MK408 Interceptor

> "Hard-hitting precise Anti Material rifle that can deliver deadly precision at insane distances."
>
> - In Game description

## Technical Information

### Weapon Class

Anti Material Rifle
Sniper rifle

### Users

Panamoan Army
 Amphibious Panamoan Marine Corps
 Rubicon Corporation

## Statistics

### Firing Mode

Bolt Action

The **MK408 Interceptor** is an Anti Material Rifle notably popular in the events of *Black Pegasus*. A Panamoan bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Rubicon Corporation, which can also be classified as an anti-materiel rifle. It is fed by a 7-round detachable single-stack magazine (an optional 5-round magazine is also available); Specifically chambered in either .408 Interceptor or .375 Diablo ammunition. Rubicon weapon testers prove that the system is capable of delivering sub-MOA accuracy at ranges of up to 2500 to even 3200 meters, one of the longest ranges of all modern-day sniper rifles.

## History

The AI L338 was a heavily successful weapon, which earned popularity through gun owners, enthusiasts and military officials. It was high regarded as the best modern sniper rifle, as of 2005. However, Rubicon planned more weapons to manufacture, to further increase their sales of their weapons, as the public perceived the private corporation to completely prefer quality over quantity.

Encouraged by the success of the AI L338, Rubicon Industries proceed to create a Bolt Action Anti Material Rifle that delivers intense precision and stopping power at extreme ranges, as the MK82A1 is known to have a mediocre precision of 4 MoA precision at 2,500 Meters, even if it's a Nevian weapon.

Due to the aforementioned flaw above, Rubicon Industries decided to use a smaller caliber than a .50 Cal, as the fifty caliber isn't that precise enough for extreme distances, let along stopping power is the only thing that makes it feared. Also, a .50 Cal is too excessive for human-sized targets, which is also demonstrated by human soldiers of Earth also stated.

Rubicon Industries initiated the prototype of the **MK408 Interceptor**, and it was previously known as the *XM408 Interceptor*. They started working on the prototype in the Christmas of 2010. With the task in their grasp, they let it know to the military and the public.

Rubicon chose the .408 Interceptor round, as it does not only had a large size, that delivered insane precision and stopping power (albeit less powerful than a .50 Caliber), it had better ballistic performance and a flatter trajectory than a fifty caliber; to achieve balanced flight the rifling twist rate for the .408 Interceptor chambering was chosen at 330.2 mm (1:13 in), with eight 0.4080 in diameter grooves, 0.4010 in diameter bore and a 0.050" land width, square cut, with no taper.

The 9090 Titanium Alloy frame, with the upper and lower receivers are actually aluminized to further decrease excess weight, while maintaining extreme durability and service life for lesser replacements when needed. It weighs about 22 Pounds Fully Loaded, making it fairly lightweight for an Anti Material Rifle, as typical Anti Material Rifles weigh more than thirty pounds, or less than thirty pounds.

The MK408 Interceptor was actually finished at 2011, and was finally accepted by the Panamoan Army and the Navy. During extensive testing of the Interceptor, they always pointed out the exceptional precision, stopping power and flat trajectory of the .408 cartridge. It largely replaced the MK82A1 as the main Anti Material Rifle of the Panamoan Army and Navy, but despite being an Anti-material rifle, it was also used as a Sniper Rifle, by most users.

Panamoan Army soldiers expressed positive feedback from Rubicon Industries, as it was deadly precise and hard hitting, and it is strong enough to penetrate the standard light armor of an APC, with a few accurate shot placements, let alone soft skinned vehicles. It is also planned to replace the MK40A3 as the standard isse for the majority of the APMC's sniper teams.

### Black Pegasus

The MK408 Interceptor appeared in "Hunting Party", wherein Sean Wilcox and fellow Marines and Soldiers were tasked to intercept Black Pegasus' arms dealing with Hamad Barkov, The distance which was approximately 2,700 Meters away. It is notably equipped with an Epzayne MKIII telescopic sight, and Digital Woodland camouflage pattern. It is used alongside the MK40A3, MK-308 SPR and the AI L338.

