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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigagged: in some situations the trope is played straight, but others have the melee units be highly resistant to ranged weapons/able to teleport or jump-pack into melee), giving them a better chance. Melee units often go with the SwordAndGun trope just in case (one of Commissar Literature/CiaphasCain's most famous chainsword duels ends with him pulling out his laspistol to blow out an ork warboss' brain through its open maw).
* Armies like the Tyranids or orks or Khornates do like the ZergRush strategy, so a properly entrenched enemy can kill them by the truckload. The problem is they're tough and/or numerous enough to survive closing the distance, by which point the melee units start doing horrific damage to the ranged. And in non-gameplay stories where EasyLogistics isn't the case, the Tyranids have been known to send waves of CannonFodder to exhaust the defenders' ammunition before sending in the real heavies.
** The Tau naturally have poor reflexes, are weaker than humans and are famous for their lack of ability in melee... which is why they have huge amounts of firepower, advanced electronics to guide their shots, and multiple client species that are better in melee than them.
* Armies like the Tyranids or orks or Khornates do like the ZergRush strategy, so a properly entrenched enemy can kill them by the truckload. The problem is they're tough and/or numerous enough to survive closing the distance, by which point the melee units start doing horrific damage to the ranged. And in non-gameplay stories where EasyLogistics isn't the case, the Tyranids have been known to send waves of CannonFodder to exhaust the defenders' ammunition before sending in the real heavies.
** The Tau naturally have poor reflexes, are weaker than humans and are famous for their lack of ability in melee... which is why they have huge amounts of firepower, advanced electronics to guide their shots, and multiple client species that are better in melee than them.
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* The Battle of Cerignola, happened in 1503 during the UsefulNotes/ItalianWars, was probably the point in European warfare where the true power of the arquebus over any kind of ancient weapon was demonstrated. During its course, Spanish general UsefulNotes/GonzaloFernandezDeCordoba occupied Cerignola and, knowing the French army's fondness for old-fashioned heavy cavarly charges, built a defensive ditch filled with pikemen and ''arcabuceros'' before goading the French to attack it. The overconfident French accepted the challenge and assaulted the position, only to be met with fulminant gunfire every time until ultimately breaking down and routing, after which Córdoba ordered a salty and smashed the remnants of the French. The Spaniards reportedly fired over 4,000 shots during the battle, one of them killing the French general himself, Louis d'Armagnac.
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* The Battle of Cerignola, happened in 1503 during the UsefulNotes/ItalianWars, was probably the point in European warfare where the true power of the arquebus over any kind of ancient weapon was demonstrated. During its course, Spanish general UsefulNotes/GonzaloFernandezDeCordoba occupied Cerignola and, knowing the French army's fondness for old-fashioned heavy cavarly cavalry charges, built a defensive ditch filled with pikemen and ''arcabuceros'' before goading the French to attack it. The overconfident French accepted the challenge and assaulted the position, only to be met with fulminant gunfire every time until ultimately breaking down and routing, after which Córdoba ordered a salty and smashed crushed the remnants of the French. The Spaniards reportedly fired over 4,000 shots during the battle, one three of them killing the French general himself, Louis d'Armagnac.d'Armagnac.
* The 1575 Battle of Nagashino went into history as the first time arquebuses were decisively implemented in the wars of feudal Japan, with UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga and UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu making good usage of their firearms and entrenchments to crush Takeda Katsuyori's cavalry in a way virtually identical to the aforementioned Córdoba. At least, this is the traditional version: the battle became mythologized and embellished over generations, with claims that Nobunaga even employed organized volley fire to maximize his advantage (a tactic already in usage by the Spanish and Italians at the time, but probably not in Japan yet), but conversely, modern research has implied firearms were much less relevant to the outcome than previously thought, noting that both armies had sizable amounts of arquebuses and that Nobunaga's side won by simply outnumbering the Takeda army by a ridiculous margin and enjoying much better logistics.
* The 1575 Battle of Nagashino went into history as the first time arquebuses were decisively implemented in the wars of feudal Japan, with UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga and UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu making good usage of their firearms and entrenchments to crush Takeda Katsuyori's cavalry in a way virtually identical to the aforementioned Córdoba. At least, this is the traditional version: the battle became mythologized and embellished over generations, with claims that Nobunaga even employed organized volley fire to maximize his advantage (a tactic already in usage by the Spanish and Italians at the time, but probably not in Japan yet), but conversely, modern research has implied firearms were much less relevant to the outcome than previously thought, noting that both armies had sizable amounts of arquebuses and that Nobunaga's side won by simply outnumbering the Takeda army by a ridiculous margin and enjoying much better logistics.
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* ''ComicBook/GodzillaTheHalfCenturyWar'' lampshades this when the kaiju defense squad needs to take on human villains for a change:
--> '''Ota'"': "... Did anyone bring... a gun?"
--> '''Ken''': "... I never saw the point of bringing a gun to a Godzilla fight."
--> '''Ota'"': "... Did anyone bring... a gun?"
--> '''Ken''': "... I never saw the point of bringing a gun to a Godzilla fight."
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*** Followed by "Matrix Dragon's Expansion of Gryphon's Expansion":
---->If all else fails, bomb the planet.
*** And finally, "Julzz' Commentary":
---->And if all else fails, bring your friendly neighbourhood God.
---->If all else fails, bomb the planet.
*** And finally, "Julzz' Commentary":
---->And if all else fails, bring your friendly neighbourhood God.
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