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* During UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}, it was remarkably common for a hero's superpower to simply be [[SuperheroPackingHeat "uses a big gun."]] This was particularly true of Creator/RobLiefeld and those inspired by him. This is especially true the way he drew ComicBook/{{Cable}}; see the image for item #23 in [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960508/worst-rob-liefeld-drawings this hilarious article]]:

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* During UsefulNotes/{{the MediaNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}, it was remarkably common for a hero's superpower to simply be [[SuperheroPackingHeat "uses a big gun."]] This was particularly true of Creator/RobLiefeld and those inspired by him. This is especially true the way he drew ComicBook/{{Cable}}; see the image for item #23 in [[http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960508/worst-rob-liefeld-drawings this hilarious article]]:
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* When Mike in the ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' episode "Gloves Off" is looking for a sniper rifle from an arms dealer, the first one that is offered to him is a .50 cal anti-material rifle that Mike describes as "a hernia with a scope on it".

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* One of [[TheBeastmaster Ren's]] {{Attack Animal}}s from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' has big damn energy cannon with a firing end and a very point end as well as a petal shield.



* One of [[TheBeastmaster Ren's]] {{Attack Animal}}s from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'' has big damn energy cannon with a firing end and a very point end as well as a petal shield.
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* ''Webcomic/TuesdayTitans'': Plenty on display, but the Autocarriers stand out due to the sheer number of Titan-killing, city-leveling guns they come equipped with. A single barrage is enough to send [[TheBigGuy Excel]] running for cover.
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* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': In Chapter 18, Zim's team sets up a giant cannon capable of turning anything into amoeba goo, which they plan to [[EvilVersusEvil use on Aldrich]] when he makes his Election Day speech. [[spoiler: Thanks to interference by Tak and Lex, they never get a chance to do so, though Bob ''does'' use it against Lex's [[MechaMooks DIRs]], turning the tide of battle against him before the cannon breaks down.]]
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** Cliffjumper is famous for pulling guns larger than he is.

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** Cliffjumper is famous for pulling guns larger than he is. [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cliffjumper%27s_bazooka Its appearances have also been exhaustively documented]], and because it's Website/TFWikiDotNet, they also pepper the page with synonyms for "big f'ing gun."
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* In ''Film/ValdezIsComing'', Valdez uses a Sharps buffalo rifle--the largest calibre longarm available in the WildWest--to wreak havoc on Tanner's hired guns as they are riding across the valley floor; killing five men. Lampshaded in the dialogue when El Segundo catches up with him:

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* In ''Film/ValdezIsComing'', Valdez uses a Sharps buffalo rifle--the largest calibre caliber longarm available in the WildWest--to wreak havoc on Tanner's hired guns as they are riding across the valley floor; killing five men. Lampshaded in the dialogue when El Segundo catches up with him:



* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' has the plasma rifle. It's big, bulky, and needs to cool off for one round every other shot when in vacuum. But deals ''3''d12+''20'' damage per shot with an option to double it. More than a thermobaric grenade or minimissile.

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* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' has the plasma rifle. It's big, bulky, and needs to cool off for one round every other shot when in vacuum. But it deals ''3''d12+''20'' damage per shot with an option to double it. More than a thermobaric grenade or minimissile.mini-missile.



* The guns in Apophis Consortium's ''Obisidian: Age of Judgement'' are all typically big in order to deal with demons and cyborg freaks, with weapons being designated from Levels 1 -- 4 (Level 1 street legal, Level 2 "standard" assault rifle, Level 3 ridiculously over-sized assault rifles or small vehicular weapons, Level 4 anti-vehicle weapons). Of special note are the unique weapons of the Wasteland Military Federation -- the Faustian Sniper Weapon System which is a 300lb sniper rifle that fires hyper-velocity armor-piercing sabot rounds, the Spectre 20mm Vulcan Gun Drone which is a automated turret with two 20 vulcan cannons capable of gunning down mountain-sized demons, the Exciter Launcher which fires a thermo-nuclear warhead and the Conflaguration Cannon which fires a super-heated magnesium round to disintegrate most enemies it hits.

