History Sandbox / RareGuns

* ''Film/TheCrow''

* ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': Gyrojet pistols show up in the RPG spinoff as sidearm option. They're explicitly noted as being useful only in zero g, otherwise they're inferior to standard firearms. And even in space, laser pistols and needlers are still more powerful.

* The MPK is used by the second fake Kray Brother in ''Series/{{Whitechapel}}'' to shoot up the pub where DI Chandler is located.

* Seen as part of Smith's armory in ''Film/JonahHex''.

[[folder:Browning [=M1917=]]]
-> An American made, water-cooled heavy machine gun. Introduced in WWI, it would go on to see half a century of service with the American armed forces.
-->-- '''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''

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A water-cooled machine gun designed by John Moses Browning. Chambered in .30-06 Springfield, the Browning M1917 can be said to be the American counterpart to the British Vickers gun and Maxim guns, sharing their intended roles and traits. Browning patented the weapon in 1900, creating a working prototype a decade later in 1910. The US military, however, showed little interest until they decided to enter UsefulNotes/WorldWarI in 1917. By that point, however, there weren't enough of the guns to go around, forcing the US military to rely on older or foreign-designed machine guns until later in the war.

The weapon was updated, and continued to see service after the First World War, but gradually fell out of frontline use as it was replaced by the simpler and lighter air-cooled Browning M1919. When UsefulNotes/WorldWarII started, the M1917 saw further use, particularly in the Pacific Theater (where its water-cooled mechanism proved ideally suitable for the humid temperatures of the Pacific), before gradually being phased out, although it did see limited service in UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar and the early stages of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar by South Vietnamese forces. The Browning [=M1917=] was also imported in large numbers to China for both the Nationalist army and the numerous warlord cliques during the 1920s.

Naturally, many [=M1917s=] were quickly reverse-engineered and a local copy, the Type 30, chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser, was used by the Nationalists throughout the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the Chinese Civil War. The [=M1917=]'s tripod also proved ''very'' useful for mounting the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_recoilless_rifle [=M18=]]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M20_recoilless_rifle [=M20=]]] recoilless rifles, making them stable enough for accurate fire. Poland also copied the Browning M1917 to create their main heavy machine gun, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ckm_wz._30 Ckm wz.30]] in 7.92x57mm Mauser, which had an adjustable sight and a longer barrel.
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Compared to the Vickers and Maxim, the M1917 was just as reliable, fast and a lot lighter, though early versions had much shorter range compared to the other two guns due to the short-ranged .30-06 cartridge used in World War I.

[[AC: Comics]]
* [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Iy-QvX1qv0E/S9Tnv22Y8lI/AAAAAAAAG98/QUPxzklAqnw/s1600/peanuts.jpg Snoopy is shown to have one]] in one ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' strip.

[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* The weapon makes a notable appearance in ''Film/TheWildBunch''.
* Used by Filipino guerillas in ''Film/TheGreatRaid'', to help defend a vital bridge from Japanese troops during the titular Cabantuan raid.

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* The M1917 is used by the Marines in early episodes of ''Series/ThePacific'', accurately for the time period. Sergeant Basilone, at one point, fires the heavy weapon ''from the hip'', even using it as a melee weapon.
* A Browning M1917 is used by KKK members to shoot up a liquor warehouse in the first episode of ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'''s second season. Later, in Season 3, another one is used by Al Capone to shoot up Masseria's killers in "Margate Sands".

[[AC: Video Games]]
* Appears in ''VideoGame/RisingStorm'' as a mounted weapon, particularly on maps where the Americans are defending.
* A couple appear in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', though they resemble the similar-looking Maxim gun more than an actual Browning.
** It makes several more appearances in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2''. For whatever reason, it's [[MisidentifiedWeapons referred to as a Gatling]].
* ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'' has the M1917 as the primary weapon of American machine gun crews.
* The M1917 was added to ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'' as part of the Turning Tides DLC, where it is used by the Support class.

[[folder:CETME Ameli]]
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A Spanish 5.56x45mm light machine gun designed for their Army by Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales Especiales, development of the Ameli (an abbreviation of Ametralladora ligera, meaning "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin light machine gun]]" in Spanish) began in 1974, under the supervision of Colonel José María Jiménez Alfaro who would later became the director of CETME, and the weapon was unveiled in 1981 and adopted the next year by the military under the MG 82 designation. The weapon was produced by the Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara factory (now General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas) until 2013, when the factory was closed.

Externally, the Ameli resembles a green, miniaturized version of the MG 42 with a carry handle, but internally, it is a different weapon, using an open bolt roller-delayed blowback action like that of CETME's rifles and their successors like the G3, [=MP5=] and [=HK21=] rather than recoil-operated, roller locked action of the MG 42 and it's derivatives, and certain parts of the CETME rifles are interchangeable with the Ameli. It does share some features with the MG 3, though, like being able to adjust the fire rate using different bolts of varying weight, the lighter bolts putting it at 1,200 rounds/min while the heavier ones put it at around 850–900 rounds/min, a pawl-type feeding mechanism, a perforated barrel heat shroud and a slotted flash suppressor at the end of the barrel. The ammunition container has a transparent rear wall that allows the gunner to monitor ammunition levels visually, the carry handle has forward post and rear aperture iron sights with 300, 600, 800 and 1,000 m range settings, and the quick-detach bipod has a height adjustment feature.
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The Ameli has fallen out of service with the regular Spanish Army, though the Air Force and Navy still use it, and hasn't been adopted by many countries outside of Spain, though it does see use with the Mexican military and Malaysian PASKAL as well. It also won a competition for adoption by the British special forces, but due to quality issues with the ordered batch, the weapons were returned and never saw official use with them.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* Appears in the hands of a resistance fighter in the first episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'', mounted to a Steadicam harness.

* The CETME Ameli shows up as just the "Ameli" in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare''. It was later also added to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' with the Season 4 update, this time under it's Spanish Army designation.
* The CETME Ameli was added to ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' as the "[[AKA47 ALDA 5.56]]" with the Operation Para Bellum update, as a primary weapon for the Italian GIS Defender Maestro, being the second of two machine guns available to Defenders and the first one used as a regular weapon rather than a gadget (after Tachanka's deployable DP-28).
* Added to ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' in update 1.8 as as an exotic-tier weapon called the [[AKA47 Big Alejandro]], with the ventholes of an MG 3. It has the fastest fire rate of any weapon in the game and a unique ability where it will gain a maximum of 50% additional damage for every hit it scores while fired in cover, but this will be lost if the player reloads or kills an enemy.
* The CETME Ameli appears in ''[[VideoGame/SOCOMUSNavySeals SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation]]'' as the AMELI, exclusive to the Spanish UOE. It has the highest ammo capacity in the game, a high fire rate and good stopping power. It later returns in ''SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals''.
* A four-star Tactical Doll in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''.

[[folder:Charlton Automatic Rifle]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE]]

The Charlton Automatic Rifle was an automatic conversion of the Lee-Enfield rifle, developed in New Zealand to bolster the limited supply of Brens and Lewis Guns.

No more than 1,500 of these guns were "made", and almost all of them were destroyed [[NoOSHACompliance in a fire at an ordnance depot]] at the Palmerston North Showgrounds (now the Central Energy Trust Arena) on December 31, 1944. The known survivors now rest at various military museums in New Zealand, Australia, and the UK.

* The CAR was added to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'' as the NZ-41 as part of the Halloween Scream event. The weapon model is [[RightHandedLeftHandedGuns mirrored]], it is classified as a assault rifle instead of a light machine gun and it somehow holds 24 rounds in a 10-round Lee-Enfield magazine by default. It is returning in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyVanguard''.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' as a three-star MG. In reference to the the ordnance depot fire, CAR is sensitive to risk factors (and checks for safety numerous times before doing anything) and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes massive pyrophobe]] (to the point of carrying a fire extinguisher with her at all times).

[[folder:Enfield [=L86=] LSW]]
-> Designed to provide fire support to smaller groups of infantry, this British [=SA80=] family rifle comes equipped with an extended barrel giving great effective range. While originally intended to act as a light machine gun, it has seen a shift towards marksman duties due to its great performance at longer distances. While it has limited sustained fire capabilities due to not being belt fed, the reliable accuracy makes it a great force multiplier for any squad.
-->-- '''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''
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The L86 Light Support Weapon is a light machine gun variant of the L85 assault rifle, developed to replace the FN MAG ([=L7A2=]) at the section level within the British military. It's distinguished from its little brother by its rear vertical grip, heavier and longer barrel, and shorter handguard with an integrated bipod protruding from the front. Other than that, it is identical to its little brother, and the same magazines and sighting systems are used on both weapons. In addition to the British military, it was also adopted by MOD-sponsored cadet organizations.

Unfortunately, the weapon suffered many of the same reliability problems as its little brother in its original [=L86A1=] variant, and had the additional issues for a machine gun of being unable to deliver sustained automatic fire as it lacked belt feed capability (not surprising, as the weapon is built around the L85's receiver and MUST use the same magazine changing procedure as the L85) and a quick-change barrel.

Many units reverted back or held on to the MAG as a result, and eventually the FN Minimi (as the [=L108A1=] or [=L110A2=]) ended up filling its intended role in the British military. However, the L86 was known for its excellent accuracy, muzzle velocity and effective range thanks to its increased barrel length, bipod and SUSAT scope, so it was often repurposed as a designated marksman rifle, which the British military lacked at the time. However, with the introduction of the [=L129A1=] sniper rifle in 2010, it slowly became obsolete in that role too even with the [=L86A2=] upgrade, and in 2019, the L86 was withdrawn from service, while its little brother still remains the standard assault rifle of the British military as well as in use with several other armies across the globe.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* The [=L86A1=] was added to ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' with the Close Quarters expansion, unlocked with the "No Shortage" assignment for 20 LMG kills and 20 squad resupplies. It has low magazine capacity compared to the other [=LMGs=] and is rather slow-firing, but has low recoil. It returns in the upgraded [=L86A2=] variant in ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' as part of the Spring 2015 patch, unlocked for all players.
* The [=L86A1=] version of the weapon appears in the latter two ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' games, as the first mag-fed light machine gun available in multiplayer and sporadic appearances in singleplayer, using drum magazines to give it capacity on par with the other [=LMGs=]. The former game fits it with the L85's handguard (befitting the several hints that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was supposed to be the L85]]) and gives it low-profile ironsights and a carry handle the real weapon doesn't have, but the ACOG scope for it takes the form of a SUSAT, making it a bit harder to use than the regular ACOG but completely unaffected by an EMP. In the third game in particular it's infamous when combined with a thermal sight, which makes it shoot like a laser on top of the benefits inherent to that sight. It returns in the [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 reboot]] of the series, this time called the [[AKA47 SA87]] and with the standard magazine, once again with the longer handguard of an L85 and lacking the rear vertical grip, and the "[=SA87=] 18.2" Factory" attachment giving it a shorter barrel that essentially turns it into an L85.
* The free-to-play ''[[VideoGame/GhostReconOnline Ghost Recon: Phantoms]]'' included the [=L86A2=] (which had a "short barrel" modification to turn it into the L85).
* The [=L86A2=] appears as a weapon option for the British Army marksman in ''VideoGame/{{Squad}}'', reflecting the weapon's shifting role in becoming an interim marksman rifle.
* ''VideoGame/ProjectReality'' has the [=L86A2=] as a usable weapon by the United Kingdom Armed Forces, where it is semi-automatic only and used as a designated marksman rifle.
* The [=L86A2=] was added to ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}} II'' with the ''British Armed Forces'' expansion, where it is classified as a sniper rifle.
* A futurized L86 appeared in ''VideoGame/GhostInTheShellFirstAssaultOnline'' as the L86-SEO, where it was fitted with a 50-round drum magazine.
* The [=L86A2=] appears as a usable light machine gun in ''VideoGame/TheDivision'' and [[VideoGame/TheDivision2 it's sequel]], where it has low recoil, but also low magazine capacity compared to the other [=LMGs=].
* The [=L86A1=] appears with tan furniture in ''VideoGame/Fallout2'' as the Light Support Weapon, listed as a Big Gun and firing in 10 round bursts. It is used by the claim jumpers near Redding, and can be bought from Buster.
* The [=L86A2=] appears in ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint'', where it is mislabeled as the [=L86A1=] variant, and the blueprint can be found in Outpost Red Ferret in Restricted Area 01.
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[[folder:Handheld Gatling guns]]
->I know one thing, Major, I drew down and fired straight at it. Capped off two hundred rounds in the minigun, full pack. Nothing... Nothing on Earth could've lived. Not at that range.
-->--'''Mac Eliot''', ''Film/{{Predator}}''

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A common method of giving MoreDakka to a soldier in a movie or videogame is to hand him a [[GatlingGood multi-barrel rotary gun]], most commonly an M134 minigun in 7.62mm NATO. This is sheer RuleOfCool in action; while some games feature entire armed forces with Gatling guns as standard issue infantry weapons, no real army has ever seriously considered deploying such a weapon. They're simply too big to be useful; an M134 weighs in at 52-66 pounds on its own, and you can throw another 128 pounds on top of that for 1,500 rounds of ammo (roughly 30 seconds' worth), plus you'll need to throw the weight of a power source and the rest of the soldier's gear on top of ''that''. Oh, and have fun with 300 pounds of peak recoil, assuming you can hold onto the weapon when the torque of the spinning bundle of barrels tries to wrench it from your grip.
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[[FromBadToWorse If that's not enough]], there's also the {{chainsaw grip|BFG}}, otherwise known as ''the most Hollywood'' of HollywoodTactics known to Man: stand upright, out in the open, while bullets are flying and spray tracers in the general direction of bad guys from this bucking bronco of a bullet hose you're holding at waist level, because you ''can't'' aim it and it doesn't even have sights for you to try. If you want to get shot with ''lots'' of bullets, this is a great way to make that dream come true! Using such weapons outside of fixed or vehicle mountings is purely in the realm of fiction. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM214_Microgun XM214 Microgun 6-Pak]], weighing only 85 pounds ''with'' ammunition, and firing the more manageable 5.56 NATO round, might be considered a subversion of this trope, [[SuperPrototype had it actually existed as an infantry weapon past the prototype stage,]] but it had its own set of drawbacks over a conventional light machine gun for infantry applications, including its heavy weight and that its 5.56 ammo proved too light to maintain accuracy when fired from a moving aircraft.
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A company is attempting to make an even smaller version [[http://www.emptyshell.us/xm556-microgun/ known as the XM556]] that is about the same length as some carbines and runs off a 24-volt DC supply and weighs in at 16 pounds, but has yet to leave the prototype phase and is clearly meant to be a showoff range piece.

* '''Trivia''': UsefulNotes/{{Airsoft}} and Paintball players and manufacturers have been trying to create such devices (when not mounting them to vehicles, as part of Scenario Games, or Military Simulation, or Mil-Sim for short) for years now. While they have considerably less to worry about when it comes to weight, as they use lighter ammo in the form of either 6mm plastic or resin [=BBs=], or .68 caliber Paintballs. Airsoft has been more successful, and has had companies through the years sell them. But between their prohibitive costs (well over $3000 or more), and still hefty weight between gun, any gas air tanks for projecting the [=BBs=], motor, and battery to spin the barrels to well over 30 lbs., limits its use.
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* In ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest 2'', Sonny Bonds carries a 10mm 1911 variant.

* ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'''s High Tech Suit DLC included the Steiner-Bisley Zenith from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' as a crossover promotion, as Creator/SquareEnix was fond of doing at the time (47's Silverballer was added as DLC for ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' and the multiplayer in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013''). However, it was only available in Contracts mode, which is no longer playable.

* One of the specialists' loadouts in the first ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' includes the original model of the Bizon. The Bizon-2 returns in ''Phantoms'', ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'' (unlocked for killing ten enemies with an SMG without reloading in "Firefly Rain") and ''[[VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands Wildlands]]'' (found on a barge in the lake in Agua Verde, with a unique "Residuos" version awarded after defeating El Pozolero).

