FR-27

The FR-27 is a series of flechette-firing assault rifles. Various FR-27 variants appear in games and other media of the Deus Ex series. Standard FR-27 variants are often referred to as combat rifles. 
== Background ==
Manufactured by Steiner-Bisley, FR-27 series rifles are widely used by military forces, corporate security, and police special weapons and tactics units in the late 2020s. All weapons in this series fires fin-stabilized discarding-sabot flechette ammunition. Common variants are nicknamed "sanction" and include the FR-27 S.F.R. (Sanction Flechette Rifle), which fires .303 caliber flechettes and the FR-27 S.F.W. (Sanction Flechette Weapon), which fires 5.56mm caliber flechettes. More specialized variants also exist, such as the Côte d'Azur, which fires EMP flechettes.
== FR-27 rifles by games ==
=== Deus Ex: Human Revolution ===
* FR-27 S.F.R. (Sanction Flechette Rifle)
=== Deus Ex: The Fall ===
* FR-27 S.F.R. (Sanction Flechette Rifle)
* BT F-28 Sanction Combat Rifle
* F-29 S.C.R. Spetsnaz
=== Deus Ex: Mankind Divided ===
* FR-27 S.F.W. (Sanction Flechette Weapon)
* Elite Edition Combat Rifle
* Côte d'Azur Combat Rifle‎
== Trivia ==
* In the novel Deus Ex: Icarus Effect, the protagonist Ben Saxon uses an FR-27 rifle with a fire selector for semi-automatic fire. In another instance, Saxon is described as intending to fire "a single three-round burst." Semi-automatic and three-round-burst firing mode were added to gameplay in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. 
* The use of flechettes suggests that FR-27 weapons are smoothbore rather than rifled-bore. Nonetheless, the FR-27 is commonly referred to as a "rifle" throughout the Deus Ex series. 
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