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* The guns in Apophis Consortium's ''Obisidian: Age of Judgement'' are all typically big in order to deal with demons and cyborg freaks, with weapons being designated from Levels 1 -- 4 (Level 1 street legal, Level 2 "standard" assault rifle, Level 3 ridiculously over-sized assault rifles or small vehicular weapons, Level 4 anti-vehicle weapons). Of special note are the unique weapons of the Wasteland Military Federation -- the Faustian Sniper Weapon System which is a 300lb sniper rifle that fires hyper-velocity armor-piercing sabot rounds, the Spectre 20mm Vulcan Gun Drone which is a automated turret with two 20 vulcan cannons capable of gunning down mountain-sized demons, the Exciter Launcher which fires a thermo-nuclear warhead and the Conflaguration Conflagration Cannon which fires a super-heated magnesium round to disintegrate most enemies it hits.



* In ''TabletopGame/SlaIndustries'', your Operatives are actually encouraged not to use guns, because melee is more attractive for viewers on TV. But if they do need to use a gun, they can buy anything up to a 17mm sniper cannon for personal use. And then there are guns mounted on the walls to keep out undesirables, these are 66mm tri-barrelled Gatling guns that'll vaporize its targets.

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* In ''TabletopGame/SlaIndustries'', your Operatives are actually encouraged not to use guns, because melee is more attractive for viewers on TV. But if they do need to use a gun, they can buy anything up to a 17mm sniper cannon for personal use. And then there are guns mounted on the walls to keep out undesirables, these are 66mm tri-barrelled tri-barreled Gatling guns that'll vaporize its targets.



* ''TabletopGame/TalesFromTheFloatingVagabond'': Guns in the top of the size scale qualify, being called the "Don't Point That At My Plenet" scale.

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* ''TabletopGame/TalesFromTheFloatingVagabond'': Guns in the top of the size scale qualify, being called the "Don't Point That At My Plenet" Planet" scale.



** Hinted at in several ''Maxims of Meximally Effective Mercenaries''

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* In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', one of the early {{Mooks}} that Superman faces is a bank robber with a tripod-mounted minigun with which he holds off the cops most spectacularly. Needless to say, his attempts to [[ShootingSuperman use it on Superman]] result in [[PlayedForLaughs hilarity]].

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* In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', one of the early {{Mooks}} that Superman faces is a bank robber with a tripod-mounted minigun gatling cannon with which he holds off the cops most spectacularly. Needless to say, his attempts to [[ShootingSuperman use it on Superman]] result in [[PlayedForLaughs hilarity]].
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* In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', one of the early {{Mooks}} that Superman faces is a bank robber with a tripod-mounted minigun with which he holds off the cops most spectacularly. Needless to say, his attempts to [[ShootingSuperman use it on Superman]] result in [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]].

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* In ''Film/SupermanReturns'', one of the early {{Mooks}} that Superman faces is a bank robber with a tripod-mounted minigun with which he holds off the cops most spectacularly. Needless to say, his attempts to [[ShootingSuperman use it on Superman]] result in [[HilarityEnsues [[PlayedForLaughs hilarity]].



Taken to the extreme by Erkum Pol, TheBigGuy even by the standard of the nine-feet-tall-on-average Mardukans. He likes [=BFGs=] and can carry the aforementioned tank gun ''without'' PoweredArmor. On the other hand (one of them, anyway), his aiming skills aren't even up to ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy standards. When he takes the tank gun along on a hostage rescue mission (supposedly just for intimidation purposes[[labelnote:*]]hey, firing a BFG is bound to be intimidating[[/labelnote]]), HilarityEnsues (for "hilarity" read "an entire city block being set on fire").

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Taken to the extreme by Erkum Pol, TheBigGuy even by the standard of the nine-feet-tall-on-average Mardukans. He likes [=BFGs=] and can carry the aforementioned tank gun ''without'' PoweredArmor. On the other hand (one of them, anyway), his aiming skills aren't even up to ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy standards. When he takes the tank gun along on a hostage rescue mission (supposedly just for intimidation purposes[[labelnote:*]]hey, firing a BFG is bound to be intimidating[[/labelnote]]), HilarityEnsues PlayedForLaughs (for "hilarity" "laughs" read "an entire city block being set on fire").



