RSASS

The RSASS is a semi-automatic sniper rifle that appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Campaign

The RSASS appears in "Eye of the Storm", with a variation of a Hybrid Sight and Silencer. It is the only sniper rifle that has the Hybrid Sight attached, though this is applicable to single player only. However, this is not the same hybrid sight used by assault rifles; instead, it is simply the normal sniper scope that the rifle usually has, accompanied by a red dot sight mounted on the gun at an angle. It is also seen unsilenced and without the Hybrid Sight attachment later in the level. The RSASS is also the starting weapon in "Blood Brothers" which Yuri and Soap use to help Price. It can also be found and used in the mission "Stronghold".

Multiplayer

The RSASS is unlocked at level 44.

The RSASS has a base damage of seventy damage per shot. The RSASS deals 50% extra damage on a headshot, and 10% extra damage to the neck and upper chest. The RSASS can only get a one-shot kill on a headshot in Core game types, and the lower base damage makes it much less likely to get a one-shot kill when firing through a wall. The RSASS has high penetration power. Using a Silencer will lower the base damage to fifty per shot, and it is impossible to get a one-shot kill in Core game types against a fully healthy opponent with a silenced RSASS.

The RSASS fires semi-automatically. The RSASS does not have a firecap, so it has a maximum potential fire rate of 1200 RPM, or up to 20 shots per second.

The RSASS has no recoil value to the left or downward. The RSASS will always kick up and to the right with each shot. The RSASS will kick to the right with a value of either 20 or 40, and upwards with a value of either 20 or 50. The RSASS has a centerspeed value of 700. The RSASS has a lower idle sway value for a sniper rifle.

The RSASS allows users to move at 80% of the base movement speed, or strafe at 32% of the base movement speed. The RSASS allows users to aim down the sights in 400 milliseconds, and the hip-fire spread is extremely large. The RSASS' reload animation is 2.7 seconds long, or 2.93 seconds long on an empty magazine. In either case, the user can Reload Cancel after 2.4 seconds.

The RSASS has a magazine capacity of twenty rounds, and a starting ammo loadout of forty rounds.

The RSASS has the standard assortment of sniper rifle attachments and weapon proficiencies on offer. All of them work as intended on the RSASS.

Special Ops

The RSASS is available for both Survival and Mission modes.

Mission Mode

The RSASS is found as the starting weapon in the Mission Mode challenge Resistance Movement. It has a silencer and a Thermal Scope, but without the thermal capabilities. It is also found as an alternative weapon in the initial area of Fatal Extraction. Ozone also uses it with a Silencer and a Thermal Scope in Kill Switch.

Survival Mode

The RSASS is available in Survival Mode at level 29 and costs $2000. The RSASS is not good past the medium troops, due to its inability to kill in two shots at that point, although the player can attach an ACOG Scope on it, and when paired with Quickdraw, it can be used as a decent weapon for medium range use, because of its high damage, and high capped rate of fire.

Weapon Attachments

• ACOG Scope — Unlocked at weapon level 2.
• Silencer — Unlocked at weapon level 5.
• Heartbeat Sensor — Unlocked at weapon level 13.
• Extended Mags — Unlocked at weapon level 15.
• Thermal Scope — Unlocked at weapon level 19.
• Variable Zoom — Unlocked at weapon level 22.
• Hybrid Sight (Campaign only).

Proficiency

• Kick — Unlocked at weapon level 4.
• Impact — Unlocked at weapon level 10.
• Attachments — Unlocked at weapon level 14.
• Focus — Unlocked at weapon level 18.
• Speed — Unlocked at weapon level 24.
• Stability — Unlocked at weapon level 28.

Gallery

For the camouflage images, see RSASS/Camouflage.

For the attachment images, see RSASS/Attachments.

The RSASS.

Cocking the RSASS.

Reloading the RSASS.

The RSASS in third person.

RSASS in the Redemption Trailer.

The RSASS in "Blood Brothers".

A Spetsnaz Sniper with the RSASS.

The RSASS with an Hybrid Sight as seen in "Eye of the Storm".

Sniper wielding a suppressed RSASS, on the map Fallen.

Sniper wielding a suppressed RSASS, on the map Outpost.

Trivia

• The RSASS has the Remington logo engraved on the left side of the gun, similar to the ACR 6.8 and the MSR.
• The RSASS has a folded bipod equipped. 
• When prone with the Heartbeat Sensor attached, only the top half of the sensor is visible.
• In Resistance Movement, the RSASS uses the thermal scope reticle, but does not have thermal capabilities, similar to a thermal sight in multiplayer when an EMP is active.
• In "Eye of the Storm", picking up the RSASS found just after destroying the BTR, the total remaining RSASS ammunition will decrease. Swapping back to the dropped weapon, then picking up the RSASS again, will decrease the remaining ammunition further, until eventually there is no ammo left.
• The RSASS replaced the Mk 12 SPR in the later stages of development
• In "Blood Brothers", Yuri starts out the assassination with a regular RSASS. However, when he looks up from his rifle before the explosion, the RSASS is equipped with the Hybrid Sight and a silencer. 
• In Yuri's flashback, it is possible to see a Silenced RSASS leaning on an ammo crate.