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===Pulse Rifle===
[[File:PulseRifle6.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Pulse Rifle]]
The Pulse Rifle is the basic firearm used by [[Fire Warrior]] squads, and occasionally [[Gue'vesa]] and [[Kroot]] who have earned the trust of their Tau comrades.

The Pulse Rifle used by the [[Cadre Fireblade]]s in particular have a larger scope, while [[Shaper|Kroot Shapers]] forgo the scope entirely. The [[Tetra|Tetra Scout Speeder]] used by [[Pathfinder Team|Pathfinders]] also mounts two of these as the means for self-defense or perhaps something more offensive. In terms of crunch, these things have better range and power than Lasguns and even regular Bolters. The fluff tends to respect this too, and the first [[Ravenor]] novel mentions a Guardsman who (''rightly'') ditched his own weapon in favor of a scavenged Pulse Rifle. Whilst it can fire on automatic, the Pulse Rifle is not that good at it.

It is not something like an assault rifle that anyone can go trigger happy with, so the gunner is expected to pick and choose his shots rather than fill the air with energy rounds despite one power cell being worth fifty shots before needing to reload. The Pulse Rifle also gives us the explanation to the increased range. It appears to be due in part of the built-in gyro-stabilizer allowing the gunner to shoot further in a more accurate sense – that little spherical gizmo at the end of the barrel (''at least, according to [[Fantasy Flight Games]]' [[Rogue Trader (RPG)|Rogue Trader]] RPG''). The Longshot variant used by the [[Sniper Drone|MV71 Sniper Drones]], on the other hand, puts further emphasis in the sniping part along with having the range increased even further.

So, it is less likely to be the matter of recoil for the ineffectiveness of the Pulse Rifle in automatic firing. The issue might be in the rate of fire itself.
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