History Main / RemovableTurretGun

* This was done a number of times by US soldiers in the Pacific during [=WW2=] by using M1919's taken from aircraft and modifying them for infantry use, so much so that it earned the unofficial designation of "The Stinger". Using the version from aircraft meant that rather than have a rather pedestrian rate of fire of around 500 rpm that the infantry version had, the gunner at his disposal the cripplingly high rate of fire of 1200 rpm. These weapons were generally personally modified from the original turret guns, most notably by MOH recipient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Stein Tony Stein]]. For [[https://assets.americanrifleman.org/media/2643115/stinger.jpg?preset=article his weapon]] he added the stock of an M1 Garand, the sights and bi-pod off of a BAR, a box welded to the side to hold ammunition, and a trigger from god knows where. Using this weapon he was the first man from his unit onto the beach of Iwo Jima, and when his unit became bogged down by MG and mortar fire he single handedly charged to enemy pillboxes, mowing down 20 enemy before he (inevitably with this weapon) ran out of ammo. He then ran back to the beach (barefooted and without a helmet for extra speed) to get more ammo. Eight times. Carrying wounded men on his back.

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* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', after Nebula crash-lands her ship while chasing Gamora, the latter yanks off a [[GatlingGood gatling-like]] turret from the ship and fiddles with its circuitry to make up for the lack of a trigger.

* Heavy worlder and right man to {{Literature/Sten}} Alex Kilgour does this on board a spaceship with a long range flare gun. The corridor walls ensure extra crispy mooks.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch]]'': Zarya's Particle Cannon was originally a vehicle-mounted weapon that she ripped off herself.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': From ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' and onward, you can do this with regular turrets, plasma turrets, missile pods, etc. However, they unlimited ammo as turrets and a set amount of ammo when being handheld, so knowing ''when'' to detach them is a skill. They also tend to hamper movement.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': From ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' and onward, you can do this with regular turrets, plasma turrets, missile pods, etc.

* This was done a number of times by US soldiers in the Pacific during WW2 by using M1919's taken from aircraft and modifying them for infantry use, so much so that it earned the unofficial designation of "The Stinger". Using the version from aircraft meant that rather than have a rather pedestrian rate of fire of around 500 rpm that the infantry version had, the gunner at his disposal the cripplingly high rate of fire of 1200 rpm. These weapons were generally personally modified from the original turret guns, most notably by MOH recipient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Stein Tony Stein]]. For [[https://assets.americanrifleman.org/media/2643115/stinger.jpg?preset=article his weapon]] he added the stock of an M1 Garand, the sights and bi-pod off of a BAR, a box welded to the side to hold ammunition, and a trigger from god knows where. Using this weapon he was the first man from his unit onto the beach of Iwo Jima, and when his unit became bogged down by MG and mortar fire he single handedly charged to enemy pillboxes, mowing down 20 enemy before he (inevitably with this weapon) ran out of ammo. He then ran back to the beach (barefooted and without a helmet for extra speed) to get more ammo. Eight times. Carrying wounded men on his back.

It should be noted however, that many gun emplacements from the Great War/World War Two era (especially plane turrets) were equipped with lightweight machine guns that were designed to be carried around, but ''not'' fired when dismounted.

* At the time of the game's release, any Sentry Gun the Engineers in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' put down would be rooted to the ground. If you wanted to move it, you would instead have to demolish it and build a new one from scratch. Come the Engineer update, you can now pick up your sentry and move it in your toolbox instead. The only downside is that it still takes a few seconds to reassemble (albeit faster than the first time assembly), you move slower whilst carrying it, and if you die before your put it down, the entire Sentry blows up.

* ''Film/FlashGordon'': Prince Barin kills a couple of {{mooks}} who are using a machine gun-like energy weapon on a tripod. He picks the gun off the tripod and kicks the tripod away, then continues on using the weapon like a minigun.

* ''Film/TheMummy1999'': The protagonists pluck the mounted machinegun from the plane before it sinks into the quicksand.

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* This was done a number of times by US soldiers in the Pacific during WW2 by using M1919's taken from aircraft and modifying them for infantry use, so much so that it earned the unofficial designation of "The Stinger". Using the version from aircraft meant that rather than have a rather pedestrian rate of fire of around 500 rpm that the infantry version had, the gunner at his disposal the cripplingly high rate of fire of 1200 rpm. These weapons were generally personally modified from the original turret guns, most notably by MOH recipient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Stein Tony Stein]]. For [[https://assets.americanrifleman.org/media/2643115/stinger.jpg?preset=article his weapon]] he added the stock of an M1 Garand, the sights and bi-pod off of a BAR, a box welded to the side to hold ammunition, and a trigger from god knows where. Using this weapon he was the first man from his unit onto the beach of Iwo Jima, and when his unit became bogged down by MG and mortar fire he single handedly charged to enemy pillboxes, mowing down 20 enemy before he (inevitably with this weapon) ran out of ammo. He then ran back to the beach (barefooted and without a helmet for extra speed) to get more ammo. Eight times. Carrying wounded men on his back.
** As [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19220_the-6-most-badass-weapons-ever-improvised-in-battle_p2.html Cracked.com]] described Tony Stein's weapon: "It's like every gun in the world had sex with every other gun in the world, and then neglected the resulting love-child until it became psychotic and vowed revenge on everything."
* In a moment more appropriate to the trope, Mitchell Page and John Basilone were holding the line at Guadalcanal with a tripod-mounted M1917 machine gun, a water-cooled beast that weighs 47 pounds not including the ammunition or the water in the jacket and fires powerful .30-06 rounds (mostly used today for killing deer). At one point, Basilone removed the gun from its tripod and fired it from the hip, and Creator/RLeeErmey demonstrated it on ''Lock n' Load'' to prove to naysayers that it was possible, at least if you're R. Lee Ermey.
* Many vehicle-mounted machine guns, such as used in the turrets of lighter armored vehicles such as [=MRAPs=] or Humvees, are designed fit this trope for the simple and expedient reason that it makes the weapon easier to secure if you routinely have to leave the vehicle outside. The gunner simply removes the machine gun and carries it with him to use with a bipod when he goes on foot.
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* In a moment more appropriate to the trope, Mitchell Page and John Basilone were holding the line at Guadalcanal with a tripod-mounted M1917 machine gun, a water-cooled beast that weighs 47 pounds not including the ammunition or the water in the jacket and fires powerful .30-06 rounds (mostly used today for killing deer). At one point, Basilone removed the gun from its tripod and fired it from the hip, and RLeeErmey demonstrated it on ''Lock n' Load'' to prove to naysayers that it was possible, at least if you're R. Lee Ermey.