A British gas operated semiautomatic .50 caliber sniper rifle, the [=AS50=] was developed by Accuracy International to replace the Barrett M82 in service with the British military and US Navy [=SEALs=]. It features a high rate of fire coupled with great accuracy for a .50 cal rifle due its free-floating barrel, muzzle brake, recoil-reducing buttpad on the stock and lightweight titanium frame, and can easily be disassembled and serviced in less than three minutes without tools. The [=AS50=] is one of the few modern firearms that uses a direct impingment gas system[[note]]because of how little is known about this weapon, the only verifiable source for this information was, oddly enough, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH75HB0c340 Gamespot video]] in which Royal Armouries keeper Jonathan Ferguson showed off the current production model of the [=AS50=] while taking a look at ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare3''[[/note]].

The rifle entered the civilian market, where it is popular for survivalists who favoured it for its light weight. Armalite sold the rights to Charter Arms in 1979, and then Charter Arms did the same to the current manufacturer Henry in the 2000's. Rebranded as the U.S. Survival AR-7. Charter Arms had also designed a pistol variant of the AR-7 known as the Explorer II by nixing the stock and shortening the barrel. However the pistol is much maligned by customers with reliability issues (as the weapon was originally a blow-back action rifle, cutting away the stock would mess with the recoil impulse). In fiction, expect it to subvert the LittleUselessGun trope as it can be depicted as an assassin's weapon.

* Sinon uses the F2 as her original weapon of choice in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' before replacing it with the Hécate II in the GGO arc, using it three months before the main story to defeat a boss monster by herself by sitting out of its effective range and sniping it to death.

* Boss's primary weapon in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'' is a Vintorez, it even takes care to show off the select-fire capability between semi and full-auto.

* Kurz Weber uses one against a HumongousMecha in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''.

* Emiya Kiritsugu from ''LightNovel/FateZero'' uses one equipped with a dual-scope setup: night-vision, and thermal imaging. Presumably he was able to acquire it via his connections with the [[{{Fiction500}} ludicrously wealthy Einzbern family]].

* The PP-90 is seen used by KGB agents in ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', the PP-19 Bizon-2-01 is the weapon used by Tanya of Team SHINC. Unlike most other instances of this gun being depicted in media, hers has a PBS-1 suppressor attachment, and she also showcases its select-fire capabilities of both semi and full-auto fire (usually the gun is presented as being a full-automatic only firearm).

* In Chapter 5 of ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden's'' first light novel, Violet has a ballistic knife (one of [[WalkingArmory plenty other weapons on her]]) in her [[StockingFiller garters]] while performing an amanuensis job at a prison full of violent felons. Her weapons are confiscated by the prison staff while she works... not that she needs any of it, since she outright says [[TykeBomb she is a weapon.]]

-->--'''Fate/Zero material''', ''LightNovel/FateZero''

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' ''Phantom Bullet" arc, the GGO pro player Yamikaze (literal translation: "Dark Wind"), and nicknamed "The Devil of Run-And-Gun" uses an M900-A, which is described as also being a rare gun in game.

* Kiritsugu of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' (the LightNovel prequel to ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'') wields this gun. In this case it has been converted to full-auto. Some sources incorrectly list it as the the [=M960=] submachine gun but it is not, nor is it the [=M950A=] (which can alternate between semi-auto and full auto) because it lacks a fire selector switch. {{Justified|Trope}} in this case by his usual target being ''hard'' to take down, and the extremely rapid fire of the Calico would be ideal.

* Preferred sidearm of Manami Kinjou in ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties''. In one notable occasion, she wielded it burst mode with the skeletonized stock while [[FullFrontalAssault completely naked]].

* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' - Sinon carries a Glock 18 as her sidearm in the anime adaptation of the ''Phantom Bullet'' arc. This is a change from the original light novel, which gave her an H&K MP7.

* A handheld M134 appears in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' during the Phantom Bullet arc during the introductory battle in the in universe VRMMORPG Gun Gale Online. It's used by the appropriately named "mercenary bodyguard" player, [[BigGuy Behemoth]]. It also shown to be AwesomeYetImpractical here, as the weight for the gun and a mere 500 rounds of ammo for such a weapon takes up most of his total carry weight limit, applies a movement speed penalty, and requires sufficient support from a friendly squad to make the most out of his gear set up.

[[folder:Colt Buntline Special]]
-> ''Colt Buntline Special. Custom stock, custom rounds.''
-->--'''Doc [=McCoy=]''', ''VideoGame/DesperadosIII''

Basically a long barreled Single Action Army with a detachable stock, this one is unique among the examples listed in that its origins are largely apocryphal, although longer barreled Single Action Armies could be custom ordered from Colt at the time.

Originally described by author Sam Lake as having a [[HandCannon twelve inch barrel]] in his fictionalised biographical novel, ''Wyatt Earp: Frontier Lawman'', five of these weapons were apparently commissioned by dime novelist Ned Buntline as thanks for giving him material for his works, with one apparently going to Earp. Historical records find no evidence that Earp received such a weapon[[note]]Though his wife Josie did say he owned a long-barrel revolver that was one of his favorites, she didn't mention it being a Colt or anything about ''how'' long it was. Wyatt Earp ''is'' documented as having owned a Smith & Wesson Model 3 with an 8-inch barrel (longer than the standard 7 inches or the very popular cut-down to 5 inches) at the time of the gunfight at the OK Corral, and it was probably the gun he used in that shootout. This gun was a gift from the mayor of Tombstone, and could well have been conflated into the Buntline story.[[/note]] or ever even met Buntline. However, the concept of a Single Action Army as a SniperPistol was [[RuleOfCool too awesome to pass up]] and in popular culture, it tends to be Earp's weapon especially during the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Thanks in part to the series ''The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp'', when Colt reintroduced the Single Action Army, [[TheRedStapler there was a demand for Buntline Specials]], so it was effectively defictionalised.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'' has the titular character carry Wyatt Earp's Buntline as an AncestralWeapon known as "[[ICallItVera Peacemaker]]".

[[AC:Film]]
* Wyatt Earp wields one during the gunfight at the OK Corral in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''.
* ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore''. Colonel Mortimer uses a 10 inch Buntline as his weapon, even attaching a stock to it. There's also an ''18 inch'' one briefly shown in his saddlebags along with various other rifles.
* Used in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' [[spoiler:by Judge Doom]] to kill R.K. Maroon.
* The 1994 Christian Western ''Covenant Rider'' has protagonist Wichita Slim (played by Kenneth Copeland) carry a "long-barreled Colt" as his primary sidearm. Its rarity is commented on by the outlaws he trains it on from inside a stagecoach, who immediately realize who he is based on his unusual weapon.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'' series, [[ColdSniper Doc McCoy]] carries one that functions as a SniperPistol. He uses specialised subsonic ammo to silence it.
* [[BonusBoss Reapers]] dual-wield these as their weapon of choice in the ''{{Franchise/Persona}}'' series from [[VideoGame/Persona3 3]] onwards.
* The Buntline appears as a weapon for Vincent Valentine in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII.''

[[folder:Colt Walker]]
->''Meanwhile, the Colt Paterson revolver did so well for the Texas Rangers that one of the veterans of the fracas at Walker Creek, a young captain named Samuel Walker, set out from Texas to New York to personally suggest some improvements to Sam Colt. Together in 1847 they cooked up a design for a new, nearly five-pound behemoth trail gun called the Walker Colt, a weapon that soon became the most powerful handgun on the market.''
-->--'''Chris Kyle''', ''American Gun''

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Developed jointly between Samuel Colt and Captain Samuel Walker, the Colt Walker (also known as the Walker Colt) was intended to be a sidearm that was extremely powerful at close range and capable of killing horses as well as men. In fact, prior to the introduction of the .357 Magnum, it was the most powerful handgun in the world and had an effective range of around 100 yards. However, it had two major drawbacks. The first being that it was [[HandCannon fucking huge]] and generally had to be holstered in the saddle—it is possible to carry one in a belt-mounted holster, but it will get in the way of pretty much everything, and good luck drawing in any manner other than “slow, awkward, and potentially unsafe” (the later 1851 Navy was advertised as a "belt pistol" specifically because it was light enough to reasonably carry it on one's person rather than on a saddled horse). The other being that the barrels had a tendency to rupture should proper care not be taken in maintaining the weapon. Overfilling it with powder was a common way to [[StuffBlowingUp destroy a Walker]], since the weapon couldn't handle the pressures of a full load of powder. As a result, only around 1100 of them were ever made, though modern replicas are widely available (and are invariably what you'll actually see in films). It was quickly superceded by the Colt Dragoon, which was less powerful, but fixed many of the issues of the Walker, including its size and tendency to rupture.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* The Colt Walker is the weapon of choice for the Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''. As he gains the title he gets a new pair, which are forged from the sword of the previous Saint in hellfire. The resulting weapons never miss, apparently never run out of ammunition, can shoot through anything (like, say, the armor of an M1 Abrams tank) and kill just about anything in the entire creation. Including ''God''.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* [[Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales Josey Wales]] carries a pair of them (along with two smaller pistols).
* Mentioned in ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''. Part of the real story of the death of "Two Gun" Corcoran mentions that he carried one of these weapons and it exploded on him, allowing English Bob to finish him off.
* In ''Film/TheLastStand'' TheDragon uses this gun for no good reason, other than RuleOfCool.
* In the original ''Film/TrueGrit'', this is the gun Mattie Ross used, incorrectly called a Dragoon. The remake however, gives her an ''actual'' Dragoon.

[[AC:Literature]]
* Pops up in the ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' series, as the sidearm of Captain Samuel Anson, a spy who helps captured US Navy aviators Fred Reynolds and Kari-Faask escape from the [[ReligionOfEvil Holy Dominion]]. Reynolds initially figures him to be from the Empire of the New Britain Isles, based on his rather British-like accent. Turns out that he's actually from the previously-unknown New United States, founded by the Sailors and Marines aboard a US fleet bound for Veracruz that crossed into the [=altEarth=] during the Mexican-American War, and have been at war with the Dominion ever since. They are evidently mass-producing it for standard-issue. Considering some of the beasties found in this world, it makes perfect sense to carry such a HandCannon for your sidearm.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood'' gives one to Ray as one of his starting weapons.
* Top-tier revolver in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' total-conversion mod ''VideoGame/FistfulOfFrags'', its immense power - it's nearly always a OneHitKill - balanced by a painfully long reloading animation.

[[folder:Lefaucheux 20-Shot Pinfire revolver]]
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Invented by the French gunsmith Lefaucheux, this revolver used a cylinder with two layers of chambers, slightly offset in order to fire intermittently through its double barrels, allowing it to hold a maximum of 20 7.65mm pinfire rounds. Though not as popular or well known as other revolvers (including Lefaucheux's own more practical Model 1854 and 1858 6-shooters firing a 12mm pinfire cartridge), the 20-shot revolver did see some use in the American Civil War, mostly on the Confederate side.

* Lefaucheux 20-shot revolvers feature prominently in the ChristianFiction series ''Chance And Choices Adventures'', first being used by the villains and later coming into the hands of the heroes.
* Shelly's "Loverboy" revolver from ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'' and ''VideoGame/IonFury'' is essentially an S&W Model 500 with three barrels and a Lefaucheux-style enlarged cylinder to fit 18 bullets at once, though unlike the Lefaucheux it fires from all three barrels at once.
* An [[BlingBlingBang Extra Fancy]] Lefaucheux was looked at on ''WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqdQrpF2PmI here]].
* The 12-shot version was used by a stagecoach robber in ''[[Anime/{{Leijiverse}} Gun Frontier]]''.

[[folder:[=LeMat=] revolver]]
->''Infamous icon of the Confederacy, this updated model takes nine cartridges in its cylinder. Its second barrel delivers a shotgun blast up close.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown''

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A cap and ball revolver used by the Confederate side during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. Its claim to RuleOfCool status comes from the fact that the nine-shot cylinder revolves around a secondary barrel which fires a 20-gauge buckshot round. It was significantly bulkier than other revolvers of the period, and significantly more expensive, so even in its time it was rare. Being made in Europe, it also had to get past Union blockades to even reach its Confederate customers, and most of the already small production run didn't. But those cavalrymen who could afford one and actually got their hands on one loved them, since the added weight's no big deal when your horse is the one carrying it most of the time. \\
Modern reproductions are available from the Pietta company of Brescia, Italy. After the Civil War was over, Jean [=LeMat=] attempted to adapt the concept metallic cartridges, but the resulting revolvers were even bulkier and incredibly ugly. Since cartridge revolvers could be reloaded much faster than cap-and-ball revolvers, the advantages of a nine-round cylinder and shotgun barrel weren't as significant and the added bulk was no longer really worth it, resulting in these post-war [=LeMat=]s being a commercial flop and [[RareGuns even rarer than the wartime models]], yet at the same time less valuable to collectors, since they lack the Civil War connection. Further killing sales was the fact that unlike Colt and Remington percussion revolvers, the original [=LeMat=] design wasn’t capable of a simple conversion for cartridges due to the muzzleloading shotgun barrel being integral to the frame and the .42-caliber chambers being too closely spaced to allow cartridge rims to clear each other. A cartridge-firing [=LeMat=], redesigned as such from the ground-up, was easily one of the most SteamPunk-looking and godawful-ugly weapons ever made by human hands, and needless to say was even less successful than its cap & ball predecessor.

* '''Cool Action:''' In fiction, expect a scene where the [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets Gun Goes Click]], only for the user to fire the shotgun barrel at the surprised antagonist.
* '''Cool Silhouette''': Civil War versions, particularly, have a distinctive long, low silhouette... in addition to being absolutely ''massive''. Expect to see concept artists homage it just so they can have a revolver that really stands out.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* Carried by Allan Quartermain in the first volume of ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''.

[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* Swede Gutzon in the QuickDraw film ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''.
* ''Film/ColdMountain''. Carried by the male protagonist Inman.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Jayne Cobb uses a handgun based on the [=LeMat=].
* Carried by the title character in ''Johnny Ringo'', a short-lived TV Western airing 1959-60.
* Bruce Willis is handed one at the airport so he can assassinate the bioterrorist at the climax of ''Film/TwelveMonkeys''.
* A cartridge-firing model is used by the Man in Black in the ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' TV series as his weapon. He puts the shotgun barrel to good use in the episode "Chestnut", using it to blast through a piece of cover that a gunman is hiding behind. It has to be disassembled in order to reload (which is why the real [=LeMat=] had to be completely redesigned for cartridges), but the park's robots are unable to actually harm the human guests, so it averts AwesomeButImpractical. Given that the titular Westworld is a theme park where all of the guns were specially made for use there, rarity was no object, and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to the historical [=LeMat=] cartridge model. Given that the Man in Black has been going to the park for thirty years and has learned all of its ins and outs, it makes sense that he'd use a flashy, unique revolver.

[[AC:Literature]]
* Dr. Theophilus Algernon Tanner in the the ''Literature/{{Deathlands}}'' novels, has carried two different [=LeMat=] revolvers.
* Used by Ezra Justice in the novel ''The Justice Riders'', written by Creator/ChuckNorris.
* The title character utilizes a borrowed one during the final battle in the Literature/DirkPittAdventures chapter ''Deep Six''. The second barrel, naturally, happens to be ChekhovsGun.
* The MountainMan Mad Amos that Creator/AlanDeanFoster used in a series of WeirdWest short stories carries one, though he generally uses his [[{{BFG}} Sharps Buffalo Gun]] most of the time.

[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' being a generic system can cover the [=LeMat=]; ''GURPS High-Tech,'' which incorporates a large catalog of real-world firearms, has full game statistics. Notably, ''GURPS Steampunk 2: Steam and Shellfire'', a catalog of {{steampunk}} gear, makes a point of repeating the stats for the cartridge version.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* The [=LeMat=] becomes available to the player late in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', but due to the game engine not supporting alternate firing modes, the secondary buckshot mode isn't available. It returned for [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 the sequel's]] online mode and later in single player mode, and here its shotgun mode can be used.
* The ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' mod "VideoGame/BallisticWeapons" features a modernized top-break variant of the [=LeMat=] as the "[[AKA47 Wilson 41-DB]]", as the second revolver available after the Anaconda-inspired D49. It deals less damage per shot, but competes with a faster reload, less recoil, and a nearly-doubled capacity (9 rounds plus a shell in the shotgun barrel).
* Appears in both ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' and its prequel, ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood''. Like the ''RDR'' example above, it only acts as a nine shot revolver and the shotgun barrel isn't usable.

