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* Subverted in ''ComicBook/TheBoys'', where regular military hardware (and some AppliedPhlebotinum gear) is used against superheroes to great effect (against a super "training school" run by a pedophile, then against a warehouse full of supers waiting to perform a terrorist attack, then against [[spoiler:supers attacking the White House]]), mostly because the supers are... not that super, heavily lacking in RequiredSecondaryPowers, and have no idea how to fight as a team. And because the whole thing is one big AuthorTract against superheroes.
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* Parodied in ''VideoGame/ConquerorsBlade'': one of the two ultimate attacks for the Musket hero class is literally called "Five Rounds Rapid" and has you shooting five musket balls in a row without reloading.
** At the same time, the trope ''is'' played straight--as ultimates go, the Five Rounds Rapid attack is a very weak skill which can easily be blocked by any shield.
** At the same time, the trope ''is'' played straight--as ultimates go, the Five Rounds Rapid attack is a very weak skill which can easily be blocked by any shield.
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* Creator/JohnRingo regularly [[DanceTropeDance averts, subverts, and otherwise plays this trope]] in his books, which probably isn't surprising given that he writes a lot of military fiction, and served in the 82nd Airborne before becoming an author.
