History Main / UnusualWeaponMounting

* Nearly every given ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' will have a small pair of vulcan cannons mounted in its head as a backup weapon. At least one from ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]'' (the Tequila/Spike Gundam) has about ''ten''.
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Heavyarms]] had Gatlings and missile launchers almost everywhere BUT the crotch.
** The Freedom Gundam from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Gundam SEED]]'' has two hip-mounted cannons, and two stored in its ''wings'' (the latter of which are sadly replaced by a ChestBlaster in its upgrade).
*** You forget that Strike Freedom's two wings turned into eight flying instruments of MoreDakka; giving it two Beam rifles, two hip-mounted railguns, a chest cannon, and eight remote-controlled beam launchers. Oh yeah, don't forget the swords mounted on the hip-mounted railguns and the Vulcans in it's head.
*** Also from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' were the ever-popular Mouth Cannons, which [[IncrediblyLamePun spat]] freaking huge particle beams.
** Look. Franchise/{{Gundam}} and all its incarnations are basically just trying to [[UpToEleven one up]] each other and see who can get the [[MoreDakka most Dakka]] on their suits. You have {{Mecha}} with Vulcan's in their feet, Guns for ''fingers,'' or hidden in their palms, often times has some mounted on their wrists or forearm (Including swords/whips/etc), on the chest/collar/abdomen/hip/and yes...'''crotch.''' The back of the mech is literally the catch-all location to put any shiny gadget or huge gun you can think of, wings are especially popular. If that weren't enough, most mechs also carry some more guns/swords concealed inside the giant shield they're carrying (If the shield itself is not a weapon in its own right) ''or inside'' the mech itself! ''Added to that,'' sometimes they even carry AttackDrone(s)
** There's also the chin/nose mounted machinegun of the Anf (literally, nose in Arabic) from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''.

** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Mazinger-Z. [[EyeBeams Its optical sensors shot laser beams]], its grid-covered mouth launched gusts of corrosive wind, its horns shot a double FreezeRay, [[ChestBlaster its chest shot heat waves]], its fingers and belly shot missiles...

** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': Grendizer's horns can unleash electrical discharges, its backhands shot laser rays, blades are stored into its shoulders that can be merged to form a double-headed scythe...

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* [[FanFic/ThirtyHs GROINSAWS]].
* The ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria'' universe has "battle saddles": rifles, submachine guns, shotguns, and even rocket launchers and magical beam or bolt weapons (the FO:E equivalent of lasers and plasma) that rest on a pony's back like a saddle and are fired with a mouth trigger. Their ability to hit anything beyond several feet away is HandWaved by the claim that they contain [[MagiTek magical targeting talismans.]]

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* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[spoiler:nano-transformed Army-Of-One!Kevyn]] has a gun ''in between the lobes of his brain''.

* ''VideoGame/TheSunAtNight'': [[TheProtagonist Laika]] is an [[IntelligentGerbil alien dog]] who wears a suit with a blaster on her back.

** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' had the infamous [[http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/19hdedg21z2yejpg.jpg "train boner,"]] where one of the CombiningMecha components partially untransformed to be used as a battering ram -- and it ended up extending from the mecha's crotch. The fact that it was [[WidgetSeries the kind of series to include such things]] is probably the major reason it wasn't adapted for ''Power Rangers''.

* From the ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' spin-off card game, [[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/285117 General Cannonhat and his Amazing Cannon Hat]], complete with CoolButInefficient earplugs.

** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' had the infamous "[[http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/19hdedg21z2yejpg.jpg train boner]]", where one of the CombiningMecha components partially untransformed to be used as a battering ram -- and it ended up extending from the mecha's crotch. The fact that it was [[WidgetSeries the kind of series to include such things]] is probably the major reason it wasn't adapted for ''Power Rangers''.

* Vash's Angel Arm from ''Series/{{Trigun}}'' is literally his arm, morphing into [[{{BFG}} a huge-ass cannon]] that blows a hole on the ''moon''.

* The film version of ''Film/ReturnOfTheKing'' features [[WarElephants Oliphaunts]] with blades attached to their long tusks. They swath large amounts of enemies in a single swing.

* Hyakkimaru from ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'' has a cannon that fires ''upwards'' out of his lower leg

* Comicbook/WarMachine. [[VideoGame/CapcomVsWhatever Here's my Sunday best!]]

Compare {{Natural Weapon}}s for when they're already part of the wielder, and BackpackCannon for weapons mounted in/from a backpack (i.e behind your back).

* ''Videogame/SenranKagura'': Mirai summons weapons from under her dress, including an anti-material rifle [[PhallicWeapon which looks exactly like what you'd expect]].

->''Might I sugest agin, a skul-gun for my head. Yesterday in Batery Park, some scum we all know pushes smack for NSF gets jumpy and draws. I take 2 .22's, 1 in flesh, 1 in augs, befor I can get out that dam asalt gun. If I could kil just by thought, it would be beter. Is it my job to be a human target-practis backstop?''

** ''Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger'' had the infamous "[[http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/19hdedg21z2yejpg.jpg train boner]]"; the fact that it was [[WidgetSeries the kind of series to include such things]] is probably the major reason it won't be getting adapted for ''Power Rangers''.

* In WW2, anti-tank gunners came up with what was thought to be an unusual but remarkably effective[[note]]and cheap[[/note]] expedient. Why bother towing your anti-tank gun and taking valuable time to dismount, unhitch, traverse and load it (in the face of enemy fire). German, British and Russian anti-tank gunners, independently of each other, chose to cut out the middleman and have their guns mounted directly on the back of what had previously been its prime mover (the lorry that towed it). Now all that was necessary was to turn the whole lorry to bring the gun to bear. Additional armour for crew protection could be mounted on the lorry. At first the guns were tied or chained down to the cargo-bed, but later refinements saw the weapon permanently welded into a fixed mounting. In the wide-open spaces of the Western Desert or Russia, the portée gun system became a desirable and effective part of mobile warfare. Britain found it extended the service life of the two-pounder, a weapon whose wheeled carriage was dissappointingly fragile and could break beyond repair in Egypt and Libya. Portée guns went out of favour when the war moved into more settled semi-urban areas such as Italy and France.

* Mouth Cannon: Cannons put inside your mouth. Gives an impression of a BreathWeapon. How they work despite being inside a mouth is usually not addressed, though may be hand-waved with robotic characters.

* Does Vash's Angel Arm from ''Series/{{Trigun}}'' count? On the "no" side, his arm more or less turns into the weapon, instead of being "inside" it, but in the "yes" column it's enough of a BFG to take a significant chunk out of a ''moon'' that happened to be passing by.

* Mouth Cannon: Cannons put inside your mouth. Gives an impression of a BreathWeapon. How they work despite being inside a mouth is usually not addressed.

* LegCannon: Ranged weapons mounted at the leg (whether at the thigh, lower leg, or the foot)

Subtropes include the ArmCannon, LegCannon, ShoulderCannon, and ChestBlaster. Compare {{Natural Weapon}}s for when they're already part of the wielder.

* ''Film/SpaceTruckers'' featured unstopable killer robots with a odd combination of head and gun.

** More mundanely, Legs's gun is build into her helmet (since her species lacks of hands).