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* In ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'', Suppression is an ability available to your machine-gun toting Heavies and a few larger enemies. It uses up twice as much ammo as a regular attack but subtracts 30% from their attack accuracy and shoots them if they move.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has a mechanic regarding this, but it requires more than mere rifles - weapons with the pinning mechanic tend to be heavy ones.

* Introduced in ''ProjectReality'', this feature made it to ''[[BattlefieldThree Battlefield 3]]''. Getting pinned down by auto weapons or sniper fire will [[InterfaceScrew blur out your vision]] and disables your RegeneratingHealth, even if you did not get hit. Killing a suppressed enemy will also give suppression assist points to the suppressor.

* Used to great effect in ''Monster''. In the anime, Grimmer ends up in a situation with a cop lying on the ground bleeding with him unable to help due to a sniper. As time goes on, the foreign language the squad is using gets to Grimmer and [[spoiler:causes him to go into his second personality and beat the guys to death the minute they got in close.]] Probably should have kept that sniper in place.

* In ''MetalGearSolid'', Meryl is wounded by Sniper Wolf. Snake can't get to her to help and can't get close enough to Wolf without getting his head shot off. He has to abandon Meryl and double back to grab the sniper rifle.

* ''BrothersInArms'': Basically a FirstPersonShooter, except it relies heavily on being able to successfully utilize this trope on the enemy. If you can't manage to keep their heads down, they'll kill you.

* An important part of gameplay in ''Battlefield 3'', where shots that hit within a certain radius of a player cause them to become suppressed, distorting their vision, stopping health regeneration, and reducing their accuracy. Under certain circumstances you can even get more points for doing this than for an outright kill.

->''""Gordon, I can't move! These snipers got me pinned down!"''

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has a mechanic regarding this, but it requires more than mere rifles - weapons with the pinning mechanic tend to be heavy ones.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}: DawnOfWar II'' has the Suppression mechanic. Regular ranged units tend not to be capable of it, but heavy weapons will if they don't just kill all infantry in their firing arc, and there are a few other options to inflict this with other units. Being suppressed greatly reduces weapon firing times and slows movement speed, but there are ways to break it, [[TacticalWithdrawal namely the Retreat button]].

A situation where a character or party is pinned down by enemy fire and can't fight back, or sometimes even move, without getting their heads shot/burned/ripped off. This can prevent them from getting to an injured ally the character or group needs to help, stop a shorter-ranged character from getting within range of fighting back, or simply keeping the heroes from moving forward, buying a villain time.

If it's being used to keep allies from helping a character who ''is'' able to fight back, the allies are LockedOutOfTheFight.

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* ''MahouSenseiNegima'': This happened to the heros during the SchoolFestival's third day when they were trying to make it to the battles grounds. [[ColdSniper Mana]] had OneHitKO rounds that send anything they touch forward in time to the battle's end (which they've presumably lost), and when they tried to hide in a trolley, she shot the trolley itself, sending the entire vehicle to the future. They managed to escape when [[TheHero Negi]] used his own {{Magitech}} TimeMachine to escape the in the last second. [[{{Ninja}} Kaede]] stayed behind to hold off Mana while the rest went ahead.

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* ''{{Shadowrun}}'' had rules for suppressive fire (anyone in the target area who emerges from cover gets hit).

* In ''MetalGearSolid'', Meryl is wounded by Sniper Wolf. Snake can't get to her to help and can't get close enough to Wolf without getting his head shot off. He has to abandon Meryl and double back to grab the sniper rifle.
* Gordon Freeman rescues Barney Calhoun in ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life 2}}'' when he is pinned down by snipers.
* ''BrothersInArms'': Basically a FirstPersonShooter, except it relies heavily on being able to successfully utilize this trope on the enemy. If you can't manage to keep their heads down, they'll kill you.
* [[TacticalShooter Tactical Shooters]] as a whole often implement this trope as an important game mechanic that must be taken advantage of (and/or watched out for).

-->--'''Barney Calhoun''', ''HalfLife2''

* Gordon Freeman rescues Barney Calhoun in ''HalfLife2'' when he is pinned down by snipers.

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* This happened to the {{Nakama}} in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' during the SchoolFestival's third day when they were trying to make it to the battles grounds. [[ColdSniper Mana]] had OneHitKO rounds that send anything they touch forward in time to the battle's end (which they've presumably lost), and when they tried to hide in a trolley, she shot the trolley itself, sending the entire vehicle to the future. They managed to escape when [[TheHero Negi]] used his own {{Magitech}} TimeMachine to escape the in the last second. [[{{Ninja}} Kaede]] stayed behind to hold off Mana while the rest went ahead.

* SinCity has ''The Babe Wore Red'' which shows Dwight getting pinned down by a sniper while rescusing the eponymous Lady in Red.

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* This happened to the {{Nakama}} in ''MahouSenseiNegima'' during the SchoolFestival's third day when they were trying to make it to the battles grounds. [[ColdSniper Mana]] had OneHitKO rounds that send anything they touch forward in time to the battle's end (which they've presumably lost), and when they tried to hide in a trolley, she shot the trolley itself, sending the entire vehicle to the future. They managed to escape when [[TheHero Negi]] used his own {{Magitech}} TimeMachine to escape the in the last second. [[{{Ninja}} Kaede]] stayed behind to hold off Mana while the rest went ahead.

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* The 2010 ''MedalOfHonor'' features this as a gameplay mechanic for one or two missions, complete with a helpful icon that appears to let you know you have successfully [[StatusEffect suppressed the enemy machine gunner]] (for a few moments, anyways).

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* Formally, this situation is known as being "under suppressive fire". Achieving this to enemy targets and getting closer to shoot them with impunity is the main tactic to neutralization for infantry (and a heavy contributer to ATeamFiring, since soldiers trying to achieve it really don't mind not hitting any enemies while doing so).

Its often used in video games as well. Ever wondered why enemy soldiers keep shooting at where you last emerged from cover? They're keeping you pinned, probably while they recharge their shields or move into a position where they can kill you.

* In ''FullMetalJacket'', the squad is pinned down by one sniper. It isn't pretty.

*''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has a mechanic regarding this, but it requires more than mere rifles: Usually explosive artillery... or snipers.

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* ''JaggedAlliance 2'' has recently received the ability for suppression fire in its ''1.13'' unofficial patch.
* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}: DawnOfWar II'' has the Suppression mechanic.

* This is a major gameplay element in ''CompanyOfHeroes''. Heavy machine gun weapon teams can be used to supress infantry units, which dramatically slows their movement and reduces their firepower. In fact, Wehrmacht early game strategies revolve almost entirely around the positioning and support of the [=MG42=], since it can singlehandedly negate the American advantage in numbers. That said, distraction and flanking are mandatory when going against a competent Wehrmacht player.

*Formally, this situation is known as being "under suppressive fire".