scope when upgraded
* Fair-sized magazine
* Conserves Ammo With Burst fire
;Cons
* Fires only in bursts, cannot single-fire or auto-fire
* Lag between bursts
* Multiple bursts required for a single kill
* Poor against multiple targets
* The burst fire mode requires tactical thinking when fighting multiple enemies.
==Weapon Upgrades==
:Main article: Weapon Upgrades.
Image	Level	Price 	Upgrade
 	1 	$10,000	
 	2 	$10,000	
 	3 	$20,000	
 	4 	$40,000	
==Trivia==
* The AR-55 resembles a highly customized , with a duck bill flash suppressor, tan furniture including a CTR stock, PMag, and MIAD pistol grip.
** The AR-55's dust cover opens and closes after each case has been extracted, while firing the AR-15 in real life does open the duct cover when fired, it does not close automatically after each round fired and needs to be closed manually.
* The AR-55 has a similar name to the in 2 and 3, they both fire in short bursts rather than being fully automatic, and have a scope, but are otherwise completely different, aesthetically.
* The level 2 upgrade does not visually alter the rifle.
* Although it has a scope attached by default, it cannot be used until it's upgraded to level 4.
* Angel De LaMuerte uses this weapon during Return to Steelport and when called in as a homie.
* When an NPC picks it up a dropped Level 4 AR-55, it has a laser effect similar to the McManus 2015 .
** When an NPC picks it up a dropped Level 2 AR-55, it fires in bursts of 5 rounds instead of the default 3.
* When stunned or knocked down before a burst is completely fired, the AR-55 fires the remaining shots within the burst automatically.
* The AR-55 is in PAX Demo for Saints Row IV inside Friendly Fire.
* When wielding the fully upgraded version of the weapon, enemies refer to Playa, or any NPC that's also using Level 4 of this weapon, as a sniper when in combat.
==Gallery==
 
Category:Weapons in Saints Row: The Third