[[folder:[=M1879=] Reichsrevolver]]
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->''The original M1879 design was heavy and cumbersome. In the early 1880’s Germany decided to make the revolver a little easier to handle. Reducing its weight led to the M1883. A single action revolver, which was still ‘old tech’ for its time, but did the job until the C96 Mauser and P08 Luger arrived.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}''

The Reichsrevolver M1879 was a single action revolver introduced to the Imperial German Army as their sidearm in 1879. It was chambered in a unique 10.6x25mmR cartridge, which is often thought of to be based on the .44 Russian cartridge in terms of size and power. Reloading the weapon was similar to the Colt Single Action Army or Nagant revolver by opening a loading gate to eject the spent cartridges on the right side of the weapon, then inserting a new round. Reloading by removing the cylinder altogether and then changing the cartridges was also an option. The weapon was already considered to be outdated when it was introduced, with the Smith and Wesson Model 3 having a break-top action that allows the spent cartridges to be ejected all at once with an extractor, and later revolvers like the Webley introduced double-action hammers that did not need to be cocked between shots. The gun even lacked an ejector rod to push out the spent cartridges, requiring the user to carry a separate one with them. The manufacturers simply went to design a crude, yet [[BoringButPractical robust and reliable weapon that can easily be produced in large numbers]]. Ultimately, the German army kept the Reichsrevolver until 1908, where it was replaced by the famous Luger P08. Despite being an older weapon, it did see some action in World War I, where the robust design allowed it to endure the conditions of trench warfare better than its semi-automatic contemporaries. The revolver even saw some service in World War II as a sidearm for the Luftwaffe.

A later variant, the M1883 was the same in almost every way, except for a shorter barrel that made the gun lighter and easier to wield.

[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* The German spies that confront Diana and Steve Trevor in London in ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' wield Reichsrevolvers.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* The Reichsrevolver appears in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson'', as Inspector Lestrade's sidearm.

* The Reichsrevolver is one of the many sidearms the German Army uses in ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}''. It serves as the most powerful sidearm in the game, at the cost of a very long reload. It shows up again in the expansion ''Tanneberg'' with the same properties.
* Added to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'' in The Resistance event alongside the Enfield No 2 Revolver. Despite being single action only, it has a faster rate of fire in exchange for less damage.
* The 1879 was added to ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' in Update 45. It is called the 'M1879 Imperial Revolver' in game.

[[folder:Magnum Research BFR]]
->''For Honorable Service''
-->--'''Inscription on the barrel of the Ranger Sequoia''', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''

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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Research_BFR A five shot revolver]] by the same people who manufacture the Desert Eagle. Officially, the BFR designation stands for "Big Frame Revolver", though "Biggest, Finest Revolver" and "[[{{BFG}} Big Fucking Revolver]]" are often used in its place. This HandCannon is available in a wide variety of calibres, most of which are either large bore Magnum revolver calibres, such as .500 S&W and .460 S&W, or rifle rounds, such as .45-70 Gov't, .30-30 Winchester, and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill .50 Beowulf]].

Strongly resembling a giant Single Action Army, and like it, fires in single action and uses a loading gate, though it also uses the transfer bar system used by the Ruger Blackhawk and other modern single action revolvers. It's generally used as a showoff piece for those who think the Smith & Wesson 500 isn't enough of a HandCannon for their liking, though with some of the smaller calibres, the recoil is almost negligible due to the sheer size of the thing.

[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* Appears in ''Film/{{Looper}}'', used by both Joe and Old Joe as well as Abe and his Gat Men.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* Available in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' as the "[[AKA47 Hunting Revolver]]", chambered in .45-70 Gov't and with an attached scope. It's powerful and has a mean kick, meaning a slow rate of fire, though it's portrayed inaccurately as having a swing-out cylinder and being double-action. Veteran NCR Rangers carry an [[BlingBlingBang ornately decorated version with gold bear grips]] known as the "Ranger Sequoia" as a reward for honourable service. Chief Hanlon has one [[spoiler:and uses it to [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]] if the Courier requests that he turn himself in.]] The ''Gun Runners' Arsenal'' DLC adds a moddable version of the standard hunting revolver, allowing the Courier to add a six-shot cylinder and a match barrel to improve accuracy.
* The BFR appears in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. It is chambered in .45-70 Gov't and can, strangely enough, be fitted with a suppressor (due to the gap between the cylinder and frame being so small). To top it off, it has an attachment rail along the top.

[[folder:Mateba 6 Unica Autorevolver]]
->''Some of the most beautiful feats of engineering have emerged from Italy. The 1967 Ferrari Spider, the Rialto Bridge and now the Matever .357. This beautiful revolver is powerful and accurate, and very, very rare.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2''

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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateba_Autorevolver A very rare Italian semi-automatic revolver]] that uses the force of the previous shot to revolve the cylinder and cock the hammer; the Mateba is one of only a handful of attempts to create such a weapon, and the first well-known example since the Webley-Fosbery about a century earlier. It's also notable for having the barrel at the 6-o-clock chamber as opposed to the 12-o-clock as most guns are, in an effort to reduce muzzle flip and felt recoil (a lifelong obsession of Emilio Ghisoni, the designer of the Mateba and several other unconventional revolvers). It comes in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and .454 Casull, with each respective variation also able to load and fire .38 and .44 Special and .45 Colt. Barrel lengths generally range from four to eight inches, though there was also a revolver rifle variation called the "Grifone" with an eighteen-inch barrel, handguard, and stock. Was made by a single company in Italy, and only manufactured in relatively low numbers from 1997 to 2005; it turned out semi-auto revolvers are rare for a good reason, since they lack the inherent simplicity that is the chief advantage of using a revolver rather than a semi-auto in the first place (such as, for instance, requiring replacing of the recoil springs in its automatic mechanism for it to properly cycle with .38/.44 Special and .45 Colt). That said, as of early 2018 the weapon appears to have made a return to limited production. Emilio Ghisoni eventually went on to create the similar Chiappa Rhino (which also has an entry on Cool Guns), which shares the angular design and 6-o-clock barrel position but is otherwise a traditional double-action revolver, which entered production shortly after his death in 2008.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' -- Vash the Stampede's gun ([[spoiler:and his brother Knives' identical gun]]) visually resembles the Mateba (it has the same 6-o-clock barrel arrangement and ambidextrous cylinder release levers), though it's otherwise a regular break-open, double-action revolver.
* One of the episodes of ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'' has Sacci using one of these.
* Togusa's weapon of choice in all of the ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' series. His Mateba isn't a real world production model, differing slightly in each continuity:
** In the [[Anime/GhostInTheShell1995 original film]] and its sequel, he uses the "M2007", a variant mostly based on the Unica's immediate, non-automatic and much rarer predecessor, the [[https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/Mateba_2006M Mateba 2006M]].
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' gives him the "2008M", a combination of the Unica's frame design and automatic nature with the blockier barrel of the 2006M; when that gets confiscated at the end of the first season, he's also shown to have a regular 2006M.
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' still refers to it as the 2008M, but it now appears to be an unmodified Unica.
* Ithaqua from ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is patterned after a [[HumongousMecha seriously-upscaled]] Mateba revolver.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Wash has one with minor embellishments in the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', it is shown being held by River in the poster, but it is only seen used by Jayne and Zoe.
* The main character in ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' uses [[PropRecycling the same prop]] from ''Serenity'' during a shootout while escaping from the alternate-reality game ''Society''. The ammo limitation [[BottomlessMagazines doesn't seem to affect him at all]].
* Used by Joe during the Shanghai scene in ''Film/{{Looper}}.''
* ''Film/GiveEmHellMalone'': Malone's weapon is a Mateba Model 6 Unica.
* The Mateba appears prominently in ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} Insurgent]]'' along with the Chiappa Rhino.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' has it make an appearance in the Dragon's Teeth map pack, as the "Unica 6", chambered in .357 Magnum and unlocked for the "Big Splash" assignment (by opening the floodgates on one of the DLC's new maps and making five kills while swimming).
* ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' doubles-down on the rarity with the Alesso Heist DLC by adding the 2006M, the Unica 6's rarer non-automatic predecessor, including alternate barrel lengths such as a "Pesante (heavy) Barrel" based on a long barrel for it that's even rarer than the 2006M itself. It's referred to as the "Matever .357", [[ShoutOut named after]] the mistranslation of its name from ''Ghost in the Shell''. It's the most accurate of the revolvers (able to reach perfect accuracy just with skills to boost it), and it's the only one other than the Judge that can accept gadgets like lasers and flashlights, but it can't be concealed as much as the Bronco or Peacemaker, and it can't accept sights or barrel extensions.
* Shows up in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs''. Completing ten Crime Detection events unlocks a special variant called the Chrome, which fires in [[MoreDakka three-round bursts]].
* Nathan Drake gets to use one in ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'', named the "Barok .44". It's a HandCannon, capable of plugging any unarmored foe in a single round.
* Amanda Ripley's revolver in ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is based off the Unica with the slightly more squared trigger guard of the Chiappa Rhino.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' has the 2006M as the [[AKA47 Magnum 2005M]], found by Barry in the mines in his final chapter. It's more powerful than his default Magnum Python, but holds less ammo and has only one customization slot.
* Added in Update #79, the Unica 6 shows up in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. It has an attachment rail on the top of the barrel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=MP-412=] REX]]
->''Developed for export in Russia (REX stands for Revolver for Export), the [=MP412=] is a compact .357 Magnum handgun with an interesting tilt open and auto extraction design. While not as powerful as the .44 Magnum, the .357 Magnum round from the [=MP412=] offers excellent stopping power and the compact package offers a slightly higher rate of accurate fire.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''

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A Russian top-break revolver designed in the early post-Soviet days, the REX was designed primarily for the export market (hence its name: "REX" stands for Revolver for [=EXport=]). However, it failed to find a market; the US and Russia reached an agreement at the time that Russian handguns wouldn't be exported to the US, which cut off what would have been its primary market, and Russians themselves had little interest in revolvers like it. Still, it has seen a fair amount of use in modern video games and such, due to its design still looking sleek and futuristic even two decades later. It also features a top-break design with an automatic extractor that ejects spent casings as soon as the cylinder is opened. For some reason, this is very rarely seen in any kind of media.

Normally, top-break revolvers fire relatively slow, low-pressure rounds, due to their being inherently weaker than solid-frame designs; instead of the stress being distributed across the entire frame, it's concentrated into a single relatively small point: the latch holding the barrel and frame together. This is why, despite being even more convenient to reload than swing-open cylinders, the top-break configuration slid into disuse over the first half of the 20th century. The REX was the first time anybody attempted to make a top-break firing a high-powered Magnum round. Uncertainty about whether it was up to the task might have contributed to its inability to find a market, though superior modern metallurgy probably made it strong enough.
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[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' was probably one of the first games to prominently feature the REX; here, it was shown as the MiddleEasternCoalition's standard handgun. It reappeared in ''Bad Company 2'', but was made available to all factions. In both games, it's the most powerful pistol available, but also the slowest to fire and load.
** It came back in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' as well, in spite of the generally more realistic selection of weapons in that game. Notably, it was probably the first game in which the automatic extractor is actually used.
** It comes back again in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' as the standard secondary weapon and only handgun available in the campaign, given to Recker by the former squad leader before his death in the first mission and unlocked for multiplayer upon completing that mission. You can switch it out for a different gun when you find a weapons crate, but there are a few moments in the campaign where you lose your gun and Recker draws an MP-412 from nowhere, presuming that he keeps it on him at all times for a sort of sentimental value... and also as a backup for those occasions when he loses his guns. In multiplayer it's the mid-range specialist of the revolvers, with the larger .44 Magnum handling long range better and the DLC Rhino being better while close-in.
* Perhaps following on ''Battlefield's'' heels, ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' introduced it with ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 3]]''. It's the starting weapon on some of the harder Survival Mode maps, and features an incredibly slow and over-wrought reloading animation ([[FollowTheLeader nearly identical to the one from Bad Company, incidentally]]) to balance out having identical power per shot to the later-unlocked .44 Magnum.
* ''VideoGame/CounterStrikeOnline'' has a weirdly dressed-up version called the "Skull-1", which is apparently chambered in .50 cal and using some kind of dedicated anti-zombie ammo.
* ''VideoGame/RedSteel'' features it as a pretty run-of-the-mill HandCannon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Brink}}'' features it with a noticeably thicker barrel as the "Caesar Revolver", an alternate skin for the game's rather overbuilt .357 revolver.
* ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'' features the REX as a sidearm for the Bodark faction; originally it was an unlockable bonus for playing a Facebook game, before that game was removed and an update added it to everyone's arsenal. Also notable in that, while hard to tell from the fact that it's a third-person shooter that doesn't focus on the reloads, the automatic extractor is perhaps being used for the first time since the above ''Battlefield 3''.
* Also shows up in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'', as an unlockable through a cross-promotion with Monster Energy; otherwise the model only appears during a privacy invasion where a prostitute plays RussianRoulette with her client.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' got its own REX in Update 99.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Smith & Wesson Model 500]]
->''The absolute final word in one handed caliber pissing matches.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2''

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The [[{{BFG}} hand cannon]] of {{hand cannon}}s, the Model 500 is a double-action, five-round revolver firing the largest caliber production revolver cartridge available for public sale today. Designed to function as a serious handgun hunter's weapon, or a personal defense weapon against [[BearsAreBadNews grizzly bears]], the .500 S&W Magnum round the revolver fires can take down even large African game such as cape buffalo, rhino and elephant. When Smith & Wesson created the .500 S&W Magnum, they had no weapon that could handle the muzzle energy and pressure generated by the round, so they built a whole new gun around their largest revolver frame, the X Frame. Later, the Model 460 variant was introduced, chambering the also-new .460 S&W Magnum (an even more powerful version of the already very powerful .454 Casull), which is the highest-velocity production handgun cartridge currently produced.

After it debuted, it generated a fair amount of controversy in a number of state and national governments over the possibility of criminals utilizing a handgun with this much firepower. Said controversy quickly died down when legislators realized nobody in their right mind would use something this big and unwieldy in a shootout, the price of the weapon and its ammunition further adding to its [[AwesomeButImpractical impracticality]]. Firing the weapon requires a fair amount of body strength and training, as an untrained or unfit shooter could find the recoil sending the gun into their face or the expelled gasses giving them severe burns. Thusly, the weapon is largely restricted to fit, wealthy people who want an expensive, high caliber shooting range gun or big-game handgun hunters.

That said, this has not stopped writers of fiction from giving their heroes and villains from all walks of life this massively overpowered weapon. It may well be on the way to being the next Desert Eagle, Model 29 or Auto Mag, the iconic weapon the hero uses when [[NoKillLikeOverkill they really want to kill someone or something dead]].
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[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* Red Shield Agent David uses one in ''Anime/BloodPlus'' as an appropriate choice of caliber against the incredibly tough Chiropterans.

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* South American dictator Leopoldo Luna from ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMax'' mini series carries one with him, at one point even espousing his fondness for the revolver.
--> '''Luna''': This [[HandCannon 500 magnum]] from our mutual friends at Smith and Wesson makes Dirty Harry's revolver look like a weasel's cock!
* Comicbook/ThePunisher uses two, appropriately enough, in ''Film/PunisherWarZone''. One with an 8-inch barrel, another with a 4-inch barrel and a [[GunAccessories low magnification scope, tactical light, muzzle brake and laser sight]].

