Phoenix Assault rifle

The Phoenix Assault rifle is the primary weapon of the Brotherhood rebels. Despite its M16 heritage, it is rather quickly chambered for the highly powered 12.74mm cartridge, an immediate response to powered armor and advanced protection technologies that rendered the 5.56 and 7.62mm useless. As well, different chemical weaponry was needed to counteract PDI reactive armor technologies. Thus, the 12.74 pioneered thermite based expansion rounds which effectively penetrate PDI reactive armor on direct hits or create significant damage on glancing hits. The Pheonix is an intermediate design that adressed the threat posed by the PDI caseless ammunition and the advances with the GDA crystal hydrogen anti-electron fusion based shots. Nevertheless, the Phoenix does prove to have near perfect weight distribution and is a surprising marksman weapon given the clumsily fast design process of its intermediate cartridge.

The weapon is also one of the most attachment-friendly rifles on the field.