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** The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_2_grenade U.S. Army's Mk. 2 fragmentation grenade]] is likewise known affectionately as a "pineapple" because its knurled appearance superficially resembles the fruit.

* Several missions in ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' has the player assisting his nation's navy, which is spearheaded by their flagship, the "Marigold," [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov-class_battlecruiser a Kirov Class battleship.]]

* Several sidestories to Anime/''MobileSuitGundam'' feature the Pixy, a [[FragileSpeedster lightweight, high-performance]] limited-run variant of the RX-78 Gundam. It's basically a HumongousMecha knife-fighter, designed to close in on enemy mobile suits at ridiculously high speeds and rip them apart with its pair of beam daggers before they have a chance to react, and the Pixies that saw action in the One Year War acquired as fearsome a reputation as any of the Earth Federation's other Gundams.

** One of the first tanks imported in volume from the USA was initially called "The Honey" because it was a delight to drive and maintain. British generals fretted that having two main battle tanks with names like ''Valentine'' and ''Honey'' suggested the men weren't getting the idea about it being a war.[[note]]After some thought, the British generals initiated a system where American tanks were named after cavalry generals of the American Civil War (if they were the smaller faster light tanks) or infantry generals (if they were the heavier infantry tanks). Thus the Honey became the ''General Stuart'', closely followed by the Lee, Grant and Sherman. This naming principle so impressed American authorities that it initiated the naming system for American tanks that persists today.[[/note]]

** The German nickname was ''Maikäfer'' (Junebug).

* ''VideoGame/ValyriaChronicles'' has the heroes' SuperPrototype tank, the Edelweiss.

** The current German army has a difficult time finding acceptance with the civilian population, so they avoid overly aggressive or martial names for their equipment. Combat vehicles often have names like "mongoose", "weasel", or "dingo", which are all cute animals, but also very vicious predators. For the same reason, there is the PantheraAwesome naming theme with "Leopard" (the German MBT), "Cheetah" (the "Gepard" AntiAir Platform ) and the "Fennek" recon vehicle (name’s after an adorable looking fox sub species).

** The current German army has a difficult time finding acceptance with the civilian population, so they avoid overly aggressive or martial names for their equipment. Combat vehicles often have names like "mongoose", "weasel", or "dingo", which are all cute animals, but also very vicious predators. For the same reason, there is the PantheraAwesome naming theme with "leopard" (the German MBT), "cheetah" (the "Gepard" AntiAir) and the "fennek" recon vehicle.

** The [=BLU-82=] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82 Daisy Cutter]] doesn't sound like much, but it was often used during the UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar to create instant helicopter landing zones in the jungle.

*** The Germans referred to it as "Stalinorgel" which means "Stalin's Organ" ([[AccidentalInnuendo no, not that one]]) from the sound the rockets made and the way the rockets were mounted in a mounted in a single row of tubes, resembling a pipe organ.

** The R-60, an aircraft launched, infrared air to air missile is [[ReportingName known to NATO as the AA-8 Aphid.]]

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K''

* ''Literature/EndersGame'' features the Molecular Detachment Device, capable quite literally of destroying whole planets. Also known as the Little Doctor or Doctor Device, for M.D. Device.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Big Bertha" in action.]]

* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWarII: Retribution'': During the ork campaign, you face a battlewagon, a ''Film/MadMax''-esque BigBadassRig covered in guns and armor, with a massive spiked roller in front which which to run over infantry. The orks, a species of violent savages literally created for war and slaughter, call it "Daisy".

* ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II: The Golden Army'' has Hellboy and his [[{{BFG}} Big Baby.]] It's a big revolver. As in "it's so big Hellboy has to hold it in his Right Hand of Doom" big. It also shoots mini rockets that say "Suck on This" and the grip looks like it was made from a rifle or shotgun butt.