[[AC: Films -- Live Action]]
* [[LargeHam The]] [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Octopus]] in ''Film/TheSpirit'' uses [[GunsAkimbo a pair]] of modified 4-inch Model 500 revolvers, the barrels and chambers modified to look even bigger than the real thing.
* Shows up twice in ''Film/{{Machete}}''. A 4-inch model used by [[Creator/DannyTrejo the title character]] and a 8-inch barrel version used by Lindsay Lohan's character, April Booth.
* Appears in ''Film/RideAlong'' when James takes Ben to a gun shop to acquaint him with firearms. James tells Ben to pick out a gun to try out on the range and Ben picks up a Model 500. Turns out that it's too heavy for him to lift, let alone fire, so James picks out a Glock instead.

[[AC: Literature]]
* [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] gets one of these in ''Literature/SkinGame''. Given the [[FallenAngel power]] and [[EldritchAbomination size]] of some of his opponents, he really needs it. Plus, the [[SuperStrength Winter]] [[FeelNoPain Mantle]] lets him fire it one handed without much issue.

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* A 4-inch barrel version shows up in ''Series/{{Bones}}''--used by [[BadassBookworm Dr. Brennan]] of all people.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* One of the handguns of choice for [[BadassBiker an outlaw motorcycle gang]] in the game ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts''. [[ProfessionalKiller Agent 47]] can use this, and even [[GunsAkimbo dual wield]] them [[MadeofIron without obliterating his wrists]].
* First showing up in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' as an [[InfinityPlusOneSword unlockable weapon]] after you beat the game, it has also appeared in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheMercenaries3D''. Unsurprisingly, it can kill most enemies in one shot, but it either costs a lot of cash or comes with very little ammo. [[TooAwesomeToUse Or both]]. It also appears in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'', the magnum of choice for [[AntiAntichrist Jake Muller]]. Notably, [[spoiler: in the final chapter of Jake's campaign, it is used to kill [[RecurringBoss Ustanak]] once and for all]].
--> '''Jake''': [[PreMortemOneLiner This shit ends... Now!]]
* The Blue Sun mod for ''7.62 High Caliber'' adds the gun, though it's quite rare and expensive (as is the ammo) and the realistic impracticality of such a massive and overpowered sidearm makes it a matter of style more than effectiveness. The mod even includes a copy of the ''Resident Evil 4'' gun with the embedded laser pointer.
* In ''VideoGame/JustCause2'', Rico Rodriguez runs into and uses a Model 500 with a modified barrel, based off of a Taurus Tracker, which makes it look even more ridiculously large than it already is. Like Agent 47, he too can go GunsAkimbo with them without consequence to himself. It starts out carrying 7 shots per cylinder, and it can be upgraded until it holds an impossible 12 rounds. As expected it's ridiculously powerful, even without upgrades generally killing people in two shots maximum, and even able to shoot through the cockpit glass of a helicopter if you don't have the time or patience for the hijacking QTE.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', [[EvilCounterpart Takaya Sakaki]] uses a large caliber revolver that the ''Persona 3'' official art book identifies as a Model 500.
* Appears in the video game version of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' as the "[[Film/LicenceToKill LTK]] Super Magnum".
* In ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'', a "Bone Collector" model (an extremely limited production run of a thousand revolvers fitted with a custom barrel which has a compensator and barrel-top rail) is the top tier weapon for TheGunslinger class. Titled as the "T&W 500 Zed Collector" and given custom wooden grips. Its in-game description outright calls it "hand artillery". Again, it can be used akimbo with next to no penalty beyond looking ridiculous, which [[RuleOfCool isn't exactly a "penalty"]] - the player characters even manage the impressive feat of reloading the two guns without ever taking more than two fingers off of either grip. It also serves as the basis for the "HRG Buckshot" revolver added with the "Grim Treatments" update for Halloween 2019, which are basically recolored Model 500s with the portion of the barrel ahead of the regular model's top rail sawed off, and firing buckshot shells of some variety as a new Support Specialist weapon.
* Nero's personal sidearm "Blue Rose" from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' is basically a double-barreled Model 500 which, despite the obvious issues of firing two bullets at once out of a gun that only holds six, he [[BottomlessMagazines only reloads when he feels like it]] (an incredibly stylized reload in one cutscene, then just flicking his wrist and apparently reloading at superhuman speeds after you've stopped firing in gameplay). Like Dante's "Ebony & Ivory", it can also charge up energy to deal greater damage with a single shot. ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' shows that the second barrel fires slightly different bullets (despite both barrels feeding from different chambers of the same cylinder) with slightly different timing from the top barrel, the idea being to hit with one bullet to penetrate an enemy's defenses, like the thick hide of a demon, to let the second bullet hit immediately afterwards to actually deal damage.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' has not one, but two S&W 500s. One is the full-length version, and the other is a snub-nosed version called the 'SW 500 Junior'.

[[AC: Web Original]]
* It got an [[http://badassoftheweek.com/500magnum.html article]] in Website/BadassOfTheWeek.
* Used by [[BadassBookworm Dr. Christoff]]/[[BadassPreacher Jebus]] in the ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'' series as one of his main and iconic weapons, as an upgrade to his previous HandCannon, the Deagle.
** In the Project Nexus flash game, the player can also get the weapon, either as a full-length or snub-nosed variant. Both have a scope and laser sight as possible attachments.
* After losing his M1911 pistol, Clark from ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'' replaces it with [[http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/359 a Smith & Wesson .500]] (as can be seen from a close up). Fellow [=OmniMart=] employee Dale thinks he's [[CompensatingForSomething bitter]].
[[AC: Western Animation]]
* Although it isn't named or even really brought attention to [[spoiler:until he shoots a bliblie in self-defense with it at the last minute]], the revolver that Desmond holds to his own temple for the majority of the ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' pilot is very clearly an [=S&W 500=].
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[[folder:Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver]]
->''Popular with officers that could pick their own sidearms, this revolver utilizes recoil to rotate its cylinder and cock its hammer after every shot.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''

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A British predecessor of the Mateba Autorevolver mentioned above, and rather more conventional in appearance; at a distance it's almost indistinguishable from a regular revolver. [[OlderThanTheyThink Designed in the 1890s]], it came about during a time when semi-automatic pistols weren't that popular or good yet. It was based on the then-standard issue sidearm of the British Army, and about five thousand were made between 1901 and 1915, in both .455 and .38ACP. The action sounds like pure ClockPunk, with the entire barrel and cylinder moving backwards in the same manner as the slide of a semi-auto pistol in order to turn the cylinder (via a system of zig-zag grooves in the cylinder and complex set of internal springs to ratchet along those grooves); firing one has been described as "an interesting experience". It achieved some success as a target pistol but was never adopted as a service weapon, and the handful of officers who took privately purchased Webley-Fosberys into combat generally regretted it; it was heavy (even more so than the already hefty regular Webleys), generated a lot more felt recoil than a regular Webley and had a very low tolerance for mud and dirt. It does, however, allow for rather quick yet still accurate shooting, in the hands of a skilled marksman who's experienced with the gun.
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[[AC:Anime]]
* Ange, and more rarely some of her fellow spies, make use of these in ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal''. Some flashbacks to Ange's training at The Farm make it appear that this gun is the standard-issue sidearm of all the spies in her group.

[[AC:Literature]]
* Used to kill Miles Archer in ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', both book and film versions. The film gets the calibre wrong, describing it as ".45 automatic, eight shots." In reality, and in the novel, the .38 version had eight chambers while the .455 version had the usual six.
* ''Literature/TobaccoStainedMountainGoat'', in direct homage to the above.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/VanHelsing'', the title character's custom revolvers are vaguely based off the Webley-Fosbery revolvers due to the serrations on the cylinders.
* Wielded by Creator/SeanConnery's character in ''Film/{{Zardoz}}''. Connery had to manually cock the gun after each firing, because the blanks didn't generate sufficient recoil to cycle the action.

[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* A Webley-Fosbery chambered in .455 appears in the ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' episode "Powder Keg" in the hands of a bar owner. His showing off of the weapon early in the episode indicates that it will end up being the murder weapon and its unique ammunition is (somehow) mistaken for stab wounds on the victim.

[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' being a generic system can cover this gun; ''GURPS High-Tech,'' which incorporates a large catalog of real-world firearms, has full game statistics. Notably, ''GURPS Steampunk 2: Steam and Shellfire'', a catalog of {{steampunk}} gear, makes a point of repeating these stats, because "automatic revolver" is such a steampunk concept, and steampunk characters aren't likely to be deterred by excessive technical complexity.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* Appears in ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'' as a sidearm. It stands in for the more reliable and popular Webley Mk VI actually used by many British officers, but the latter gun was eventually added into the game in its very last update in mid-2018.
* ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}'' added the Webley-Fosbery Revolver for the newly added [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery ANZAC]] Squad in a free update.
* Shows up in both ''VideoGame/{{Pathologic}}'' and ''Videogame/Pathologic2'' as the generically-named "Revolver", the first firearm the player character can get their hands on.
* The Fosbery was added in Update #99 Alpha 4 along with several other exotic revolvers in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''.
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[[folder:China Lake grenade launcher]]
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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Lake_Grenade_Launcher No more than fifty]] of what is essentially a pump-action version of the M79 GrenadeLauncher with a tube magazine are known to have been produced, and no more than six are known to still exist.
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First produced in 1968, they were intended for Navy SEAL use, though some were used by Marine Force Recon and the Army 5th Special Forces Group. The weapon was lightweight (ten pounds maximum, due to extensive use of aluminum, only four more than a loaded M79) and reliable, though had some issues feeding some of the more oddly-shaped 40mm grenades available at the time, while being able to carry up to four grenades at once.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Fabiola Iglesias of ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' pulls one near the end of her shootout in the Yellow Flag, a move that prompts a [[LampshadeHanging very appropriate]] "...the FUCK is that?!" from Revy.
* Kosuna of ''Manga/DesertPunk'' uses one as her standard weapon, generally to give her mentor fire support. Like all the other weapons in the series it's supposed to be a reproduction, though one wonders how even a single one ended up in Japan and [[LostTechnology lasted long enough to be reverse-engineered.]]

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' features them as the top-tier launcher in multiplayer and they make an appearance in the single player missions "S.O.G." (where the player gets to go to town with one from the back of a Jeep, between launching TOW missiles at tanks) and "Crash Site" (where one is in a downed Soviet cargo plane [[ImproperlyPlacedFirearms for some reason]]).
* The Grenade Launcher of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is this. The [[HardLight Holorifle]] from the ''Dead Money'' DLC is an interesting case, as it's actually a completely custom-made energy weapon that happens to use the China Lake's frame and barrel as housing for its sci-fi components.
* ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}''[='=]s version of the "Wolf Pack" DLC adds a China Lake, here called the "China Puff 40mm". Ironically, while the M79 is properly depicted as too heavy to carry alongside a full rifle (thus being a primary weapon), the China Lake, despite being a few pounds ''heavier'', is a secondary weapon - which on top of its greater capacity gives it more utility than the other launchers. Then again, the same game also classes ''Rocket Launchers'' as purely secondary weapons.
* Nathan Drake apparently picks one up in ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' (it's called such in-game) but only the forend has any resemblance to its namesake, the rest of the weapon being some bizarre mutant-gun based more on the Milkor MGL.
* Agents assigned as grenade support in ''VideoGame/PhantomDoctrine'' are seen to be using a China Lake to launch smoke, poison gas, or good old fashioned frag grenades.
* The China Lake earned its spot in ''VideoGame/HotdogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' in Update 84.
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[[folder:Davy Crockett nuclear rifle]]
->''I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.''
-->--'''Robert J. Oppenheimer''' upon the first successful test of a nuclear device.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Just don't look directly at the blast.]]
Quite simply put the most powerful man portable ranged weapon ever conceived, the Davy Crockett is a recoilless rifle mounted on either a tripod or directly to a jeep. Unusually among recoilless rifles, the Davy Crockett's warhead sits on the muzzle of the gun and the weapon propels a large steel rod that the warhead sits upon.
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Said warhead also happens to be a '''[[NukeEm miniature nuclear bomb]]'''.
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The Davy Crockett is famous for being the only infantry portable nuclear weapon ever deployed (but not fired), and one of the smallest nuclear weapons. It was designed by the United States specifically with use for stopping Soviet armor in West Germany, in the event that all-out open and total war broke out. With the Soviets' advances in armor technology, it wasn't known if NATO anti-tank weapons could pierce enemy tanks, so this contraption was designed to rectify the problem. Not only can it (obviously) crack several tanks at once, the radioactive fallout forces the surviving tanks to operate under hazmat conditions, which leaves them substantially less aware of their situation. 2100 units were made and deployed in Germany but several were recalled and moved to Vietnam during the war there. It was hoped that the presence of the launchers would make the Vietnamese reluctant to attack US military bases, but they only caused increased international pressure and were quickly recalled.
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The Davy Crockett was formally deactivated in 1968, twelve years after production began and was never actually used in battle. Testing, however, revealed that the Davey Crockett had a rather major flaw, namely that radiation directly from the blast (blast shine) [[HoistByHisOwnPetard is still lethal to the user even at its maximum range]].[[note]]The problem was "solved" by having the users dig a foxhole directly by the weapon and jumping into it after firing.[[/note]] In fiction, however, expect the Davy Crockett or similar weapons to still be used to this very day. You can also expect its sub-kiloton warhead to be greatly exaggerated in magnitude if it goes off. It tends to show up more as a MacGuffin than it is used as conventional (pun intended) weapon, as firing off a nuke would dramatically shift the tone of most works. Given the fact it takes a two man team to carry and operate and can level multiple city blocks, if you see the Davy Crockett in a video game, you will at best get a chance to activate the weapon and not aim it at all.
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[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' uses the Davy Crockett as a plot device that sets the game into motion. At the end of the prologue Virtuous Mission, the AxCrazy GRU Colonel Volgin receives a pair of Davy Crocketts from The Boss (who apparently defected from the United States to the Soviet Union). He then immediately uses it on the OKB-754 research facility by firing the 300 kilogram weapon [[SuperStrength with his bare hands]] inside a helicopter, creating an international incident and triggering Operation Snake Eater. The Boss herself later used the second Davy Crockett to destroy Groznyj Grad and Graniny Gorki, once again firing it by hand.
** A (fictional) Soviet copy of the Davy Crockett also appeared in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps''.
* There's one sitting around at the Citadel in ''VideoGame/Wasteland2''. Tampering with it sets off the nuke, [[NonStandardGameOver wiping out the Citadel and the Desert Rangers]].
* Early concept art shows that the Fat Man of the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series was originally going to be a miniaturized Davy Crockett. However it ended up looking too much like an RPG-7 and the design was changed to the current pneumatic catapult. It's warhead is still inspired by the Davy Crockett though, both essentially being a tiny aerial bomb fired from ground based weapon.
* A Davy Crockett-like weapon[[note]]identified as such, but with the appearance and portability of an RPG-7[[/note]] appears in ''VideoGame/GarrysMod''. True to form, the blast is large enough to be likely to kill the firer as well as the intended target... and anyone who spawns in the area for several seconds afterwards, due to radiation effects.
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[[folder:Heckler & Koch [=XM25=]]]
->''Fires 25mm grenades that can explode mid-flight creating an airburst effect to eliminate targets behind cover. Aiming down the sights at a cover will lock in that distance, allowing the grenade to explode in the air 3 meters past the cover.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield4''

