Assault rifle (Doom)


 * This page is about a weapon from an alpha version of Doom. For the Strife weapon, see Assault rifle.



The Assault rifle was the player's main weapon in the alpha versions of Doom. It is the weapon wielded on the player and former human sprites. In the final version of the game, this was changed to the Pistol. Despite the actual sprites and firing animations used, any use of the pistol by the player or attacks by former humans are actually pistol rounds.

Curiously, the clips dropped or that can be recovered for the Pistol and Chaingun look more like clips for an assault rifle than a pistol clip, even in the release versions.