** Plasma generators, only slightly below tacnukes in sheer destructive capacity. They also malfunction even more often than your regular gear, and some of those malfunctions would cause the entire thing to explode; naturally, it being ''Paranoia'', you couldn't tell which malfunction was which, and neither could the rest of the party. And you had to strap the thing ''on'' to use it; taking it off suddenly (say, to get away from the now-it's-a-bomb strapped to your back) [[HilarityEnsues was not easy]]. Fixing it wasn't easy, either; you have to make one repair roll just to ''turn off the alarm'', another to stop it from exploding, and a third to actually get it to fire again (good luck with that). Oh, and as usual, you have to pay a fine if you let it get damaged.

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** Plasma generators, only slightly below tacnukes in sheer destructive capacity. They also malfunction even more often than your regular gear, and some of those malfunctions would cause the entire thing to explode; naturally, it being ''Paranoia'', you couldn't tell which malfunction was which, and neither could the rest of the party. And you had to strap the thing ''on'' to use it; taking it off suddenly (say, to get away from the now-it's-a-bomb strapped to your back) [[HilarityEnsues [[PlayedForLaughs was not easy]]. Fixing it wasn't easy, either; you have to make one repair roll just to ''turn off the alarm'', another to stop it from exploding, and a third to actually get it to fire again (good luck with that). Oh, and as usual, you have to pay a fine if you let it get damaged.
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* Hellboy's latest weapon, "Big Baby" from ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'', is a modified shotgun with an [[RuleOfCool insanely large]] six-shooter attachment. Deleted scenes reveal that the gun's gigantic cartridges have bottles drawn on the sides, with the message, "Suck on this" written on the shells.

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* Hellboy's latest weapon, "Big Baby" from In ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'', is Hellboy uses a modified shotgun with an [[RuleOfCool insanely large]] six-shooter attachment. Deleted scenes reveal that weapon called the gun's gigantic cartridges have bottles "Big Baby." It looks like a cross between a revolver-style grenade launcher and a lever-action shotgun, and it takes six rounds the size of artillery shells. Each of these has a baby bottle drawn on the sides, with side and the message, "Suck on this" written on message "SUCK ON THIS" engraved around the shells.primer cap in its base.
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See also: BeamSpam, SplashDamage, MacrossMissileMassacre, SphereOfDestruction, WaveMotionGun, LightningGun, FreezeRay, DeathRay, RemovableTurretGun, DisintegratorRay, and RecursiveAmmo. A BFG will almost certainly yield StuffBlowingUp, and will likely [[MoreDakka possess additional dakka]]. A SwissArmyGun tends to also be a BFG, as does a BiggerStick. Might cause the user to be TriggerHappy. When in the possession of a little girl it probably overlaps with SmallGirlBigGun. If its grips are placed along the top of the barrel and at the back of the weapon, you have a ChainsawGripBFG. Many a BFG will overlap with GatlingGood. If the weapon was designed as a sidearm (perhaps not even a HandCannon) by a larger race then that's a variant of GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword.

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See also: BeamSpam, SplashDamage, MacrossMissileMassacre, SphereOfDestruction, WaveMotionGun, LightningGun, FreezeRay, DeathRay, RemovableTurretGun, DisintegratorRay, and RecursiveAmmo. A BFG will almost certainly yield StuffBlowingUp, and will likely [[MoreDakka possess additional dakka]]. A SwissArmyGun tends to also be a BFG, as does a BiggerStick. Might cause the user to be TriggerHappy. When in the possession of a little girl it probably overlaps with SmallGirlBigGun. If its grips are placed along the top of the barrel and at the back of the weapon, you have a ChainsawGripBFG. Many a BFG [=BFGs=] will may sometimes overlap with GatlingGood.GatlingGood, though more often than not it's a single-barreled (or non-rotary multi-barreled) cannon. If the weapon was designed as a sidearm (perhaps not even a HandCannon) by a larger race then that's a variant of GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword.
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* Creator/NealStephenson's novel ''Literature/SnowCrash'' features "Reason,", a Gatling gun firing depleted-uranium slivers at incredibly high velocities. It's a little hard to move around because its nuclear power supply, utilizing radiothermal isotopes, uses an outboard heat-disperser that drops into the ocean. [[PostMortemOneLiner "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason."]]

