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Posted by: BlackKnightKanos
They ARE using modern weapons of the year 2552. All of the weapons in Halo beat the crap out of today's modern weapons.
In most case's its the Designs of the weapons that makes people doubt them, Lacking things like Iron Sights and more. What happens when something goes wrong with your fancy HUD cross hairs? Why the does this thing have a range in the double digit meter range? Why does the Pistol have better Ammunition then the Rifle?
For the Most part, its silly -blam!- like that; Put in like that for Balance, and are things that are easily fixed.
There are of course a few things completely inexcusable in weapon designs; The Shotgun and the Grenade Launcher.
We have Automatic shotguns, ones with a range greater than a Club that has a trigger and makes a sound effect. I expect my shotguns that are 500+ years into my future to be at the very least automatic, peferably able to use different kinds of ammunition(such as Dragonbreath, or even mini-grenades)
This Brings us to the M319 Individual Grenade Launcher; The Only single shot Grenade Launchers in real use are Underslung launchers and the RPG-7(And that last ones more of a rocket) While the EMP is a nifty option, it shouldn't have a breach loading system when we have six shot launchers and even fully automatic launchers. I honestly can't figure out why the UNSC used that piece of Shiza for almost Three Hundred Years. Sweet Jesus thats like us using Muskets.
Honestly The UNSC took several steps back in several areas in concerns to weapons.(And several steps in the wrong direction with vehicles: Rule of Cool doesn't win wars)