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The [=XM25=] Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, or CDTE, is a 25mm semi-automatic bullpup grenade launcher, designed by Heckler & Koch. It was spun-off from the ill-fated [[RareGuns/AssaultRifles XM29 OICW]] as a standalone weapon.
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The [=XM25=] fires 25x40mm "smart" grenades, designed to track the distance it has traveled via the number of rotations it has made, then explode at a user-designated distance in midair at or near the targets (a tactic known as "airbursting"). The grenade has much longer range than the 40mm grenades fired by the M203 grenade launcher, while its airbursting properties allow it to more effectively target entrenched enemies (e.g. being set to detonate one meter past an enemy's cover, detonating in the air directly above them). The [=XM25=] can be fitted with a thermal or optical sight, and is fed by a 5-round magazine. Less-lethal rounds are also available.
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The [=XM25=] was first field-tested in Afghanistan in 2010. The weapon performed well at its intended tasks, but by 2013, a number of complaints began popping up. The weapon, at 14 lbs, was heavy, and the large rounds reduced a soldier's ammo capacity, as well as forcing him to give up his rifle, reducing his combat capability. Worse, in 2013, one launcher exploded during a test, causing minor injuries, and resulted in the weapon being pulled from service with its funding eventually being cut. In 2017, the Army formally canceled its contract for the [=XM25=], with the program itself terminated in July 2018.
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[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* A mockup of the [=XM25=] made from an [=L85A1=] is used by Mars in ''Film/TheExpendables3''.
* Used briefly by Yelena in ''{{Film/Black Widow|2021}}''. It's likely the same [=L85=]-based mockup.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* The [=XM25=] is a usable weapon in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', where it is mainly used by [=FROGS=]. When fired normally, it is a standard impact-detonated grenade launcher, while deploying the scope activates its adjustable detonation distance.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' and ''VideoGame/BattlefieldPlay4Free'', with its adjustable airburst system usable.
* The [=XM25=] was introduced to ''VideoGame/Payday2'' as part of the Gage Spec Ops Pack DLC, called the [[AKA47 Arbiter]] in-game, where it has iron sights instead of a scope. It operates as a standard direct-fire grenade launcher without any sort of airbursting capabilities, and it also does about half the damage of the 40mm grenade launchers due to its smaller ammo, but that also gives it a greater reserve capacity (three full mags of 5 grenades each), and those grenades move much faster and have almost no arc. It also has a unique way to unlock it, requiring the player to find a box and its two keys in four separate heists.
* Appears as a usable weapon in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'', portrayed differently between single- and multiplayer. In singleplayer it's treated as a bolt-action weapon, but automatically detonates whenever it flies within range of an enemy. In multiplayer it's depicted more properly, as a semi-automatic weapon with a manually-adjustable detonating distance (the grenade flying out one meter further than the distance dialed in before detonating, for the purposes of airbursting just beyond cover and the like).
* The Vulcanus-5 in ''VideoGame/CounterStrikeOnline'' appears to be based on the [=XM25=], albeit as a smart-bullet firing assault rifle.
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[[folder:Kampfpistole]]
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A series of modified flare guns used by the UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons. It was an attempt to create a small anti-tank weapon able to be used by pretty much any infantryman.
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The initial design, the Walther Leuchtpistole, was in use as a flare gun all the way back to the 1920s. In 1942, however, the Wehrmacht issued an order to develop high-explosive ammunition for it. This was used alongside a new model of Leuchtpistole, known as the Leuchtpistole Z ("Z" being short for "Züge", meaning "grooves").
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Eventually, a folding stock and indirect-fire sight, alongside a new anti-tank warhead, was designed. And thus the Sturmpistole, the most famous installment in the series, was born. Unfortunately, this idea was a complete failure as the rounds were too weak to be effective against even ''tankettes'', and so it was put on the back burner in favour of the Panzerfaust. [[RuleOfCool Needless to say, this has not stopped the Kampfpistole from appearing in quite a few media.]]
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[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* Appears in ''Manga/StrikeWitches'' spin-off series ''Brave Witches'', where it's used by many notable Karlsland witches such as Waltrud Krupinski and Gundula Rall, often in a fictional underbarrel configurations attached on their [=StG-44=] assault rifles.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' both feature the Kampfpistole. In the former, it is one of the worst weapons in the game, due to its ridiculously poor accuracy, but eventually, you unlock a stock for it. [[NotCompletelyUseless It's more useful in Outer Ops mode]], where it turns Combat Unit soldiers into {{Glass Cannon}}s, therefore making them effective against vehicles.
* Available as a stand-alone grenade/rocket launcher in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood'', acting as a single-shot counterpart to the revolving underbarrel device you can attach to the 1960s-era assault rifle in ''[[VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder The New Order]]''. Contrary to reality, or the depiction above, it's incredibly accurate and powerful, but this comes at the cost of a very shallow ammo pool - six rockets, with an upgrade for killing a bunch of people with it increasing that by three - and so few pickups for it that said upgrade is a BraggingRightsReward that requires grinding out those kills across ''[[NewGamePlus multiple]]'' playthroughs. A semi-auto version with a drum magazine attached returns for ''[[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus The New Colossus]]'', completely taking over the role filled by ''TNO''[='=]s underbarrel launcher, with the rocket-propelled projectiles being an upgrade that can be toggled off if you need to bounce grenades around a corner.
* The Sturmpistole appears in ''VideoGame/DeadfallAdventures'' as the Panzer Wurfkorper, working like a single-shot HE grenade launcher. It is also anachronistic for the game's setting of 1938.
* Whilst not quite the Kampfpistole, ''VideoGame/HotdogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' has the Sturmpistole, a similar weapon designed to fire small anti-tank grenades.
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[[folder:[=M202=] FLASH]]
->''A rocket launcher loaded with four rockets that can be fired one after another, allowing the user to deliver massive firepower in a hurry. On the down side, its weight and bulk make it quite awkward to handle. As such, it is probably best used to provide supporting fire from a distance.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''

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A four-tube shoulder-fired incendiary rocket launcher, the M202 [=FLame=] Assault [=SHoulder=] weapon was designed to replace heavy and obsolete flamethrowers in the US inventory and was first produced in 1978, being based on an experimental napalm launcher trialed extensively during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. This suitcase-sized, 27-pound launcher is usually depicted in fiction as a regular rocket launcher rather than using the special thickened pyrophoric agent rounds it actually fires[[note]]while conventional HEAT rockets were considered for the M202, they were never produced[[/note]].
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It's favored by videogames wanting to give the player a modern-era {{BFG}}, due to it looking like someone stripped a rocket pod off a helicopter and gave it a pistol grip and sight. Similar weapons are the more common Russian RPO series, which have only one barrel, but can also fire fuel-air and smoke warheads in addition to incendiary, and the Chinese FHJ-84, which has two barrels in an over-and-under configuration.
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The M202 was first fielded in Vietnam in the 1970s; however, it was generally disliked by soldiers due to being bulky, heavy, and having various reliability problems with the rockets, including the tendency to self-ignite during loading of the weapon and to leak dangerous chemicals while in storage. As a result, most M202s were quickly retired from service in the 80's, their role generally being replaced by more modern and reliable thermobaric and incendiary rounds for rocket and grenade launchers, though the M202 has still seen some limited use with the US Military as recently as Afghanistan, and is also currently in service with the South Korean military.
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[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* Most famously used by Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', particularly during the comically over-the-top StormingTheCastle finale.
* Creator/CarrieFisher's prop rocket launcher in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' is obviously based on the M202.

[[AC: Anime and Manga]]
* The "Big Box" rocket launcher of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' is a futuristic six tube version of the FLASH scaled up for use by HumongousMecha.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'', a variant called the Tunguska launcher is picked up in the ShipLevel. It can shoot a total of three missiles at enemies upon locking on at its targets.
* Appears in the ''Franchise/JamesBond'' videogames ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}'' as the "AT-420 Sentinel." Strangely, they have [[ArrowCam a guided option.]]
* The missile launcher in ''VideoGame/FarCry1'' is clearly based on the M202, and in the console games was replaced with an actual M202.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Its most notable video game appearance is probably in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'' and its remake, where it is given to you at the very end of the game to kill the Tyrant with, and it is also usable in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', where it can be found in a keycard-locked locker in the Dead Factory with only 2 shots in it, though it is unusable in the remake, where it is used by Carlos to shoot at Nemesis in a cutscene. An [[InfinityPlusOneSword infinite ammo version]] can also be unlocked in the original and Director's Cut versions of 1 (the remake replaces it with a fictional magazine-fed rocket launcher) by beating the game in under 3 hours and can be bought in Mercenaries mode in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis the third game]] for $4000. It also replaces the FIM-92-like rocket launcher in the remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', with it's description properly mentioning it's incendiary rockets.
* The Helghast rocket launcher in the first ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}}'' was based on it, but had only three tubes rather than four. This is of very little comfort if you happen to be on the business end of them.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' features the M202 under the suitably intimidating name of "Grim Reaper" (though still referred to in dialogue as the M202). Given the game's timeline placement in the Vietnam War, it might be meant to represent the earlier [=XM191=] prototype.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' gives the Soldier a craftable rocket launcher called the Black Box based on the M202, which is the FLASH body with only a single barrel. As with all of his other launchers, it's muzzle-loaded and fits multiple rockets.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Upgrading a Rocket Launcher to four-shot ammo capacity ends up turning it into an M202.
* ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage'' has Jagi's level 3 Hyper Signature Move featuring an M202; Jagi pulls one out of the ground, fires a ''miniature nuke'' from it, and then rolls back with the blast wave, slapping the ground in maniacal glee.
* In ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara 3'', Magoichi Saika has one of these as the capstone of her Basara attack and as a Super Art. It's just better to not ask how she manages to have a quad-barrel rocket launcher in Sengoku-era Japan -- it's far from the worst of the series' historical infractions.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'': This can be researched and developed upon obtaining the correct documentation. Not as powerful as other launchers, but its four barrels allow for rapid fire.
* Added to ''VideoGame/Payday2'' in the Scarface Heist DLC as the [[AKA47 Commando 101]]. It has lower damage than the other rocket launcher in the game, the RPG-7, but is still the second most powerful weapon in the game and compensates by having four shots before requiring a reload, a built-in scope, and more ammo in reserve.
* Used by Brian Fury in his ending for ''VideoGame/Tekken6'', in conjunction with a Gatling gun.
* Used by the titular antagonist in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' during [[BigBad Scarecrow's]] escape from Stag's Airship. A slight LampshadeHanging appears in the GCPD Evidence Locker where Cash points out that whoever funded the Knight's Militia must have deep pockets based on how advanced their gear is.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'': The [=RYNO=] is multi-missile launcher that deals sever damage to all enemies.
* ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' features an M202-like rocket launcher with ''eight barrels'', a grey finish, a more advanced scope on the top and a laser sight. It can lock onto targets and fire homing rockets at them.
* ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune'' has it wielded by the appropriately named [[HeavilyArmoredMook FLASH troopers]]. Unlike the real version, it can home in on targets and fire all four rockets at once as a secondary function.
* ''VideoGame/WinBack'' has a generic version as a disposable weapon, also used by the boss Gunt.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}'': The weapon is accurately portrayed as an incendiary missile launcher, which makes it invaluable when dealing with the [[ZombieApocalypse zombie hordes]]. It also appears [[spoiler: as the mounted weapon on some of the [[DemonicSpiders Talon UGV]] variants.]]
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[[folder:[=M47=] Dragon]]
->''A state-of-the-art, man-portable anti-tank missile that just recently entered service in the U.S. military. The launcher is disposable and good only for one shot. The M47 employs an optical, wired guidance system with excellent seeking capabilities. Its warhead is also among the most powerful in its class, capable of blowing almost any target to smithereens. If you think the enemy is going to be tough to take down, don't think twice about taking the M47 with you.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''

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First introduced in 1975, the M47 Dragon was an American man-portable wire-guided anti-tank missile, designed mainly for use against armored vehicles and hardened structures. The launcher features a built-in bipod and removable optics, a utilizes a SACLOS (Semi-Automatic Command Line Of Sight) targeting system, which requires the user to keep the weapon pointed at the target.
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The Dragon was not well-liked by anyone who used it for several reasons. Its range was relatively short (1000 meters, increased to 1500 meters with improved variants), and the missile's launch created a signature popping noise and kicked up a large amount of smoke, giving away their position, made worse by the fact that the guidance system forced the user to remain still for a long time. In addition, as a recoilless weapon, the lack of recoil, followed by the sudden loss of the 30-pound missile surprised many operators, who tended to flinch and lose control of the missile.
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The weapon was eventually replaced by the FGM-148 Javelin, with the last Dragons retired in 2001, though the weapon is still in use with Morocco, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.
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[[AC: Literature]]
* The infantry of Literature/TeamYankee are equipped with the Dragon in addition to LAW rockets for antitank use. In one memorable sequence, two privates, one normally a tank crewman, use the missile to take out a Soviet tank after the designated Dragon gunner is killed. In a nod to the issues described above, their first shot - the first either had ever fired - goes wild, forcing them to race against time to prepare a second missile before the tank crew can respond.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* American anti-tank teams use the Dragon in ''VideoGame/WargameEuropeanEscalation''.
* The "Rockwell [=BigBazooka=] Rocket Launcher" in ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' and ''[[VideoGame/Fallout2 2]]'' is actually an M47 Dragon, with the bipod removed.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' 2 as part of the Operation Arrowhead expansion. Befitting its age and obsolescence, it's used by local militants who were supplied with them by the US decades prior.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
** The RC missile in ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' is identified as an M47 Dragon in the manual.
** The M47 can be developed and used in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', where it is portrayed as a fire-and-forget missile.
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[[folder:Arsenal Firearms [=AF2011-A1=]]]
->''Everything is better when you put more barrels on it. It's like adding more bacon.''
-->'''Description''', ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2''

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The Arsenal Firearms [=AF2011-A1=] (with Standard, Dueller, and Dueller Prismatic variants) is an Italian double-barreled semi-automatic handgun. It is a derivative of the M1911 pistol, and is, in simple terms, two side-by-side M1911 pistols merged into a single body. Much of the mechanisms either come in pairs or have been welded together into a double-sized one. The magazine is similarly two side-by-side M1911 magazines held together by their base.

In case it wasn't obvious, RuleOfCool is the only reason this weapon exists, as it does nothing that a standard 1911 (or comparable weapon) can't, apart from the dubiously-practical expenditure of two rounds at a time. Ballistically it also suffers from somewhat reduced accuracy, as two .45 ACP rounds traveling side by side will have wildly differing ballistics (since the two are traveling at the same velocity, their turbulence and wakes will interact with each other, possibly pushing them slightly off their trajectories and changing the impact points from shot to shot). In addition, the need for proprietary magazines (albeit with the ability to convert standard 1911 mags of the appropriate length by simply linking them via a removable butt plate), the increased recoil from two .45 ACP rounds firing at once, and the sheer size of the gun from essentially welding two 1911s together, has limited its popularity.
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[[AC:Film]]
* In ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Hinx]] carries an [=AF2011=] Dueller Prismatic, which he only uses once. Possibly its first appearance in film.
* Apppears in ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'' as Christian uses [[GunsAkimbo two]] skull-painted [=AF2011=] Dueller Prismatics as his main firearms. [[Creator/MillaJovovich Alice]] and Razor are also seen wielding them at one point.
* Weasel brandishes one during ''Film/Deadpool2''.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* In the ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' episode "Heroes Rise: All Will Be Judged", Gordon can be seen loading one, though it never gets used.

[[AC:Web Video]]
* Ian from ''WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P57iXMmlUZo reviews]] it.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* It is one of the weapons added in the Infinite Onslaught update for ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'', meant for the Gunslinger perk. Owing to its ridiculous size for a 1911-based pistol, it uses the same animations as the Desert Eagle. Just like every other handgun in the game, it can also be dual-wielded.
* Appears as a usable weapon in ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrikeOnline Counter-Strike Online 2]]'', possibly its first appearance in any media.
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[[folder:Auto Mag/AMT Automag]]
->''"Well, this is the .44 Magnum Auto Mag, and it holds a 300 grain cartridge. And if properly used, it can remove the fingerprints."''
-->--'''Harry Callahan''', ''Film/SuddenImpact''

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The .44 Auto Mag was the first semi-automatic pistol to use a cartridge as heavy as .44 Magnum (.44 AMP, Auto Magnum Pistol). It went through several different manufacturers, the first of which was the Auto Mag Corporation (AMC). It was [[DidntThinkThisThrough never a real money-maker thanks to flawed production and business decisions]]. Namely, production was rushed and it was ''massively'' underpriced in an attempt to convince investors that the pistol was a hot seller. The idea [[EpicFail failed spectacularly]], with investors unconvinced, AMP losing more than $1,000 ''per unit'' on each sale, and the entire design team [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere walking out in protest]]. The fact that it was the only pistol on Earth that took its particular caliber of ammunition also did not help, since commercially-loaded ammunition was rare and the only other way to get the correct caliber was to modify cases for other ammunition (.308 or .30-06) and reload by hand.