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* Creator/NealStephenson's novel ''Literature/SnowCrash'' features "Reason,", "Reason," a Gatling gun firing depleted-uranium slivers at incredibly high velocities. It's a little hard to move around because its nuclear power supply, utilizing radiothermal isotopes, uses an outboard heat-disperser that drops into the ocean. [[PostMortemOneLiner "See, I told you they'd listen to Reason."]]

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* One of the ''[[Literature/TheExecutioner Executioner]]'' novels has Mack Bolan fighting the giant Igor Baibakov, a big and psychopathic ex-Spetsnaz terrorist who uses a Barrett Light Fifty as his weapon of choice. Not only does he use this .50 BMG monster in its primary role as a sniper weapon, but he's so big and powerful that he can use the thing at close range like an ''assault rifle'', which is more justified by his impressive size and strength and the RuleOfScary than anything else.

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* One of the ''[[Literature/TheExecutioner Executioner]]'' novels has ''Literature/TheExecutioner''
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Mack Bolan fighting uses elephant guns as sniper rifles -- first a Marlin .444 lever-action, then the giant Weatherby Mark V in .460 Magnum calibre. This leads to several YourHeadAsplode moments.
** In "Blood Circle", Bolan is up against
Igor Baibakov, a big and seven-foot psychopathic ex-Spetsnaz terrorist who uses a Barrett Light Fifty as his weapon of choice. Not only does he use this .50 BMG monster in its primary role as a sniper weapon, but he's so big and powerful that he can use the thing at close range like an ''assault rifle'', which is more justified by his impressive size and strength and the RuleOfScary than anything else.
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A SubTrope of ImpossiblyCoolWeapon. See also BigBulkyBomb, {{BFS}} and GreatBow. Often the final gun acquired in an arsenal of StandardFPSGuns.

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A SubTrope of ImpossiblyCoolWeapon. See also BigBulkyBomb, {{BFS}} {{BFS}}, EpicFlail, GreatBow, and GreatBow.HumongousHeadedHammer. Often the final gun acquired in an arsenal of StandardFPSGuns.
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* Many of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s predecessors in the ''Anime/BraveSeries'' had their ultimate forms come equipped with [=BFGs=] (while the former went down [[DropTheHammer a different route]]). Two of the most famous (and most appropriately named) are Fire J-Decker's Max Cannon Mode and Great Might Gaine's Perfect Cannon.

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* Many of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'''s predecessors in the ''Anime/BraveSeries'' had their ultimate forms come equipped with [=BFGs=] (while the former went down [[DropTheHammer [[CarryABigStick a different route]]). Two of the most famous (and most appropriately named) are Fire J-Decker's Max Cannon Mode and Great Might Gaine's Perfect Cannon.
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* Subverted in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. The mercenaries Kirby hires to provide security are shown testing an Iron Horn 20mm anti-material rifle with a magazine holding ten high-explosive incendiary rounds, powerful enough to blow a small aircraft in half. When the ''Spinosaurus'' attacks however we hear it get fired a few times, then GilliganCut to a bleeding mercenary tearing ass through the jungle, having abandoned his heavy rifle in favor of running like hell.

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* Subverted in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. The mercenaries Kirby hires to provide security are shown testing an Iron Horn 20mm anti-material rifle with a magazine holding ten high-explosive incendiary rounds, just one of which is powerful enough to blow a small aircraft light airplane in half. When the ''Spinosaurus'' attacks however we hear it get fired a few times, then GilliganCut to a bleeding mercenary tearing ass through the jungle, having abandoned his heavy rifle in favor of running like hell.
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* Subverted in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. The mercenaries Kirby hires to provide security are shown testing an Iron Horn 20mm anti-material rifle with a magazine holding ten high-explosive incendiary rounds, powerful enough to blow a small aircraft in half. When the ''Spinosaurus'' attacks however we hear it get fired a few times, then GilliganCut to a bleeding mercenary tearing ass through the jungle, having abandoned his heavy rifle in favor of running like hell.
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* ''TabletopGame/FabulaUltima'': Calamity, the strongest rare firearm in the core rulebook, is strongly implied to be a magical bazooka. It can hit two targets with every attack and is tied with a few other weapons for having the second-highest damage value of any weapon in the book.

