Infantry Rifle

Infantry Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale, that was added in Season 7.
== Functionality ==
Infantry Rifle is a mid to long ranged, semi automatic assault weapon, with a slow fire-rate and average sized magazine, designed for longer range engagements, at ranges where regular assault weapons would be weaker, but not quite the range of a sniper rifle. Infantry Rifle has slight damage fall-off, uses first shot accuracy, and fires slowly.
Infantry Rifle is a Hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled, that uses and headshot multiplier of 2x.
Damage falloff:
* Damage falloff begins at 50 meters (10 tiles).
* Damage decreases down to 93% of its maximum at 75 meters (15 tiles).
* Damage reaches its minimum value of 84% of its maximum at 95 meters (19 tiles).
Infantry Rifle Gameplay - Weapon - Fortnite.gif|Infantry Rifle in action
== Stats ==
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== Sounds ==
Infantry Rifle Sounds	Infantry Rifle Sounds	Infantry Rifle Sounds	Infantry Rifle Sounds	Infantry Rifle Sounds
- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle
Sounds 	Sounds 	Sounds 	ID 	
Pickup 	Pickup 	 	 	
Equip 	Equip 	 	 	
Aiming 	In 	 	 	
Aiming 	Out 	 	 	
Shooting 	Close 	 	 	
Shooting 	Medium 	 	 	
Shooting 	Distant 	 	 	
Reload 	Start 	 	 	
Reload 	Insert 	 	 	
Reload 	End 	 	 	
Clip 	Eject 	 	 	
Clip 	Hit Ground 	 	 	
Out of Ammo 	Out of Ammo 	 	 	
Drop 	Drop 	 	 	
- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle 	- Infantry Rifle
Sounds 	Sounds 	Sounds 	ID 	
Pickup 	Pickup 	 	 	
Equip 	Equip 	 	 	
Aiming 	In 	 	 	
Aiming 	Out 	 	 	
Shooting 	Close 	 	 	
Shooting 	Medium 	 	 	
Shooting 	Distant 	 	 	
Reload 	Start 	 	 	
Reload 	Insert 	 	 	
Reload 	End 	 	 	
Out of Ammo 	Out of Ammo 	 	 	
Drop 	Drop 	 	 	
== Weapon ID ==
Infantry Rifle is referred to as Assault Infantry in the files.
*: WID_Assault_Infantry_Athena_C
*: WID_Assault_Infantry_Athena_UC
*: WID_Assault_Infantry_Athena_R
*: WID_Assault_Infantry_Athena_VR
*: WID_Assault_Infantry_Athena_SR
== History ==
== News Tab ==
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Image	Description 	Date
 	Change up your playstyle and alter the mid-range fight with the new Epic and Legendary versions of the Infantry Rifle!	April 19th 2019
 	The Infantry Rifle makes its return today! #FortniteWinterfest 	December 22nd 2019
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Image	Description 	Date
 	Infantry RifleClassic design meets new combat style. 	February 11th 2019
 	Infantry RiflePrecision is rewarded with the new Epic and Legendary varients of the Infantry Rifle! 	April 17th 2019
 	New WeaponTry out the Epic and Legendary versions of the Infantry Rifle! 	April 17th 2019
 	Two Unvaulted ItemsGet up close with the Tactical Shotgun and tag 'em down range with the Infantry Rifle - both unvaulted now! 	May 3rd 2021
 	Fortnite OG Week 4 Weapons And Items Watch your step because the Proximity Grenade Launcher, Infantry Rifle, Junk Rift, Air Strike, Storm Flip and more have returned. cause some destruction before they rotate out on December 2!	November 23rd 2023
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== Strategy Guide ==
*When using an Infantry Rifle, it is best to get accurate shots on the enemy by standing still for a second before firing each shot. This makes the best use of the Infantry Rifle because it can deal heavy damage to players this way. 
*When in close proximity, this isn't the best weapon to use. The hip-fire accuracy is poor, its fire rate is sluggish, and it's semi-auto. Consider using an SMG or shotgun at close range instead.
*When picking between an Infantry Rifle and other assault rifles, note the Infantry Rifle's strength of high medium-to-long-range accuracy and moderate damage, and its weaknesses of low capacity, poor structure DPS, and poor hip-fire accuracy.
=== Counters ===
* A good method of countering an Infantry Rifle is to continuously build a wall or floor in the direction of the shots until the enemy has to stop to reload their rifle. This is the best time to start to return fire at the enemy since if they're boxed up, they would have to cancel reloading to avoid damage.
* Another would be to use a scoped weapon, as despite the Infantry Rifle's high accuracy, it still has spread. By default, a red dot weapon can outperform it at range. 
* When dealing with an opponent that has an Infantry Rifle, try to move between as much cover as possible and close the gap, as its poor close range performance can hinder it.
== Trivia ==
* to Infantry Rifles resemble the M1 Garand M1 Garand on Wikipedia..
* and Infantry Rifles resemble the SI M39 EMR SI M39 EMR on Wikipedia..
*On introduction, the Infantry Rifle was a projectile based weapon, meaning it fired a fast moving bullet affected by gravity, rather than the hit-scan weapon it is now. This was changed due to the weapon being notoriously weak.
== Gallery ==
== References ==
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