The MK408 Interceptor is heavily affected by the conditions in the said mission, as the PRU Insurgents have applied bullet deflectors in their area, so if someone attempted to kill Black Pegasus in the center of their sights or optics, the projectiles will curve away and miss, although it's rounds curve away the least compared to the AI L338 and the MK-308 SPR, making it the easiest long range rifle to use in the mission.

## Design

> "The MK408 Interceptor is a bolt action anti material rifle designed in two simple priorities: **HIT** the target where it was **AIMED**, and destroy the target down with *one*, magnificent shot; Without compromising portability and transportation."
>
> - Rubicon

The Rubicon **MK408 Interceptor** is a manually operated, rotating bolt sniper rifle/anti material rifle. It features a Picatinny rail on the top of its receiver for mounting various optical sights. The MK408 Interceptor's 9090 Titanium Alloy frame, upper and lower receivers are aluminized to decrease weight, while maintaining extreme durability and service life for lesser replacements when needed. It weighs about 22 Pounds Fully Loaded, making it fairly lightweight for an Anti Material Rifle, as typical Anti Material Rifles weigh more than thirty pounds, or less.

The MK408 Interceptor features a collapsible and retractable buttstock that is adjustable for length of pull for ease storage and transportation. The buttstock also contains an integral rear monopod, which is hinged, and can be folded up when not in use.

The MK408 Interceptor uses a free floating heavy-fluted barrel, which can be quickly removed for replacement or storage and transportation, and the shroud at the rear serves as a mount for an integral folding bipod and a carrying handle.

To achieve balanced flight the rifling twist rate for the .408 Interceptor chambering was chosen at 330.2 mm (1:13 in), with eight 0.4080 in diameter grooves, 0.4010 in diameter bore and a 0.050" land width, square cut, with no taper.

The MK408 Interceptor uses a Nevium free floating heavy-fluted barrel, which can be quickly removed for replacement or storage and transportation, and the shroud at the rear serves as a mount for an integral folding bipod and a carrying handle, with the .408 Interceptor cartridge is optimised for accuracy by a balance of the rotational and linear drag, which reduces yaw and precession, and keeps the tip of the projectile pointed along the trajectory.

### Accuracy

The chart above is made by Soldiers who are the exceptionally qualified for rifle marksmanship. According to them, It creates a 4-Inch group of shots at 2,500 Meters, suggesting intense precision at extreme ranges. This is because the .408 Interceptor had better ballistic performance and flatter trajectory than a typical .50 Cal, despite having less stopping power than the latter.

Panamoan Army sniper David Jones, known as the 'the best sniper', performed accurate shots at a human sized target at 3,200 Meters, he said that it had a 7-Inch grouping, with 3 out of 7 rounds successfully hitting the target, suggesting approximately 45% accuracy.

### Specifications

* Length: 1,300 mm (stock extended), 1,187 mm (stock collapsed)
* Caliber: **.408 Interceptor**
* Effective Range: 3,200 Meters
* Weight: **20.11** Pounds (Fully Loaded)

## MK408 Interceptor

### Mobility

The MK408 Interceptor is unlocked at Level 14. It is an Anti Material Rifle that is not only capable of penetrating lightly armored vehicles and reinforced surfaces, it is capable of doing a Sniper rifle's dedicated role in high long range combat and support their allies.

The MK408 Interceptor deals a whopping 141 Damage for up to 1600 meters; making it an instantaneously one shot kill to the stomach and up and it drops to 98 when it reaches 2200 meters. Damage linearly decreases until 3200 meters, wherein the Interceptor will deal 70 Damage, a mediocre one shot kill potential. Because of that, damage is one of the MK408 Interceptor's strongest suits.

Despite dealing an acceptable damage to kill streaks/score streaks, the MK408 Interceptor and the MK82A1 does **NOT** deal any damage to the M7A3 Rhino directly, although users can deal some damage to it when shooting the rear sections of the tank. It deals some noticeable damage on the T-72 Bulwark and moderate damage to APCs.

Although it had good precision, it's Idle Sway is higher than the AI L338, making an aggressive sniper miss a shot if they're not patient, combined with the slow rate of fire, making any Bolt Action Rifles a hit or miss scenario.