AMC later rebranded itself as Arcadia Machine and Tool, or AMT, and continued to manufacture pistols. Their newer designs look more like enlarged M1911s than the original Auto Mag, hence identified by the term ''Automag'' instead of ''Auto Mag''. The new Automag series consisted of the II in .22 Magnum, the III in .30 Carbine and 9mm Winchester Magnum, the IV in .45 [=WinMag=] and 10mm Auto, and the V in .50 Action Express, but all production ceased in 2001, a few years after AMT's own bankruptcy. Recently, there's been [[http://www.automag.com/ another attempt to bring the pistol back to market]], and you can now reserve one for a cool $3,500.
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* [[CloudCuckoolander Mizuho Inada]] was issued one in the manga version of ''Manga/BattleRoyale''. [[spoiler:She was so off in la-la land that she never got a chance to use it...and it fell into the hands of Kazuo Kiriyama.]]
* Shows up in ''Manga/CityHunter'' in the hands of two different one-time villains. The first is an amateur who uses it as his regular handgun, but the second is implied to have brought that only because his regular pistol (chambered for an unspecified .38 cartridge) had little effect on Umibozu, and by chance the Automag was the first powerful pistol he got his hands on.
** The anime provides a third character, Geruma, who uses it in a duel with Ryo. While its power is acknowledged, both Ryo and Geruma admit it's a bad choice for their duel due its long barrel making it slow to draw... only for Geruma to out-draw Ryo anyway. Ryo ''still'' wins thanks to his [[ImprobableAimingSkills ability to]] ShootTheBullet, after which [[CombatPragmatist he shoots Geruma while he's still freaking out over Ryo's stunt]].
* Nicolas Wong uses an Automag as his main weapon in ''Anime/PsychoPassTheMovie.''
* [[BadassAdorable Yuri Honjou]] from SurvivalHorror manga series ''Tenkuu Shinpan'' uses this as her second firearm weapon of choice after a silenced Beretta 92FS.

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* Used by Creator/ClintEastwood in the ''Film/DirtyHarry'' movie ''Film/SuddenImpact''. TheMafia sent a hit squad after him, so Inspector Callahan decided he needed more firepower. The producers had such a hard time getting it that they had to contact the original designer, who had enough spare parts to assemble two in his basement. Rumor has it, during the climactic scene at a pier, a diver had to be kept on stand-by because Eastwood got frustrated with constant jams that ruined takes and routinely threw it into the water. The attempt to invoke TheRedStapler effect with the gun and revive production, like how the series did with the Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver, failed.
* Used by Burt Reynolds in ''Malone''.
* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopII'' featured the Auto Mag and its spent cartridge cases as a plot device to locate the Alphabet Bandit.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* It's Mack Bolan's signature weapon, "[[ICallItVera Big Thunder]]", in the early parts of ''Literature/TheExecutioner'' novel series, when he wanted a hand weapon with greater intimidation factor and range than his Beretta Brigadier. As a weapons expert, Bolan would have no problems handloading his rounds.
* The Automag III with reloaded .30 shells was the weapon of choice for Hanse Fletcher in C.R. Jahn's ''Underground''.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2''. Rescuing two tourists stranded in Arulco during the conflict will have the husband send you a pair of Automags [[HandCannon modded for 7.62mm NATO]], both nicknamed "Big Bertha". The gun pops up again in ''[[VideogameRemake Back in Action]]'' with the same modifications. In v1.13, the unofficial patch for the second game, they're modded for the even bigger .50 Beowulf rounds. Additionally, [[ArmsDealer Bobby Ray]] can sell the Auto Mag IV (.45 Winchester Magnum) and the Auto Mag V (.[=50AE=]).
* The Auto Mag is featured in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony''. While at first it's more justified since you get it from an obviously wealthy club manager, it starts popping up everywhere later.
* [[GunsAkimbo Dual-wielded]] in ''VideoGame/TombRaiderII''.
* The Auto Mag is the chosen sidearm of Blake Dexter's psychopathic henchman, Wade, in ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}} Absolution''.
* The Auto Mag is the HandCannon of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'', known in-game as the [[AKA47 M44 Magnum.]]
* The Auto Mag appears in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' only as a base for the "WU Silent Pistol". Functionally it's different, it mainly fires anaesthetic rounds to put enemy soldiers to sleep and it isn't even semi-auto (has to be cocked each shot).
* Nomad and Kaid, the [[{{UsefulNotes/Morocco}} GIGR]] operators of ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'', carry Automags [[SniperPistol equipped with telescopic sights]] as their sidearms.
* The Auto Mag, dubbed [[AKA47 "AM44"]], is available in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'''s NewGamePlus found on the 11th-20th floors of [[BonusDungeon the Chrysler Building]].

[[AC:WebComics]]
* Michael Stuart of ''Webcomic/ParadigmShift'' uses one of these.
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[[folder:Borchardt [=C93=]]]
->''The C93 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic pistol. The design of its toggle lock mechanism served as the precursor for the now legendary P08.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''

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The very first mass-produced semi-automatic pistol, this weapon was designed by Hugo Borchardt and used the same toggle lock system that would later be used by the Luger. In fact, Georg Luger was Borchardt's assistant and modified the design of the C93 and scaled it down to create the Luger. The weapon was considered by the American and Swiss militaries, but they found that while it was accurate and fired rapidly, it was heavy, poorly balanced, had too much recoil, its grip was unergonomic and it was too expensive. Allegedly, when Hugo Borchardt was asked to modify the design to address the issues of the C93, he was insulted by the request and refused to make any changes, believing it to be perfect as-is, hence the job came down to Georg Luger instead.

In addition to its design influencing the Luger, its 7.65mm cartridge was the basis for several automatic pistol cartridges, including the .30 Luger and the 9mm Parabellum. While being the first mass-produced semi-auto pistol, the total number of [=C93s=] produced is relatively low compared to those that come after it due to the weapon's technical issues, with about 3,000 total manufactured between two companies.
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}''. Alfred Svenson uses one to shoot Ray's grandfather.
* ''Manga/GoldenKamuy'' has a C93 as Lt. Tsurumi's main sidearm.

[[AC:Film]]
* Russian film ''Film/PlanetOfStorms'' (aka ''Planeta Bur'' / ''Планета бурь''). Engineer Allan Kern carries one.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' under the generic "Semi-Auto Pistol" name. Dutch carries one and John can make use of one. It returns for the [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 prequel]], though not as Dutch's weapon.
* ''VideoGame/TheOrder1886'' as the [[AKA47 C-78 Autoloading Pistol]]. Its appearance is [[AnachronismStew anachronistic]], but fitting given the game's SchizoTech nature.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'' has the C93 as a potential sidearm, unlocked when Rank 10 is reached with the Support Class. Naturally, considering the setting, this gun is joined by its successor, the P08.
* A 5-star Tactical Doll in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. An attention-seeker who [[FriendToBugs loves bugs]] , going as far as to scatter pollen on her clothes to attract them, with her kit based about attack buffs (represented by butterflies) that she can give to her allies. Fitting her German origins, she wears a gray uniform matching those worn by [=WW1=]-era German soldiers and a tiny Pickelhaube.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' features the Borchardt pistol in all its antique glory.
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[[folder:Bren Ten]]
->'''Kern:''' New Bren 10's pretty nice, eh, Burnett?\\
'''Crockett:''' It's all right.
-->--''Series/MiamiVice''

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In the late 1970s, American designers Thomas Dornaus and Michael Dixon sought to build a semi-automatic pistol to bridge the gap between existing semi-automatics and revolvers. At the time, semi-autos were usually chambered in smaller, less powerful rounds, while revolvers were then as now limited by their small cartridge capacities and slow reloading. Dornaus and Dixon started the development process in late 1979, and sought advice from a number of firearms experts. They soon found that iconic firearms instructor Jeff Cooper was already working on a similar concept, and the three then went into business as Dornaus & Dixon.\\
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The pistol itself was loosely based on the famed CZ 75, but heavily modified to enable it to handle more powerful rounds than most semi-autos of the day used. The original prototype was chambered in .45 ACP, but Cooper insisted that the production gun be chambered in what he called the .40 Special — a cartridge of the same length as the .45 ACP, but of .40 caliber, or 10mm. The cartridge would soon be renamed the 10mm Auto, and Cooper renamed the pistol the Bren Ten. This would be the first gun chambered for that cartridge. While most of the production run was chambered in 10mm, some models were chambered in .45 ACP, and a factory .45 conversion kit was available for the 10mm models.\\
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The company took orders for the new gun starting in 1982, with the first production guns being shipped in 1983. However, the Bren Ten had many quality control problems, most notably its magazines, with some pistols shipping with missing or inoperable magazines. Another issue was its high price; it retailed for $500 (equivalent to over $1200 in 2021). The company produced only about 1,500 pistols before going belly-up in 1986, and several later attempts to resurrect the design failed, resulting in the short-lived "Bren Ten Curse" - one company, Peregrine Industries, fell victim to a savings and loan crisis and went bust [[EpicFail before they could sell a single pistol]].\\
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The main legacy of the Bren Ten is its cartridge. The FBI adopted the 10mm Auto as its primary cartridge in 1989, but soon concluded it generated too much recoil for most agents and police officers, and that pistols chambered for it were too large for individuals with small hands. They then went to Smith & Wesson and asked them to develop a reduced-velocity version; [=S&W=] realized that they could reduce the length of the cartridge so that it would fit in medium-frame 9mm handguns while meeting the FBI's performance needs. [=S&W=] teamed with Winchester to produce a shortened version of the 10mm Auto that became the .40 [=S&W=], which the FBI soon adopted; it has been one of the most popular law enforcement and self-defense rounds ever since, though not without some controversy early in its life, thanks to several early designs for the cartridge simply being existing 9mm pistol designs that were only modified with a slightly larger barrel to take the new cartridge. As for the 10mm Auto itself, the FBI still issues it to its Hostage Rescue Team and SWAT teams, and it remains modestly popular for self-defense and more so for hunting. Notably, it's one of the few rimless semi-automatic cartridges that's legal for hunting deer in many US states.
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[[AC:Film]]
* John Practice uses a two-tone "Peregrine Falcon" variant to hold up Slater in ''Film/LastActionHero''.
[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* The Bren Ten was one of the pistols Sonny Crockett carried in the first two seasons of ''Series/MiamiVice''.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* The Bren Ten appears in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' as a 2-star handgun. In reference to the so-called Bren Ten Curse, she's worried that [[DoomMagnet her adoption will lead to the bankruptcy]] of [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Griffin & Kryuger]] and [[PlayerCharacter the Commander]].

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[[folder:COP 357 Derringer]]
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Designed as a backup weapon that could fire the same rounds as a police officer's .357 Magnum service revolver (the name "COP" stands for "[[FunWithAcronyms Compact Off-duty Police]]"), though its heavy weight (relative to its compact size), even heavier trigger pull and substantial recoil turned out to be a problem. Nevertheless, the COP's four muzzles make it a distinctively menacing weapon for the silver screen.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Standard carry gun of Lumiere, in the anime ''Anime/KiddyGrade''.
* Nina uses one during the neo-Nazi arc in ''Manga/{{Monster}}''.
* Shows up in ''Manga/CityHunter'' as Reika's gun, but only when she's not in the police (the one time we see her in her cop days she carried the M60 service revolver).

[[AC:Film]]
* This is the gun Leon shoots Holden with in the opening scene of ''Film/BladeRunner''[[note]]The one used in Blade Runner was modified to fire from two barrels at once, so as to produce a more impressive muzzle flash.[[/note]], likely inspiring its use in the other sci-fi shows mentioned below.
* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''. Persephone uses this on one of the Merovingian's mooks.
* The BigBad tries to pull one of these out of his coat pocket at the end of ''Film/BadBoys1995'' in an attempt to finish off the protagonists when their backs are turned. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:Will Smith is quicker on the draw.]]
* ''Film/War2007''. DaddysLittleVillain Kira draws one on a Yakuza goon while holding her knife on another, but [[ImpliedDeathThreat doesn't use either of them]].
* A COP 357 is one of the many weapons carried by the Winter Soldier in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
* One is found and used by Jenko and Schmidt during the car chase in ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. Under the fiction model name of 'Stallion', this was a civilian gun used by various criminal types (such as Tom Zarek's men), and by Romo Lampkin to threaten Lee Adama in "Sine Qua Non".
* ''Series/StargateSG1''. A night-guard on an alien planet uses one to menace our heroes in "Bad Guys".

[[AC:Literature]]
* KGB agent Natalia Tiemerovna uses a COP at one stage in ''The Survivalist'' action-adventure novels by Jerry Ahern. John Rourke also has one among his impressive armoury.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* The COP's distinctive four-barreled design appears in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' as the basis for the Shortstop, an alternative primary weapon that can be found or created for the Scout class. Unlike the COP, it appears to fire ratshot or snakeshot, as each pull of the trigger fires a four-pellet spread. The Shortstop is also ''[[HandCannon much]]'' larger than the COP.
* ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' features a concealable 5mm pistol based on the COP. It only has one barrel, but is [[HollywoodSilencer silent]], has a five round magazine and cannot be reloaded. It also can't be detected during a patdown, making it extremely useful for smuggling into a restricted area.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' features the COP, complete with all 4 barrels of .357.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=FP-45=] Liberator]]
->'''Snake:''' Why'd you go to all the trouble of making [the EZ Gun] look like a Liberator?\\
'''Sigint:''' 'Cause it looks cool, man. Why d'you think?''
-->--'''Sigint''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater''

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A resistance weapon developed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, this American [[ThrowawayGuns disposable pistol]] was dropped into France, China, and Greece to be found and used by partisan forces and civilians as a RangedEmergencyWeapon. Described as "a great weapon with which to obtain another weapon", the intention was for a rebel fighter to get up close to an occupying soldier and use it to take him out and obtain his weapon.

The Liberator was incredibly cheap and quick to manufacture; it was said that it took longer to reload than it did to assemble. Chambered in .45 ACP, it had an unrifled barrel, making its range pitiful. While this gun was certainly produced in much higher numbers than any other gun listed here with roughly a ''million'' examples produced in the span of two months, it didn't see much use in the war as much of the military high command was skeptical about the practicality of dropping large numbers of Liberators into Europe and Britain outright refused to airdrop them due to the logistical impracticality of doing so. After they were rejected by the military, half of the weapons were sent to the OSS who didn't see much practicality in the guns either and usually preferred to equip their operatives with better weapons. A few examples saw use in Greece and the Pacific theater, most notably the Philippines where the guns would continue to be used by police officers as an issued weapon after the war. Most of the guns were destroyed by the OSS and British military after the war without ever seeing use, making any surviving examples sought after collectibles.
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[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* Creator/RLeeErmey fires one at a melon on ''Mail Call''.
* One customer brings on in on ''Cajun Pawn Stars'', having won it in a poker game. The gun turns out to be worth a lot more than he expected.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* The [[AKA47 EZ Gun]] from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' is based on the Liberator. It fires [[TheParalyzer tranquiliser rounds]], is [[HollywoodSilencer silent]], has BottomlessMagazines, and boosts Snake's camo index to 80% when equipped. It's unlockable by either playing the Very Easy difficulty or by obtaining every single edible item in the game. Snake asks SIGINT why he bothered to base it on the Liberator, to which SIGINT notes that [[RuleOfCool Liberators look cool]].
** The EZ Gun returns in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', though as a variety of support weapons. There are versions that fire rounds that [[HealingShiv restore life and psyche]] as well as fire and supply support markers.
* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' features the Liberator as the last unlockable sidearm at Rank 19. It is extremely powerful, but only holds one shot before needing to be reloaded and has a lengthy reload.

