- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Yush, and remember that the BR is just a modded AR. Weapons can easily be reconfigured by replacing peices off the frame. Just like a silencer on a pistol, peices can be added to alter effectiveness for certain terrain and fighting quarters.
The Battle Rifle is not a modified MA5B. Its a completely new weapon. It stands to reason that not every single Marine out there is instantly going to have this new weapon, and with Earth ravaged by the Covenant, it's pretty doubtful the Chief would be able to get his hands on the latest equipment, so he's making do with old stuff. And the Covenant wouldn't store the technology on their ships, the Engineers would take it apart, record it, and report back to whomever they do.
Perfectly plausible. If you remember the great journey level (I think that was the level) inside the building there were alot of human weapons like BRs and Shotguns.
There were human weapons there because the Marines had been there before the Arbiter, remember the Marine corpses, and human Flood? Not to mention the human supply crates.
[Edited on 5/11/2006]