BR-620 Battle Rifle

"Many people don't see the value of a six-twenty in combat, claiming the em-two-thirty-one  can do the same thing. Let me tell you, when a S'pher soldier is bearing down on you and you're just rippin' through the armour like nuthin', tell me again that a BR isn't useful."

-Army Sergeant Danny Aiken, Riot Police Officer on Refuge

Overview
While nearly non-existent since the 20th Century, Battle rifles were brought back into use as semi-automatic medium range rifles after the UOS became a much more significant threat, as it became desperately clear that heavier Alien armour could outmatch the projectiles fired by most weapons employed by the UCE. It later proved useful after the outbreak of the Human-S'pher war when the rifles would be put to great use against the enemy. It fires a larger caliber than the M231 Series and has an optimal range longer than that of an assult rifle. Despite this, it is not classed as a DMR due to having not nearly a long enough range or heavy enough caliber. It has a 25 round magazine of 7.25x51mm IMPS Round, with a gap of 0.5 seconds between firing. It is mainly employed by security and police sniper teams, with military marksmen preferring the R5 DMR series.