History Main / ChainsawGripBFG

* The [[GatlingGood Vindicator Minigun]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is designed with this in mind.

* A few ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' Mechs from the later Dark Age portion of the timeline hold their autocannons this way. The largest example is probably the [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/File:Atlas_III.jpg Atlas III]], a huge, slab-sided, and breathtakingly ugly piece of machinery hauling a 35mm [[GatlingGood rotary autocannon]] in a one-handed chainsaw grip.

*** The even more massive Vulcan BF-50 prototype was a full-sized squad automatic weapon in plastic form, meaning that you would have to use the integrated chainsaw grip to even lift the thing--it supposedly weighed over 28 pounds! It was also about 5 feet long, further encouraging use of the supporting grip.

* Many heavy weapons in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' franchise are used like this, including several incarnations of the [[GatlingGood Minigun]], the "Incinerator" flamethrower/grenade launcher hybrid from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''Videogame/FalloutNewVegas'', each game's version of the Gatling Laser, and the iconic Plasma Caster (aka "Heavy Plasma Rifle") present in most games in the franchise.

Note: This is about weapons with a chainsaw-like grip. For ''actual'' chainsaws, see ChainsawGood.

* The triple-barrel miniguns used by the Ironclad/Demolisher/Destroyer enemy type and their upgraded variants in ''VideoGame/{{Outriders}}'' are carried in this way. Also available to Technomancer players as one of the options summoned by the Tool of Destruction power (the other one being a just as iconic bazooka) - true to the trope it slows you to a walking pace and stops you from dodge rolling or using cover, but offers considerable firepower.

With a chainsaw-style fore handle and a grip in the back, firing from the hip.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Heavy's miniguns all follow this design. The Medigun and its variants use a slightly more sensible design with a pistol grip below the barrel in addition to the top handle. All flamethrowers for the Pyro are held this way too.

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* ''Film/Trench11'': A German blasts away the infected with an MG08/18 from the hip with this style of grip.

** In the Zombie Strike series, there's the [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Brainsaw Brainsaw]], an eight-barrel shotgun with a chainsaw blade running down the middle. It's meant to be fired in a conventional manner, though, with a handguard behind the blade.
** Nerf's Rival series, which uses foam balls instead of darts for ammunition, includes the [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Prometheus_MXVIII-20K Prometheus MXVIII-20K]], a blaster with a 200-round[[note]]([[https://youtu.be/z5WUxyVQ2es?t=75 actually 250-round]])[[/note]] hopper and a fire rate that's not to be laughed at.[[note]] To be specific, 8 rounds a second. By comparison, the fastest stock automatic dart blaster is the Elite [=HyperFire=], at 5 rounds a second.[[/note]]
** The [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Regulator Modulus Regulator]], although technically modelled after a rifle, does come with a chainsaw grip accessory.
** And now enter the [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_CS-50 Titan CS-50]], with a first-of-its-kind fifty-dart drum and a rotating barrel effect.
* Other chainsaw-grip toy blasters include the [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Punisher_Gatling_Blaster Air Zone Punisher Gatling Blaster]] and the [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Scorpion_Motorized_Automatic_Gatling_Blaster Dart Zone Scorpion Gatling Blaster]].

* Vulcan Raven of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' does this with an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan M61 Vulcan cannon]], a gun that's so not designed to be man-portable that it's only seen on aircraft and naval vessels in RealLife.

** Some paintball enthusiasts have custom-built [[http://hackaday.com/2006/11/17/paintball-minigun/ paintball versions]].

* ''Film/Trench11'': A German blasts away the infected with an [[RareGuns MG08/18]] from the hip with this style of grip.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' franchise, Spartans, Elites, and Brutes wield detached turrets in this style beginning in ''VideoGame/Halo3''. Promethean Soldiers join in on the fun in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''.
* The [[GrenadeLauncher Brute Shot]] and [[EnergyWeapon Sentinel Beam]] introduced in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' are handled like this.

* Season 2 of ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'' features in its first episode a character named Behemoth carrying a heavy machine gun based on the real-life M134 Minigun (which is usually mounted on vehicles like helicopters or cars) this way. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] due to the fact that it's a videogame, although the thing still has the drawback of being way too heavy to be effective outside of group battles, and makes him a sitting duck without proper support.

** The [[GrenadeLauncher Brute Shot]] and [[EnergyWeapon Sentinel Beam]] introduced in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' are handled like this.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', the [[KillItWithFire Flamer]] and Junk Jet are wielded this way as well, in addition to the previously mentioned Minigun and Gatling Laser.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' franchise, Spartans, Elites, and Brutes wield detached turrets in this style beginning in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''. Promethean Soldiers join in on the fun in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''.

* A variation shows up in ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': the heavier guns tend to have a second grip on the side rather than on top. Presumably it was done for ease of animation.

* ''VideoGame/Titanfall2'' has the Predator Cannon, a [[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]] so big that a 20 foot tall, 53 ton [[AMechByAnyOtherName Titan]] has to wield it this way. It's big enough for a person to walk on.

* Several of archwing guns in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' come with an overslung handle to hold with the user's left hand. This does not prevent the user from aiming with them in the slightest, although getting to use these weapons ''outside'' of microgravity requires an upgrade earned through a daring heist in Orb Vallis.
* The Jar Cannon is a rare medieval fantasy example in ''VideoGame/EldenRing''.

Now, this would be a really stupid thing to do in RealLife for various reasons, but in assorted media it has basically become the [[StockPoses default way]] of depicting oversized man-portable weaponry. It can also be used specifically ''because'' it is stupid: to imply that [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill the weapon is so devastating there's no need to aim]], and/or that the wielder [[OneManArmy doesn't care about cover]].

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' has the Type 09 sniper cannon used by Sanders' RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type, firing 180x800mm high-explosive rounds from a eight-round box magazine to a maximum range of three kilometers. While he does fire it from the hip from time to time, it is usually against nearby targets. While sniping, he uses a different stance where he stabs his Gundam's shield into the ground and rests the barrel on it - understandable as according to the Gundam Wiki, the cannon has so much recoil that a [[RedShirt GM]] can't handle it.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'', the Heavy, Mini, and Hydra [[GatlingGood Splatling Guns]] fit this profile; they have an excellent fire rate, but require charging up their bursts, and fully-charged bursts guzzle ink very quickly. The chainsaw grip also affects your aim at extreme angles.

* In the ''VideoGame/TrailsOfColdSteel'' series, recurring antagonist Shirley Orlando wields her SwissArmyWeapon like this for certain attacks. Rather fitting, considering the weapon in question is part chainsaw...

** A new blaster of this type has been teased ahead of a planned release in the autumn of 2019. Enter the [[https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_CS-50 Titan CS-50]], with a first-of-its-kind fifty-dart drum and a rotating barrel effect.

* The [[https://www.amazon.com/Nerf-N-Strike-Blaster-Discontinued-manufacturer/dp/B003H9MTJ6 Nerf "Vulcan EBF"]] dart machine gun has a chainsaw grip, albeit it also comes with a tripod which provides greater accuracy at the cost of [[RuleOfCool looking badass]].

* The Nerf "Vulcan EBF" dart machine gun has a chainsaw grip, albeit it also comes with a tripod which provides greater accuracy at the cost of [[RuleOfCool looking badass]].

* Grenadiers in ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' use their cannons like this (with an added element of GatlingGood), unlike Heavy soldiers from ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', who fire their machineguns from the hip in a ''slightly'' more reasonable fashion.