Changes: Rifles (VC4)

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This article is about the Rifles in Valkyria Chronicles 4. For other uses, see Rifles (disambiguation).
Rifles are semi-automatic weapons that are the primary armament for the Scout and Engineer classes.

Federation Rifles

Stock weapons

Lenfield - Balanced

The Lenfield series are general-purpose rifles with moderate stats across the board, and are the default weapon for Squad E's Scouts and Enginners.

Gallian - Accuracy

The Gallian series branch off as soon as the Lenfield M2 is available for development. These rifles focus on accuracy and range at the expense of damage. They are a good choice for larger maps with more accurate Scouts, but in higher-level missions their low damage output can cause them to leave enemies alive who would have been killed by other rifle variants. Their Interception fire is also easily shrugged off by high-level post-game Paragon enemies.

Brown - Firepower

The Brown series branch off after the Lenfield M5 becomes available for development. They are less accurate than either of the other stock rifle series, being instead focused on power. All but the first three also fire two more shots than the Gallian or Lenfield series, meaning their overall damage output is vastly higher.

Limited-Quantity Weapons

Rewards

Most of these weapons are earned by fulfilling certain criteria in Chapter 2 part 1, Chapter 4 parts 1 and 3, Chapter 6 part 1, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15 part 1, Chapter 17 part 1, and the sub-episode Squad E Assembles. Specifically, a random reward weapon (all types) is unlocked for each of the following:

Obtain A rank.
Kill all enemy Leaders.
Destroy all tanks and Fixed Weapons.
No squad member deaths.
No squad members in critical condition or evacuated.

The quality of the unlocks appears to be based on the amount of R&D weapons researched, and is based on a rank system from 1 to 5. Post-game, Renown Points can be traded for a random reward weapon of a specified level at the Infirmary.

Dunkel is a special case: when the DLC The Two Valkyria is completed, Nikola Graf and Chiara Rocino become available as members of Squad E. These two always use Dunkel and cannot select any other Scout weapon. The player will also get two more Dunkels that can be issued to Scouts or Engineers as they wish. While Chiara and Nikola cannot launch grenades from their weapons, any other Elite Scout who uses a Dunkel will have an Albert launcher mounted to its bayonet.

Dunkel functions more like a miniature Sniper Rifle than a regular Scout rifle: it is incredibly accurate, but only fires a single bolt. Its interception fire is extremely powerful but there are very long loading pauses between every shot: however, it also has the Attack Down status effect, meaning even one hit will render any normal target almost entirely ineffectual. Setting up Scouts with multiple Dunkels covering an approach can easily shut down an entire area of the map.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Lenfield R1	B+	350	22	48	5	N/A	Rank 1
Gallian-X1R	C+	320	23	47	5	Def ↓	Rank 2
Gallian-A10R	B	350	30	54	7	N/A
Gallian-X20R	C+	350	26	49	5	Defense Down
Lenfield R11	A	350	30	50	5	N/A
Gallian-X5D	C+	350	29	45	5	Defense Down	A Captainless Squad DLC
Brown M9D	B	400	50	86	7	N/A	Expert Skirmish DLC
Dunkel	A	400	180	450	1	Attack Down	The Two Valkyria DLC
Beam Weapon	A	700	900	9000	1	None	The Two Valkyria DLC, Selvaria only. Limited to 3 ammo. Penetrates multiple targets.
Gatling Beam	A	700	75	90	10	None	The Two Valkyria DLC, Selvaria only. Alternate main weapon and used for interception fire.

Captured

The captured ZM Kar series are for the most part short-ranged, inaccurate but powerful weapons which offer formidable Interception fire. In terms of handling they are functionally more like shotguns than rifles.

The one oddity is the DLC ZM Kar X(e), which bucks the trend by having very low vs Pers power but unusually high vs Armor and seven shots instead of five. It is thus rather like a half-range Brown M1 that has an automatic Demolition Boost Order. This makes it very effective against Lancers, and also allows a Scout using it to easily destroy Fixed Weapons and even deal fairly significant damage to vehicles if they can get behind one.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
ZM Kar 1(e)	E	180	37	45	5	N/A
ZM Kar 2(e)	E+	180	40	52	5	N/A
ZM Kar 3(e)	E+	180	46	55	5	N/A
ZM Kar 4(e)	D	200	52	60	5	N/A
ZM Kar 5(e)	D	220	59	65	5	N/A
ZM Kar 6(e)	D+	220	64	70	5	N/A
ZM Kar 7(e)	C	220	70	75	5	N/A
ZM Kar 8 (e)	C	230	90	70	5	N/A	Expert Skirmish DLC
ZM Kar X(e)	D	180	30	150	7	N/A	Expert Skirmish DLC

Imperial-only rifles

ZM Kar

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
ZM Kar 0	D	300	12	45	5	N/A
ZM Kar 1	D	300	14	51	5	N/A
ZM Kar 2	D	300	20	54	5	N/A
ZM Kar 3	D	330	28	62	5	N/A
ZM Kar 4	C	330	30	68	5	N/A
ZM Kar 5	C	330	34	74	5	N/A
ZM Kar 6	B	330	36	80	5	N/A
ZM Kar 6B	B	330	32	79	5	Defense Down
ZM Kar 7	B	330	38	83	5	N/A
ZM Kar 8	B	330	40	88	5	N/A
ZM Kar 8B	B	330	36	87	5	Defense Down

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-The Gallian series branch off as soon as the Lenfield M2 is available for development. These rifles focus on accuracy and range at the expense of damage. They are a good choice for larger maps with more accurate Scouts, but in higher-level missions their low damage output can cause them to leave enemies alive who would have been killed by other rifle variants.
+The Gallian series branch off as soon as the Lenfield M2 is available for development. These rifles focus on accuracy and range at the expense of damage. They are a good choice for larger maps with more accurate Scouts, but in higher-level missions their low damage output can cause them to leave enemies alive who would have been killed by other rifle variants. Their [[Interception fire]] is also easily shrugged off by high-level post-game Paragon enemies.
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