Sahara-AR5

"This extraordinary multirole rifle boasts a smartmatter frame, the key to remarkable capabilities."

- Weapon description

The Sahara-AR5 is a Rare Year One Auto Rifle.

Gameplay
It is a Year One primary that does Kinetic damage. Its extremely high rate of fire allows it to shred through cannon fodder, and possesses a very generous magazine size to further aid this process, but its low impact, poor range, and high recoil reduce its overall effectiveness. Nonetheless, it still remains a good choice for delivering suppressive fire, and it also works well when mag-dumping in a panic, since the high rate of fire allows the player to react to and quickly retaliate against enemies that catch them off guard.

Column 1
Weapon damage—Kinetic

Column 2
(has a random chance of having either group in the tree)
 * SteadyHand IS—optimized and excellent for recoil control
 * QuickDraw IS—agile sight, lightning-fast handling
 * SureShot IS—snapchat sight. Excellent handling. Superb target acquisition
 * Red Dot OES—agile sight. For smooth engagement in close quarters
 * Red Dot ORS—accurized sight. For precise fire
 * Red Dot OAS—snapchat sight. Enhanced target acquisition

Column 3
(random chance of one)
 * Cascade—melee kills increase the reload speed of this weapon for a short time
 * Counterbalance—this weapon has increased stability
 * Focused Fire—when zoomed in, this weapon fires slower, but does additional damage
 * Hip Fire—this weapon has bonus accuracy when firing from the hip
 * Glass Half Full—the bottom half of each magazine does additional damage
 * Grenadier—kills with this weapon reduce the cooldown of your grenade
 * Unflinching—it's easier to aim under fire with this weapon
 * Feeding Frenzy—kills with this weapon increase reload speed for a short time
 * Life Support—recovering form near death grants additional ammo and briefly increases reload speed
 * Rangefinder—aiming this weapon increases its effecting range
 * Reactive Reload—reloading this weapon after a kill grants bonus damage for a short time
 * Spray and Play—increases the reload speed of this gun when mag. is empty
 * Persistence—the weapon grows more accurate the longer it is fired
 * Take a Knee—gain bonus accuracy when crouched

Column 4

 * Upgrade damage—increases attack power allowing this weapon to cause more damage

Column 5
(random chance of either one)
 * Lightweight—when held this weapon grants 2+ character agility
 * Fitted Stock—increase weapon stability
 * Skip Rounds—ceramic-Jacketed rounds ricochet on hard surfaces. Their extreme density allows you to carry more rounds in reserve. Added mass slows down weapon handling
 * Upgrade damage—increases attack power allowing this weapon to cause more damage

Column 6

 * Upgrade Damage—increases attack power, allowing this weapon to do more damage

List of appearances

 * Destiny