The MK408 Interceptor had a moderately slow reload Time as well, so it makes the user off guard in close range skirmishes by enemies who use close range weapons such as Sub Machine Guns, Reload cancelling is swift and the Sleight of Hand solves the problem technically.

The MK408 Interceptor's highly elevated penetration makes it easy for Long range kills through cover, with minimal damage reduction, but equipping FMJ will make the .408 rounds penetrate stronger at the most reinforced surfaces in the game with almost unnoticeable damage reduction.

The MK408 Interceptor's advantages are counterbalanced by having the slowest rate of fire and horrible handling traits; consisting of slow weapon switch time, slow ADS time, and sprinting with the weapon had a lethargic 0.450 milliseconds delay before the player could start sprinting. They are considered mediocre, despite the slow ADS time, it had good mobility, and unfortunately having the worst hipfire accuracy compared to the MK82A1 and the Evron Dragonitch.

In conclusion, the MK408 Interceptor is an Anti Material Rifle/Sniper Rifle hybrid that is better for the conservative and stealthy sniper. It's very slow rate of fire and mediocre handling traits combined with it's sluggishness; forces the user to be conservative and play more stealthy, mainly providing overwatch to allies at extreme ranges, rather than utilizing an aggressive playstyle; but the exchange for it's very high damage, extremely long effective range, and a good accuracy to offer, making it a high risk and high reward weapon. In the hands of an accurate sniper or marksman, they can dominate the battlefield with ease, and it does not need to be mobile, making it an "Overwatch" or a "Sentry" rifle.

## Advantages and Disadvantages

* High Accuracy, easy to land accurate shots at extreme ranges
* Fast Center speed, due to it's bolt action mechanism
* Early Unlock Level, at Level 14
 − | * Moderately Slow Aiming Down Sight time
* Large Size
* Slowest Slow Rate of Fire due to it's bolt action mechanism, so it's a hit or miss scenario when using it just like other Bolt Action Rifles
* Moderately Slow reload time

## Gallery

### Call of Duty: Black Pegasus

The MK408 Interceptor in the Multiplayer menuFirst Person ViewIron SightsReloading
## Trivia

### General

* The MK408 Interceptor completely dethroned the AI L338 as the "Best Sniper Rifle" competition in 2011, with the latter being the second best, but it still had competition with the MK338 ESR sniper rifle.
* The Anti material rifle had a very easy method of removing it's barrel, by having the user 'tilt' the barrel forty five degrees clockwise and 135 degrees counter clockwise to pull out the barrel without needing to use any sorts of external tools.
* The forward section of the fluted barrel weighs approximately 28% lighter than the middle and rear sections of it's barrel.
* The MK408 Interceptor can be customized to have custom Carbon fiber frame, albeit making it more susceptible to heat, breakage and intense maintenance.
* The rifle's large size makes it possible to use it as a baseball bat whenever melee combat is demanded.
* The MK408 Interceptor's Intense precision and stopping power makes it highly prized in the Galactic Market.
* The MK408 Interceptor is subject to being captured by Humans, due to it's aforementioned characteristics above, With CheyTac attempted to file a lawsuit against Rubicon Industries to no avail, with CheyTac gaining a copyright violation.
* It is prohibited by the government to use it with a Telescopic sight that had a magnification of sixty times, due to it's unrivaled precision and intense stopping power, close to making it as an "Aimbot" rifle.

### Black Pegasus

* "USA MILITARY" is engraved on the receiver, hinting that the Earth's US Military captured their MK408 Interceptors for extensive research and development, as the U.S is planning to use it.
* "SERIAL 100125-5" is engraved beside the aforementioned marking above.
* Instead of using the Combat Knife, pressing the melee button will make the player swing the MK408 Interceptor as if it was a baseball bat.
* The MK408 Interceptor is the only Anti Material Rifle that can be used to "quick scope", as the MK82A1 had worse handling traits compared to the MK408 Interceptor.
* The MK408 Interceptor suffered a glitch on a modified version; wherein it will behave like a Semi Automatic Rifle, shoot as fast as 555 RPM, and possessing the mobility of an Assault Rifle.