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-->"I think Cable should be holding a BIG gun on this cover."\\

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"Pffffft, no, I mean a REALLY big gun."

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* The comic adaptation shipped in at least one special edition of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' had the SpaceMarine call the BFG 9000 "the Holy Grail of Firepower" and had it found on top of a plinth like a relic.

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* The comic adaptation shipped in at least one special edition of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' had In ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}'', the SpaceMarine call calls the BFG 9000 "the Holy Grail of Firepower" and had it -- it's found on top of a plinth like a relic.relic.
* In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} has a gun which looks like a miniature rocket launcher.



* Gene in ''Kingdom'' gets his hands on one when he falls in with the Wild Bunch. In his own words:

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Kingdom}}'', Gene in ''Kingdom'' gets his hands on one when he falls in with the Wild Bunch. In his own words:



* In ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' Brianna is VERY fond of this trope.
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* In ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'', Brianna is VERY ''very'' fond of this trope.
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* Howard the Duck recently used a gun actually named the BFG when going zombie-hunting across the multiverse.

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* Howard the Duck recently used ComicBook/HowardTheDuck uses a gun actually named the BFG when going zombie-hunting across the multiverse.



* Sabretooth's shortlived partner Birdy was quite fond of guns which her tiny frame would normally find impossible to lift.



* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''/''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Batgirl has a gun which looks like a miniature rocket launcher.


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* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'': Sabretooth's short-lived partner Birdy was quite fond of guns which her tiny frame would normally find impossible to lift.
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* ''Series/RedDwarf'': The Bazookoid. In keeping with the mining ship sitting, the Bazookoid is described as a mining laser cannon for blasting apart rocks, so it could count as an [[ImprovisedWeapon Improvised Weapon]]. The Boys from the Dwarf use Bazookoids most of the time when they confront dangerous enemies, seemingly choosing them over more typical guns that are also shown to be available.

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* ''Series/RedDwarf'': The Bazookoid. In keeping with the mining ship sitting, setting, the Bazookoid is described as a mining laser cannon for blasting apart rocks, so it could count as an [[ImprovisedWeapon Improvised Weapon]]. The Boys from the Dwarf use Bazookoids most of the time when they confront dangerous enemies, seemingly choosing them over more typical guns that are also shown to be available.
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* ''Series/RedDwarf'': The Bazookoid. In keeping with the mining ship sitting, the Bazookoid is described as a mining laser cannon for blasting apart rocks, so it could count as an [[ImprovisedWeapon Improvised Weapon]]. The Boys from the Dwarf use Bazookoids most of the time when they confront dangerous enemies, seemingly choosing them over more typical guns that are also shown to be available.
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* Black powder weapons:
** In early modern Europe, handguns were generally divided into "arquebuses" and "muskets", with the latter firing shots about twice as large as the former and this requiring forked stands to use properly. This distinction largely disappeared among most countries by the early-mid 17th century as they standardized a sort of "half-musket", but the [[https://pages.uwf.edu/jworth/jw_spanfla_military_tables.html Spanish continued to use it]] throughout the Thirty Years and Franco-Spanish wars.
** The Asian powers tended towards smaller guns than the European ones. A big exception was the Vietnamese, who became [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiaozhi_arquebus notorious]] for using full-sized musket equivalents and later bigger. In the 17th century the Trinh army was reportedly using ''six-foot long'' matchlock muskets firing ''124'' gram shots; for reference, the standard for "half-muskets" in Europe at the time was around 40 grams. They had to use swivels and three-legged stands to keep them stable.
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* ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'': Gunmax and his motorbike have the capacity to transform into the Max Cannon, which then attaches itself to J-Decker/Fire J-Decker right hip to fire a massive energy beam to obliterate the target. Shadowmaru in his Brave Cannon mode also counts as a bigger example, needing to be carried by ''all'' the other members of the team together.
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* Hitomi Landsknecht from ''Anime/{{ICE}}'' wields one, with a gorgeous SteamPunk design.

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* Hitomi Landsknecht from ''Anime/{{ICE}}'' ''Anime/{{ICE|2007}}'' wields one, with a gorgeous SteamPunk design.
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* ''Literature/CrescentCity'': The Godslayer Rifle, which Jesiba Roga keeps disassembled and mounted on the wall of her office.

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