Rifles (VC4)

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.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Lenfield M1	D	350	18	42	5	N/A
Lenfield M2	D+	350	21	42	5	N/A
Lenfield M3	C	350	23	43	5	N/A
Lenfield M4	C	350	25	44	5	N/A
Lenfield M5	C	360	26	45	5	N/A
Lenfield M6	C	360	28	47	5	N/A
Lenfield M7	C	360	29	47	5	N/A
Lenfield M8	C+	380	31	48	5	N/A
Lenfield M9	C+	380	33	48	5	N/A
Lenfield M10	C+	380	35	50	5	N/A
Lenfield M11	B	400	38	54	5	N/A
Lenfield M12	B	400	40	55	5	N/A
Lenfield M13	B	400	42	57	5	N/A
Lenfield M14	B	400	44	59	5	N/A

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.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Gallian -1	C+	350	17	40	5	N/A
Gallian -2	C+	370	22	40	5	N/A
Gallian -3	B	370	23	41	5	N/A
Gallian -S1	B	390	24	42	5	N/A
Gallian-S2	B	390	25	43	5	N/A
Gallian-S3	B	390	26	43	5	N/A
Gallian-S10	B+	400	27	46	5	N/A
Gallian-S11	B+	400	27	46	5	N/A
Gallian-S12	B+	400	29	47	5	N/A
Gallian-S20	A	420	31	47	5	N/A
Gallian-S21	A	420	35	50	5	N/A
Gallian-S22	A	420	37	52	5	N/A
Gallian-S23	A	420	40	54	5	N/A

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.

	Aim	Range	VsPsnl	VsArmor	Shots	Effect	Notes
Brown M1	D+	360	29	50	5	N/A
Brown M2	D+	360	31	51	5	N/A
Brown M3	D+	360	33	51	5	N/A
Brown M4	C	370	35	53	7	N/A
Brown M5	C	370	38	54	7	N/A
Brown M6	C	370	40	54	7	N/A
Brown M7	C+	380	45	57	7	N/A
Brown M8	C+	380	47	59	7	N/A
Brown M9	C+	380	50	61	7	N/A
Brown M10	C+	380	52	65	7	N/A

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 (doesn't include bosses or 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 Dunkels and cannot select any other Scout weapon. The player will also get two more Dunkels, slightly weaker than the versions used by Nikola and Chiara, 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
Lenfield D9	B+	420	43	55	5	N/A	Expert Skirmish DLC
Dunkel	A	400	180	450	1	Attack Down	The Two Valkyria DLC, Nikola and Chiara's version
Dunkel	A	400	150	400	1	Attack Down	The Two Valkyria DLC, Scout and Engineer version
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 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 7B	B	330	34	83	5	Defense Down
ZM Kar 8	B	330	40	88	5	N/A
ZM Kar 8B	B	330	36	87	5	Defense Down

Trivia

• The Brown series rifle appears to be based on the American Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) a light machine gun used by the Americans in World War II and the Korean War.
• The Lenfield seems to be based on two different weapons. The name seems to be a play on Lee-Enfield, which was the rifle series that was the standard rifle of the British Empire for over sixty years (plus given how the Edinburgh is the VC-equivalent to Great Britain, the name is likely a homage to the rifle series). However, the Lee-Enfield rifles were bolt-action instead of semi-auto. The design of the rifle is based on the American M1 Garand which was the standard issue rifle of American forces in WWII and Korea.
• The Gallian rifle's design seems to be inspired by the real-life Walther Arms Gewehr 43, a german semi-automatic rifle developed in 1943, as well as the French MAS 44 / MAS 49 semi-automatic rifles (the shape of the barrel is typical of the MAS, most notably the muzzle and the median steel hooping that are absent from the Gewehr 43).
• The ZM Kar's designation probably comes from the German "Karabiner", meaning carbine.
• Although the ZM Kar series is praised in its in-game description for its light weight, it is a full 640 grams heavier than the Gallian series and 400g heavier than the Lenfield.