* ''LostPlanet'': you can detach the VS weapons from the [=VSs=] themselves, but you can also attach and reattach them back as you like.

* In a moment more appropriate to the trope, Mitchell Page and John Basilone were holding the line at Guadalcanal with a tripod-mounted M1917 machine gun, a water-cooled beast that weighs 47 pounds not including the ammunition or the water in the jacket and fires powerful .30-06 rounds (mostly used today for killing deer). At one point, Basilone removed the gun from its tripod and fired it from the hip, and RLeeErmey demonstrated it on ''Lock n' Load'' to prove to naysayers that [[{{Badass}} it was possible, at least if you're R. Lee Ermey.]]

* This was done a number of times by US soldiers in the Pacific during WW2 by using M1919's taken from aircraft and modifying them for infantry use, so much so that it earned the unofficial designation of "The Stinger". Using the version from aircraft meant that rather than have a rather pedestrian rate of fire of around 500 rpm that the infantry version had, the gunner at his disposal the cripplingly high rate of fire of 1200 rpm. These weapons were generally personally modified from the original turret guns, most notably by MOH recipient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Stein Tony Stein]]. For [[http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o265/WDW_Megaraptor/WW2%20pacific%20weapons/US%20Marine%20Corps/anm2stingerqi0.jpg his weapon]] he added the stock of an M1 Garand, the sights and bi-pod off of a BAR, a box welded to the side to hold ammunition, and a trigger from god knows where. Using this weapon he was the first man from his unit onto the beach of Iwo Jima, and when his unit became bogged down by MG and mortar fire he single handedly charged to enemy pillboxes, mowing down 20 enemy before he (inevitably with this weapon) ran out of ammo. He then ran back to the beach (barefooted and without a helmet for extra speed) to get more ammo. Eight times. Carrying wounded men on his back.

* ''VideoGame/JustCause'' and its sequel has stationary [[GatlingGood Gatling guns]] Rico can detach and carry around. The gun still has BottomlessMagazines when carried, but Rico's speed is decreased and he can't jump or pick up ammo for lesser weapons.
* ''{{Crackdown}} 2'': when you reach high Strength levels, you can pull off turrets and fire them manually.
* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' not only has these, but also features an [[UsefulNotes/XBox360 Achievement]]/[[UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} Trophy]] for killing 10 enemies with one.

* The Laptop Gun from ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'' can be used as a sub-machinegun or deployed as a SentryGun.

* ''VideoGame/PerfectDarkZero'', in addition to the aforementioned laptop gun, has detachable stationary machine guns and rocket turrets.

* In ''VideoGame/SeriousSam BFE'', there are minigun turrets in some of the earlier levels which shoot everything in sight, including you. In a later level, there's one facing a hallway that you can pick up, though you generally want to wait until it's finished killing all of the enemies running toward you (since it has unlimited ammo until you pick it up).
* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' plays this straight with laser turrets.

* ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' and onwards: you can do this with regular turrets, plasma turrets, and missile pods.
** It may be worth noting that the missile pods are only found as turrets once, in the level The Storm. Usually they are laying around.

* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' not only has these, but also features an [[{{XBox 360}} Achievement]]/[[{{PS3}} Trophy]] for killing 10 enemies with one.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'', an early quest gives you your first [[GatlingGood minigun]] when you wrench it from its mount in a crashed Vertibird. However, there's a Strength requirement to do so, which you likely won't meet unless you put on the suit of [[PoweredArmor Power Armour]] [[SuspiciousVideoGameGenerosity conveniently located]] right next to the wreckage.

* Inverted in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''; the Soviets have a mobile unit that can become a permanently fixed turret.

* The [[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]] turret in ''VideoGame/Killzone3'' can be detected as standalone weapon, and if one wants to replenish the ammo, all they need to do is to reattach the gun back to the turret.

* ''PerfectDark Zero'', in addition to the aforementioned laptop gun, has detachable stationary machine guns and rocket turrets.

* In ''FarCry: Instincts'', you can pick up stationary guns once you've acquired SuperStrength.
* The Laptop Gun from ''PerfectDark'' can be used as a sub-machinegun or deployed as a SentryGun.

* In ''TheMummyTrilogy'', the protagonists pluck the mounted machinegun from the plane before it sinks into the quicksand.