[[AC:Web Video]]
* [[WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons Ian McCollum and Karl Kasarda]] take a reproduction out to fire at a target [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOfbG3mi_0 here]]. It proves to be exactly as unwieldy and inaccurate as described; they repeatedly miss at less than 10 yards despite the reproduction having a rifled barrel, reloads take several seconds even as they get used to the method, and the small size and poor ergonomics means the bolt keeps biting the webbing of their hands.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Heckler & Koch Mark 23]]
->''A large-caliber combat pistol developed at the behest of U.S. Special Operations Command. The "Mk" designation indicates that the development project was a Navy initiative. It has the 45-caliber size and "cock-and-lock" design favored by U.S. soldiers and comes with a high-performance laser aiming module and specially developed suppressor. Holds 12 rounds. Proved indispensable to Snake during his infiltration of Shadow Moses in 2005. Maintains its high stopping power from medium range and has a slightly larger magazine capacity than other weapons of the same caliber.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''

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If you believe fiction, this is ''the'' gun for badass spies and special operatives; a big, blocky, serious-looking weapon, it's often seen on Creator/TomClancy covers being brandished by an "Operator." The Mark 23 was originally developed for US SOCOM special forces, and is basically a giant USP chambered in .45 ACP with a heavier slide[[note]]the Mark 23 is, in fact, based on prototypes for the USP, which were later slimmed down and (initially) rechambered for .40 S&W[[/note]]. Note that the SOCOM version of the Mark 23 has "USSOCOM" engraved on the slide, while a civilian Mark 23 does not.

While the Mark 23 isn't rare in the sense of low manufacture, it's another case, like the Desert Eagle, of being seen far more often than it should be. [=SOCOMs=] might have been procured for use, but the special forces operators ''hated'' them; although the pistol was very accurate and reliable in extreme environments, it was also excessively large and heavy (a loaded Mark 23 with the full SOCOM kit weighs as much as an empty [=MP5=] and is over a foot long) and the ergonomics were terrible. It's a bad sign when [[EpicFail your gun gets nicknamed "the world's only crew-served pistol"]]. This excess was largely due to its role as an 'offensive' handgun - a primary weapon used in place of a rifle or submachine gun, rather than a secondary or fallback handgun to complement a long gun.

Most SOCOM Mark 23s spent peaceful careers sitting in storage racks while less accurate and durable but more sensibly-proportioned sidearms were used instead. Military production was just under 2,000 units total, while the civilian version was discontinued in July 2010. Although a failure, the Mark 23's best traits were carried on into the tremendously successful USP; in particular, the USP Tactical, a variant with a slightly-extended, threaded barrel, does just about everything the Mark 23 does at half the weight and in three different calibers.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Lehm from ''Manga/{{Jormungand}}'' uses a Mk. 23 as his primary sidearm. He is rather large and burly, which might explain how he handles the weight so well.
* As if it weren't massive enough already, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva Unit 02]] uses one scaled up for use by a 40 meter-tall ([[YourSizeMayVary maybe]]) biomech.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The Navy [=SEALs=] led by Bruce Willis in ''Film/TearsOfTheSun'' carry the Mk. 23 (excluding Doc, who carries a P226 instead).
* John Connor wields one in Film/TerminatorSalvation.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* Used in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' by three characters: Gordon, Future!Dean, and Sam, when he didn't have his soul. Seems to be a motif of it being used by dark characters.
* Mike uses it quite a few times in ''Series/BreakingBad'', generally in situations requiring its massive suppressor and where concealing a weapon is definitely not a priority.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Sam Anders is seem wielding one of these while leading the Anti-Cylon resistance on Caprica during the second season.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* In the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, this is one of Solid Snake's signature weapons. He starts using it in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' game, replacing the Beretta 92 he used in the [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 first]] [[VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake two]] games, and gives Raiden another one in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. It can be found again in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' in the same spot as in the original. In both the first and second game the weapon's size and weight is acknowledged, by Nastasha and Snake respectively, but both HandWave it, saying it "shouldn't be a problem for you". WordOfGod says part of the reason they chose the SOCOM was because it was hard to handle and really big. Hard to handle makes Snake look cooler for being able to use it while still taking full advantage of its capabilities; really big made it easier to render recognizably with the graphical capabilities of the [=PS1=].
* The Creator/TomClancy's ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' video games feature the Mark 23 Mod 0 in every installment, with the exception of ''Lockdown'' and ''[[VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege Siege]]'', typically as a higher-caliber but slightly-lower-capacity version of the more sensible [=USP40=].
* ''VideoGame/SWAT3'' likewise features the Mark 23 as a higher capacity, silenced alternative to the default M1911.
* Hayden Tenno in ''VideoGame/DarkSector'' starts out with a Mark 23 (with "Mark 24 Cal 45 auto" on the slide), called the "Tekna 9mm", and can later upgrade it into a larger machine-pistol variation called the "Tekna Burst".
* In ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune 2'', Mullins can pick a Mark 23 with one of three GunAccessories at the start of a mission: a HollywoodSilencer, a LaserSight, or an InfiniteFlashlight. It's objectively better than the 1911 A1 that everyone else uses because of those accessories and the higher mag capacity, and the tactical light is often a better choice for navigating dark areas than the Thermal[=/=]NightVisionGoggles – in one non-combat level, you get an empty Mark 23 with a light attached to go through a BlackoutBasement. The IdleAnimation shows Mullins [[GunTwirling twirling it around his finger]], [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety a stunningly bad idea with a 17-inch long weapon of any sort, more so with a 5-pound gun that has a 4.8-pound single-action trigger pull]].
* Shows up in ''VideoGame/DeltaForce 2'', as the default sidearm to replace the 1911 from the original game, available with a suppressor; the devs, interestingly, chose not to model the weapon with its distinctive underbarrel LAM. It returns for ''Land Warrior'', ''Task Force Dagger'', and ''Xtreme'', this time with the LAM present but unusable.
* Added to ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' during a summer event. Like the other pistols, it can be used GunsAkimbo. It has more power than most other pistols, competing with the Desert Eagle while having a higher capacity, but its reload is among the slowest of the semi-auto pistols to compensate.
* A 4-star Tactical Doll in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. She is depicted as a [[ClingyJealousGirl possessive]] USA-themed catgirl for some reason. As the real-life weapon was marketed as an offensive pistol, her kit entirely revolves around firepower. She passively buffs the raw damage of other dolls, and she can take it even higher with her active skill. Even her personality can be considered aggressive, constantly flirting with [[PlayerCharacter the Commander]] and making a fuss when another girl appears to get close to them.
* Daniel Cross carries one in the present day sections of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''. Desmond divests him of it during the final assault on Abstergo and the player can make use of it.
* Appears as the standard handgun in ''VideoGame/Trepang2'', available in both standard and suppressed variants.
* The Mark 23 appears in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'', as do the suppressor and propritary laser module. It also appears as the only pistol in the Take and Hold character 'Flaccid Steak'.
* The Mark 23 is available in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'''s NewGamePlus found on the 21st-30th floors of [[BonusDungeon the Chrysler Building]].
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[[folder:IMI / MRI Desert Eagle]]
->''As expensive as it is powerful, the Desert Eagle is an iconic pistol that is difficult to master but surprisingly accurate at long range.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/CounterStrike: Global Offensive''

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[[caption-width-right:300: The Hollywood HandCannon. [[note]] From top to bottom: the original Desert Eagle Mark I model (.357 Magnum), Mark VII (.44 Magnum), Mark XIX (.50 AE)[[/note]] ]]

This Israeli HandCannon is among the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle most powerful production semi-automatic pistols out there]]. Designed and marketed by Minnesota-based company Magnum Research, Inc., and manufactured by contractor Israel Military Industries until 2009 (when production was moved to MRI's Pillager, MN facility). It is chambered in .357 Magnum, .440 Cor-bon, .41 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and .50 Action Express, and can easily be swapped between each caliber. It is fed by 9 (.357 Magnum), 8 (.41/.44 Magnum) or 7-round magazines (.50 AE and .440 Cor-bon). Magnum Research also offers it in a wide variety of finishes, ranging from standard chrome to gold to titanium/gold tiger stripes, and a model with an elongated, 10-inch barrel. Unlike most other handguns, it is gas-operated, using a rotating-bolt mechanism and direct gas impingement operation usually found on rifles, allowing it to fire much larger rounds than standard blowback handguns. They weigh about four and a half pounds unloaded, almost twice as much as a comparable pistol.

The Desert Eagle is essentially a rifle in pistol form, and a very temperamental weapon with a well-established reputation as a [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns jam-o-matic]]. It stops working at the slightest hint of dirt, and its gas-operated mechanism sucks up dirt like a vacuum cleaner. It has horrid recoil and even worse aim. Its ergonomics are unfriendly to left-handed shooters; it is not ambidextrous save for the safety lever (which itself is mounted high up on the slide, making it awkward to actuate for some shooters with shorter fingers), and its slide release and magazine catch are only on the left side of the gun for right-handed shooters. There is no means to convert or add a lefty slide release or magazine catch. Moreover, its bulky grip and excessive weight make it difficult to shoot and very impractical to carry for anyone not built like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger or Creator/DolphLundgren, and it often suffers misfeeds when chambered in rimmed .357 and .44 Magnum cartridges (which is why rimmed rounds are generally used by revolvers while rimless ammo is predominant for automatics). It is also one of the more expensive handguns on the market, going for about US$1500 for the base model[[note]] and about $2500 for the .50AE variant. For the same price, you could get a ''really'' nice custom 1911 or SIG (or a couple of [[BoringButPractical regular ones]]) or a Glock with so many high-end aftermarket upgrades it practically shoots itself)[[/note]]. Adding to that, .50 Action Express ammunition is incredibly expensive. As a result, the "Deagle" is little more than a range toy for people with more money than sense (and possibly [[CompensatingForSomething other deficiencies]]).

Despite all this, the Desert Eagle is the weapon of choice for media badasses across the spectrum, sometimes even being depicted as a standard issue military sidearm. An example of a gun that is actually not that hard to come across in the wild where firearms themselves are widely available (any big enough gun store is likely to have one or two in stock), but it's nevertheless a ''vastly'' more popular weapon in fiction than it is in reality.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* The Dirty Harry-esque main character of the manga ''Rose Hip Zero'' wields an Eagle one-handed. The size, recoil, and rarity of this gun are brought up in the manga, though, and his ability to fire the thing with one hand is noted as being quite a feat.
* The elderly one-eyed Sister Yolanda of the Church of Violence from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' uses a gold-plated one of these one-handed during the BloodstainedGlassWindows shootout from the Greenback Jane arc. She uses it to [[EveryCarIsAPinto blow up one of the bad guys' cars]] with ''one shot''.
* ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' usually keeps it very realistic regarding guns. So when in one episode of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', a quiet helicopter pilot is obsessed with his fantasies of pulling a Film/TaxiDriver, it fits his character perfectly that he owns a Desert Eagle, as the cops don't consider him a real threat and are sure that he'll never go through with it.
* In the ''Manga/SoulEater'' manga, Death the Kid's SuperMode has his handguns transforming into .42[[note]]Instead of 44, as 42 is a recurring number with the character as it sounds like "to die" in Japanese[[/note]] caliber 'Death Eagles'.
* In ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' episode 1, we find the local MoeBlob [[PlayboyBunny Mikuru]] wielding the 10-inch barrel version, [[GunsAkimbo akimbo]]. Made particularly egregious by the fact that, again, you see two of them, in the far-less-common 10-inch model - though, these ''are'' airsoft replicas, made by a rather popular Japanese airsoft company (and, unsurprisingly, liked by otaku).
* In ''Manhwa/WitchHunter'', the main character Tasha's strongest magic gun is a .44 Desert Eagle that has enough recoil to break his arm.
* In ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', Homura initially uses a Desert Eagle as her primary sidearm which is more reasonable than most examples since she has stolen thousands of weapons of all sizes from the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks American military]] and {{Yakuza}}. By the time of the series proper, she seems to prefer a Beretta for handgun purposes.
* Mana Tatsumiya of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' [[GunsAkimbo dual-wields]] Desert Eagles. In a bit of subversion, they (or at least the ones she uses the most) are airsoft replicas.
* Bando on ''Manga/ElfenLied'' uses a customized Desert Eagle. [[JustifiedTrope Makes more sense than usual]] as the Diclonius he fights [[ImmuneToBullets can deflect conventional ammo]] and he has a cybernetic arm (due to Lucy [[AnArmAndALeg removing his original arm]]).
* TheDragon of one arc of ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' wields one with a ''fourteen inch barrel''. It's treated as an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity +1 Gun]], capable of penetrating ''a muscle-car's steel roll cage'' (Rally's Shelby Cobra, to be specific. It also hits ''her'' and is stopped by a [[PocketProtector collapsible rifle stored in her jacket]] - but ''still'' breaks several ribs) but [[RealityIsUnrealistic not two inches of bulletproof glass windshield]] (though it still blinds the car, as planned).
* A .44 Magnum Desert Eagle shows up in ''Manga/CityHunter'', in the hands of the extremely capable HitmanWithAHeart Mick Angel. [[ShownTheirWork Given the author is usually very good at properly placing the guns]], he probably did it on purpose to both show Mick's showoff personality and his ability to shoot a .44 Magnum one-handed with near-perfect accuracy.
* In ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'', series-running badass Leon S. Kennedy very appropriately appears at the finale armed with one to use against [[spoiler:the [[BigBad Arias]]-[[TheBigGuy Diego]] [[OneWingedAngel Tyrant]]]].

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* A particularly egregious offender is the ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' one shot ''Orson Randal and The Green Mist of Death''. This story takes place sometime around the [[TwoFistedTales 1920s]], before the Desert Eagle was even invented and likely before anyone involved in its design was ''born''.
* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s preferred handguns are [[GunsAkimbo a pair]] of Desert Eagles and because it's ''Deadpool'' practicality isn't really kept in mind.
* In the first issue of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', biker gang leader: Joe. Arms himself with a deagle when going out to face the Hulk. Whom was giving him and his gang full-on MookHorrorShow, the only time he ever uses it is against a poor crackhead whom wanted to warn him of the Hulk by calling it "the devil", although Joe dismisses those claims due to being well.. a crackhead, with a [[PistolWhipping Pistol Whip]].

