Bungie has released details on the new-and-improved "MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System" which is better known as simply, the Assault Rifle. The AR (version MA5B) was a popular spawn weapon in Halo, but mysteriously disappeared in Halo 2. By popular demand (or b/c the SMG was terrible), it is making a comeback in Halo 3. This is not the same AR that you had to immediately "press Y" to switch from, upon spawning, in Halo. It appears that "AR n00bs", who were the focus of much ridicule and many a 3-shot, back in the Alpha Halo days, may not be nubs at all in Halo 3. Modifications to range, accuracy, magazine capacity, et. al., have all been implemented. Read on for more details courtesy of Bungie.net and Robt McLees.