AR-55

**Appears in** | *Saints Row: The Third*

The **AR-55** is a weapon in *Saints Row: The Third*.

*Higher grade rifle with upgradable scope.*— Weapon description

## Overview

*I think the upgrade path for the AR-55 is one of the more satisfying and rewarding paths of all of the weapons. Starting as a standard 3 round burst assault rifle and ending up with basically a 5-round burst assault rifle with very little recoil and a highly increased zoom.*— Seth Hawk
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.

## Trivia

* The AR-55 resembles a highly customized AR-15, with a duck bill flash suppressor, tan Magpul 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 BR55 Service Rifle in *Halo* 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.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ***Saints Row* website**: Weapon Week - Day 4
2. ↑ **YouTube**: Quick Look: Saints Row: The Third
3. ↑ **YouTube**: Saints Row IV - PAX Demo
4. ↑ **Image**:

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