Armalite AR-10(T)

The Armalite AR-10 Special is a 7.62 mm, semi automatic battle rifle. This gun is owned by Rika Minami, and she has illegally modified it in the style of a Knight's SR-25, giving it a fully automatic function. This gun is primarily used by Kohta Hirano, and it has been called his favorite gun.

Overview
This weapon is produced by Armalite, and was the original design of the AR-15 (M16). It has a rotating lock as most NATO weapons have, is air cooled, and magazine fed. It primarily uses 20 round magazines.

The Armalite, Colt AR-15 and M16 all fire the 5.56mm NATO round, not the 7.62mm round. The 5.56mm replaced the 7.62mm as the standard infantry round because for standard infantry rifles, the latter round's high recoil prohibits accurate, effective full automatic fire. Howver, the 5.56mm round has a much shorter effective range and considerably less "stopping" power.

Summary
Kohta finds it in Rika's household. He instantly gets attached to it, and uses it numerous amounts of times. However, he is seen to actually replace it sometimes, as he is seen using an MP5 before giving it to Saya.