MA5C assault rifle

The MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System, known more formally as the Individual Combat Weapon System, Caliber 7.62 mm, MA5C, or more commonly as the MA5C assault rifle, was a gas-operated bullpup assault rifle which debuted at the end of the. Entering service with the  and  in 2549, the MA5C arrived just in time to see use in the bleak final days of the  sieges and finally the critical last few battles of the war, such as the, the , and the. After the end of the war it was quickly replaced by the MA5D, an older but more robust design that was chosen to become the standard service rifle of all branches of the UNSC in 2554. Despite the MA5C's short service life, however, it is fondly remembered by the men and women who came to rely upon its legendary ruggedness during mankind's bleakest days.