GR-115 Electro-Accelerated SASR

"You ever seen the knockout power on these babies? Its weapons like the Paladin, that make me want to take sniper training."

- Anonymous

The Gauss Rifle Model No. 115 Electro-Accelerated Special Applications Scoped Rifle (known colloquially as the Paladin) was a type of Gauss cannon designed to be operated by one or two man teams in the field.

The Paladin along with its manufacturer, Xi Bravo Incorporated, was often well-acclaimed for the fact that it was the first UNSC-approved infantry operated railgun with a fully portable and/or integrated power output mechanism, located in the rear stock. This was a jump over the cumbersome power unit of the M99 Stanchion, which was completely separate and was connected to the rifle by wire. The primary drawback to the new battery cell, however, was that it only held enough power for four shots, or the equivalent to one magazine.

Outside of this primary difference, the Stanchion and Paladin were actually fairly similar. Both fired a small, ferric tungsten/depleted uranium projectile with a velocity in excess of 10,000 kilometers per second, achieved superior accuracy through the utilization of satellite and surveillance arrays, and proved extremely effective in assassination missions. To the contrary, the Paladin was often approved at a higher rate because of its superior mobility. Its velocity of 11,500 feet per second did fall short of the Stanchion's 15,000, however.