Infantry Rifle

The Infantry Rifle is an Assault Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Season 7.

Functionality
The Infantry Rifle is a mid to long ranged, semi automatic Assault Rifle, with a slow fire-rate and average sized magazine. It is designed for longer range engagements, at ranges where regular Assault Rifles would be weaker, but not quite the range of a Sniper Rifle. The Infantry Rifle has no damage drop-off, uses first shot accuracy, and fires slowly.

Stats
Infantry Rifles range from dealing 36-44 damage per shot (144 - 176 Damage per second). All Infantry Rifles use. The Infantry Rifle had a Headshot Multiplier of 2.0x. The Infantry Rifle is a hitscan weapon, with First Shot Accuracy enabled.

Obtained
From when the weapon was last available in Chapter 2: Season 6:

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. But it can be used to quickly take down structures, and when doing so, in close proximity, it's best not to aim.
 * 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.

Season 7

 * Update v7.40: Added Infantry Rifles in, and  variants.

Season 8

 * Update v8.10: Vaulted Rarity
 * Increased the size of the Infantry Rifle’s projectile slightly
 * Update v8.20: Base damage reduced from 43/45 to 40/42.
 * Weapon converted to hitscan.
 * Update v8.30: Adjustments to the Infantry Rifle
 * Damage decreased from 40/42 to 38/40.
 * Fall-off damage at maximum range increased from 26/28 to 32/34.
 * Update v8.40: Introduced and  rarities

Season X

 * Content Update v10.00: rarity made only available in Tilted Town.
 * Update v10.31: Vaulted the rarity Infantry Rifle with the removal of Tilted Town.

Chapter 2: Season 1

 * Update v11.00: Vaulted the Infantry rifle in all remaining rarities.
 * Update v11.31 (22nd December): Unvaulted the Infantry Rifle in all rarities.
 * 23rd December: Vaulted the Infantry Rifle in all rarities.
 * 2nd January: Unvaulted the Infantry Rifle in all rarities.
 * 3rd January: Vaulted the Infantry Rifle in all rarities.

Chapter 2: Season 6

 * Update v16.30 Hotfix #1 (May 3rd, 2021): Unvaulted all rarities of the Infantry Rifle except.

Chapter 2: Season 7

 * Update v17.00: Vaulted all rarities of the Infantry Rifle.

Trivia

 * 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.
 * The low tier weapon model is based off of the real world American M1 Garand Rifle. Incorrectly, the Infantry Rifle makes the 'ping' sound of the M1 Garand even when reloading mid magazine. The weapon only makes that noise in real life when empty.
 * The high tier weapon model is based off on the American MK14 EBR that has been given a beige paint job.

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