- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
MasterChief420 about summed up what I was going to say. If you want to see the inspiration for the Halo sniper rifle, take a gander at the Mechem NTW-20 over at world.guns.ru. That site is priceless when it comes to knowing your guns, but be warned that it doesn't cover everything, and it doesn't even touch heavy weapons like flamethrowers or my personal favorite the PzF 3-T.
In any case, whoever thinks 7.62x51mm is big for an assault rifle is mistaken. Older rifles like the G3 and FAL use it exclusively, it was only later replaced by the 5.56x45mm round. Also, just in case you're casual about it, the AK series does NOT fire the 7.62mm NATO round, it's a shorter 7.62x39mm. And, the Dragunov doesn't either - it's a slightly longer 7.62x54mm round. You've got to watch out for those Russian guns if you're going to memorize these kinds of things...