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Franchise/RoboCop'':
** Shows up in the original ''Film/{{RoboCop|1987}}''; normal ones are used, but there's also a special one with a large barrel extension that can take a suppressor. This was originally supposed to be Robocop's gun, but when the suit was finished it became clear the weapon looked like a toy in his hand and the even larger Auto-9 was built based on a Beretta 93R.
** Shows up again in ''Film/RoboCop2'' used by Hob to shoot Murphy. [[ShootingSuperman Doesn't affect him physically]], but he hesitates at being shot by a child. In the opening scene, one crook takes one from a gun store that he's looting, noting that he really likes it.
** The Rehabs in ''Film/RoboCop3'' use them as their standard sidearm.
* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger uses them a ''lot'', no doubt because it's big enough to look impressive even in his large hands. He's used them in ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Film/{{Eraser}}'' and ''Film/LastActionHero'', and used a weapon (a fictional HandCannon called the "Podbyrin 9.2mm") that was a very ironic combination of a Desert Eagle and Walther P38 in ''Film/RedHeat''[[note]]The irony being that the Desert Eagle is an Israeli-made gun, while the P38 was at one time a Nazi Germany sidearm; extra irony in that he's playing a Soviet cop in this film, who even decades after the war probably would avoid using a Nazi weapon just out of spite[[/note]].
* Standard-issue for Agents of ''Film/TheMatrix''. They're strong enough to fire Desert Eagles ''one-handed'', and the magazine capacity is increased to 12 or 13. Well, at least they don't have BottomlessMagazines, even though there's really no reason (other than [[UnorthodoxReload stylish reloading]]) such things couldn't be programmed into the eponymous LotusEaterMachine.
* Bullet Tooth Tony and his "Desert Eagle ''point five-oh''" in ''Film/{{Snatch}}'', of course.
-->The fact that you have '''Replica''' written down the sides of your guns, ''(closeup of the word Replica along the barrel)'' and the fact that I have '''Desert Eagle ''Point Five-Oh''''' written down the side of mine, ''(close up of Desert Eagle along the barrel)'' should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence. Now... [[SophisticatedAsHell fuck off]].
** Justified in that Bullet Tooth Tony is clearly not and never has been a military man, and so likely selected that gun ''because'' it fired huge rounds and looked cool. As per the quote above, [[WeaponForIntimidation it is useful for getting people to back down should the need arise.]]
* In [[Creator/FrankMiller Frank Goddamn Miller's]] film version of [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt Will Eisner's]] ''Film/TheSpirit'', [[Creator/SamuelLJackson The Octopus]] not only goes GunsAkimbo with the Desert Eagle, but he later wields a ''[[RuleOfCool double-barreled]]'' version of it.
* In ''Film/TheBoondockSaints II: All Saints Day'', the [=McManus=] twins trade in their suppressed Beretta 92 pistols for some custom made Desert Eagles. And those silenced Berettas were acquired by trading in the Desert Eagles wielded by two Russian mob dudes who tried to murder them near the beginning of the original movie.
* A few appear in the ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'' movies. Including one carved from a piece of soap by Bosley with his bare teeth.
* L.J. in ''Film/ResidentEvilApocalypse'' has a [[GunsAkimbo pair]] of [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated]] .44 Magnum Mark XIX Desert Eagles. [[MilesGloriosus Too bad he's useless in a fight]].
* [[Creator/ChrisPratt Dan Forester]] gets a ClickHello from [[Creator/JKSimmons his estranged father]] with one in ''Film/TheTomorrowWar''. When the old man says that it "gets the job done," Dan (who favors a much more practical 1911) replies, "Yeah, [[DeadpanSnarker if the job is letting everyone know how tiny your dick is]]."
* ''Film/{{Borat}}'' is shown a [[BlingBlingBang gold plated one]] when he asks a gun shop owner for a recommendation for a weapon with which to kill Jews. Since he's not a US citizen, he can't legally buy it, so [[BearsAreBadNews he buys a grizzly bear instead]].
* What appears to be a double-barreled version of this gun (which even can have its two barrels swivel sway from each other to target individual targets, and in reality a Beretta with Desert Eagle-style prop slides) is used by Chudnofsky in ''Film/TheGreenHornet''.

[[AC:Literature]]
* VigilanteMan and OneManArmy [[Literature/TheExecutioner Mack Bolan]] has replaced his .44 [=AutoMag=] (an even rarer gun) with a .44 Desert Eagle.
* Thomas Raith of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' tends to use a Desert Eagle along with either a US Army Cavalry Sabre or a Kukri. He can afford it because VampiresAreRich.
** Warden Carlos Ramirez also wields one. No word on how he could afford it, though.
* [[Creator/MatthewReilly Scarecrow]] tends to use one as his sidearm, despite being a [[SemperFi Recon Marine]].

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* Jayne has one that River wields in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Out of Gas". ...''Five hundred years in the future''. River also gets her hands on assumedly the same one in the episode "Objects in Space" ([[ItMakesSenseInContext which she mistakes for a branch]]).
* Shows up in an episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', and one of the immediate conclusions by one of the cast members is that the shooter must've been CompensatingForSomething.
* In the final season of ''Series/TheShield'', when Vic resigns from the LAPD he naturally has to turn in his service pistol, and from that point on uses his personal gun. As he says: ".357 Desert Eagle, cross-draw."
* Used by Jon Sable in the 1980s TV series ''Sable''.
* In an episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', Benson is talking to a slightly-unhinged stalker at a gun range, where the stalker girl is firing a chrome-finished .50AE Desert Eagle. Benson notes that the gun is "a little hardcore", and then further notes that the ''[[NoKillLikeOverkill 14 round mag]]'' the woman is using is illegal in New York City.
* Will shoots one brought in by a friend in ''Series/SonsOfGuns''.
* ''Shadow'', a 2019 South African series, has the vigilante title character using one as his weapon. A criminal he confronts in the pilot lampshades how you don't see many of them these days.

[[AC:Manhua]]
* In ''Manhua/SchoolShock'', Liu Li's usual sidearm is a Desert Eagle. The size and recoil are no problem for her to handle as she is a nanomachine enhanced supersoldier.

[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* Chambered with the .50 Action Express, the Desert Eagle is the most powerful and expensive semi-automatic pistol in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: High-Tech'', but is the hardest to use and has one of the smallest magazines.
* It's perhaps the most powerful pistol on the gun list in ''TabletopGame/FengShui'', and has the highest capacity.
* One of the stock characters in one of the ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' clanbooks is a lawyer whose equipment includes an "IMI .50 Desert Eagle (never fired)".

[[AC:Video Games]]
* It appears as the most powerful pistol in many {{First Person Shooter}}s and {{Third Person Shooter}}s; it's [[AKA47 very unlikely to appear with its real name]], and often has enough accuracy and power to be used as an [[SniperPistol ersatz sniper rifle]]. In first person shooters especially, this is partly because the gun is blocky and angular, and thus easy to make in 3D. Games are also very likely to give it incorrect capacities given whichever version they modeled it after, most commonly giving it the usual 7-round capacity but modeling it after a version that didn't come in .50 AE, or outright naming it as a fifty-caliber weapon but giving it eight shots like the .44 version.
* ''VideoGame/CounterStrike''. For Valve's attempts at nerfing it, it's still the best handgun in the game.
** They finally succeeded in ''Global Offensive'', the damage is still there, but the recoil requires very slow and accurate firing.
* ''VideoGame/BallisticWeapons'' has three pistols based on the Desert Eagle. One is a gun company's recreation of the Desert Eagle (in the vein of gun companies recreating old and popular designs in the past, such as perfect copies of Tommy guns and [=MP40=]s), and the other two are semi-modernized (in the game's universe) ones.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' adds it with a blued finish in the ''Dragon's Teeth'' DLC as the [=DEagle=] 44, unlocked with the "Recoil Kinetics" assignment (making 20 [[BoomHeadshot headshot kills]] with the Mateba), with the compensator attachment giving it a unique factory IWI muzzle break. It returns in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHardline'' as the [[AKA47 Bald Eagle]], this time with a chrome finish and chambered in .50 Action Express, unlocked for both teams' Enforcer class by completing Enforcer Assignment 2, with [=VIPs=] in Crosshair getting a gold-plated one.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' features it as a stronger but lower-capacity (though still higher than reality, with 12 rounds in the first and 10 in the second and third) alternate to the Beretta. At least Max holds the gun with both hands in the first game, as it ''really'' has a mean kick. In the others, however, he [[GunsAkimbo dual-wields]] them with ease. It's also the preferred handgun for Mona Sax, and she can dual-wield them as well in the second game.
* It shows up occasionally in the modern-day ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' games.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty4ModernWarfare'' features it, primarily in multiplayer, where you get a chrome one for ranking up to a high enough level and a [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated one]] for reaching the final rank, Commander (level 55); it's the most popular sidearm primarily because it's the only one to deal more damage, though this comes with the lowest capacity among the pistols (7 shots), higher recoil and a slightly slower reload. Only two of them appear in the single-player mode: one is used by a mook in "Crew Expendable" to ambush you if you get too far from the squad in the first cargo compartment, and the other owned by the BigBad, which he lends to Al-Asad to execute President Al-Fulani and later uses to kill Gaz and the other wounded members of Bravo Team at the very end.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' has it as well, a two-tone model with an unusable LaserSight and [[GoodBadBugs misaligned sights]]. It's still available in multiplayer, where it's now possible to use them GunsAkimbo, which [[AwesomeButImpractical isn't very useful]] but is [[RuleOfCool cool as hell]].
** It's in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'' as well, a blued version with more rounded edges, the top of the slide lowered down slightly, and no safety lever on the right side; its damage is very slightly decreased (to the order of only five less points of damage past past its maximum drop-off distance) in return for holding one more shot per magazine like the .44 version. Yuri usually starts with one in the campaign, and Captain Price also takes up one as his new sidearm of choice after being disavowed from Task Force 141, replacing his old M1911.
** A more properly-proportioned one, visually similar to the ''[=CoD4=]'' model, returns for [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 the 2019 reboot]], here [[AKA47 renamed the ".50 GS"]] and with several more modifications than the earlier appearances, including longer barrels, scopes, and extended magazines.
** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' features a mostly Desert Eagle-inspired gun as the "HandCannon" available in the level "Desperate Measures", used while searching for intel on sleeper agents, and later added as a scorestreak for multiplayer, where it's {{misidentified|Weapons}} as a revolver. It's fitted with a large scope-shaped LaserSight with backup ironsights on top of it, doesn't have any safety levers, and, as typical for the ''Black Ops'' subseries, is {{anachronis|mStew}}tic for the time period, the real weapon still having been in the prototype phase in 1981.
* Quite prevalent in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series:
** The Desert Eagle is Lance Vance's weapon in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''. Diaz uses one to ShootTheTelevision in a cutscene as well. It was intended that the player could use it as well, but was DummiedOut, probably in favor of the Python revolver.
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'': It's a rare pickup in most cities, can be purchased after a few missions in Las Venturas, and if CJ sprays all 100 gang tags in Los Santos, a few Grove Street homies will wield it. It's hideously expensive and gives very little ammo per pickup or purchase, but then again, there's the [[GoodBadBugs Ammu-Nation shooting range bug]]. Strangely, after Carl reaches Gangster proficiency, its firepower increases; it's the only gun in the game that has that effect.
** The gun also shows up (as the "[[AKA47 Combat Pistol]]") in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''. It's not as much of a HandCannon this time around -- it's clearly based on the less-powerful .357 Magnum version, and takes three shots to take down an enemy. With the above-mentioned AMT [=AutoMag=] added in the ''Ballad of Gay Tony'' DLC, it's also no longer the most powerful handgun.
** The Desert Eagle shows up again in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Despite being labeled the ".50 Pistol", it has the ammo capacity of the .357 Magnum variant. While a shot to the body won't kill an enemy instantly, they will be downed and eventually bleed to death. For the [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames 7th-gen]] versions of the game, this, the Bullpup Shotgun, and the [[DropTheHammer Hammer]] were [[PreOrderBonus bonuses for pre-ordering the Special or Collector's editions]].
* One of the mascot weapons of the ''Franchise/FarCry'' series, showing up in every game since the beginning, where it was the "Falcon 357" in [[VideoGame/FarCry1 the original game]] and the "Jungle Falcon" in its console spinoffs. In ''VideoGame/FarCry2'' it's the "Eagle .50" and has "Deagle .50AE Pistol" engraved on the slide. ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' and ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' continue the tradition by offering it as the [[AKA47 D50]] as the final pistol to be unlocked. Initially absent from ''VideoGame/FarCry5'', but a later patch added it in due to popular demand. Also available in ''VideoGame/FarCry6'', for the first time in the series under its actual name of "Desert Eagle".
* The .357 Magnum version is common in ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2''. The .44 Magnum and .50 Action Express versions are added in the unofficial v1.13 patch, and buying ammo for the gun from the arms-dealing website mocks you for carrying around such an impractical, heavy, and huge handgun instead of a rifle.
* The "Heavy Pistol" in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' is based on this.
* EA's ''Franchise/JamesBond'' video games use this jarringly; despite its ridiculously expensive nature, it's often the standard sidearm for {{mooks}} in a few of the games. Even odder, said mooks usually use the "under 50 dollars on the black market" AK-47 as their primary weapon.
** In ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', the .44 version appeared as the [[AKA47 Raptor Magnum or IAC Defender]], depending on platform.
** ''VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}'' features the .357 and .50 versions, again as the "Raptor Magnum".
** Appears in ''VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing'' as one of the few available pistols.
* Usable in ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune'' as the "Silver Talon." Yields a [[YourHeadASplode messy]] result with headshots.
* Appears in the ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' games as the "[[AKA47 Black Kite]]" firing .45 ACP (there is no Desert Eagle variant chambered for that). More bizarrely, in ''Shadow of Chernobyl'', there's a unique version called the Big Ben, which fires 9x39mm SP or PAB sniper and assault rifle rounds, far beyond even the [=.50AE=].
* Replacement for the Colt Python in ''VideoGame/HalfLifeOpposingForce'', used by both "Otis" security guards and HECU Engineers. And you, of course - it's powerful and accurate (moreso with the toggle-able LaserSight), and ammo is more available than in the base game (though it's still not everywhere). It also holds 9 bullets at once because it's the .357 version.
* Added in the ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' games starting with ''Rogue Spear'', as the most powerful handgun available until the ''Vegas'' games, where it's only the second most powerful (the most powerful happens to be a revolver that [[{{BFG}} isn't used for anything besides hunting really large game like elephants]]). Notable in that most games in the series that feature it include both the usual .50 version, as well as the slightly-weaker but higher-capacity .357 version, and even allow it to be suppressed. ''[[VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege Siege]]'' introduces the Desert Eagle (under the D-50 name) for both Navy SEAL Operators, Blackbeard and Valkyrie. Its high damage and fast semi-automatic rate of fire is matched with low magazine capacity and high recoil, which makes this an extremely tough but rewarding gun to use.
* A variant turns up in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'', called the ''[[AKA47 Desert Cobra]]''[[note]]1337 Weapon Industries .50 Desert Cobra, $1999.99 at Whittaker's Gun Store, ''[[BlatantLies Only 2000 Made]]''[[/note]]; it's got power on par with the sniper rifles, but hampered by heavy recoil and a low magazine capacity, making it poor against hordes. It's a consistent OneHitKill on the regular zombies no matter where it hits (''very'' important in [[HarderThanHard Realism mode]], where even those sniper rifles are as effective as harsh language outside of headshots), you don't lose ''any'' accuracy or fire rate when incapacitated like with the regular handguns, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it's worth it just to hear Nick sput out an excited "Niiiice" when he picks one up]].
* Surprisingly easy to get in ''7.62 High Caliber'', with a minor rebel in an early mission carrying a .44 one.
* In ''VideoGame/JustCause2'', the most basic peashooter is a Deagle with a more angled grip and increased capacity (12 shots by default, 24 at max upgrades); some cutscenes where it's fired have it eject rifle cartridges, and Rico is able to [[GunsAkimbo pair it up with any other one-handed weapon]].
* Same as above, ''VideoGame/Postal2'' features it, named at gun stores as the "Old Faithful combat pistol", as the basic handgun. The only one, in fact, until later mods and updates added alternatives; in the current versions it's the middle ground BoringButPractical option for the pistols, killing people in two or three shots and being by far the easiest to acquire ammo for (since it's still the only pistol [=NPCs=] use), with better accuracy than the Glock and more common ammo than the Python, but not having the benefits of a SecondaryFire mode like the Glock's [[MoreDakka fire selector]] or the Python's [[BoomHeadshot execution bar]]. It's also back for ''VideoGame/Postal4NoRegerts'', once again as the basic handgun and once again as the BoringButPractical option with a secondary fire that solely consists of aiming down the sights.
* The heavy pistol in ''VideoGame/AllPointsBulletin'' is clearly modeled after the Desert Eagle.
* Meryl Silverburgh in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series uses a Desert Eagle as her signature weapon. In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Snake points out to her that she could have picked something more sensible from the armory,[[note]]Although not really, since she reveals her choice was either that or the Mark 23 Snake ended up with, which is similarly bulky and impractical in real life[[/note]] to which she defiantly replies that she used them since she was a little girl, affirming her role as a HotBlooded youngster who wants to be a hero, as opposed to Snake being a remorseful veteran. By ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 4|GunsOfThePatriots}}'' she carries two (one with a [[SniperPistol long barrel and scope]]), and is now a veteran badass who's actually very good with them. It's used prominently in the same cutscene when Johnny rescues her with a .50 BMG anti-materiel sniper rifle while in close quarters. Snake himself can use the standard version by purchasing it from Drebin or stolen from Dwarf Gekko in Act 4, and the scoped version by either obtaining the Fox emblem (complete the game in under six hours with no kills, alerts, deaths or used healing items on file) or entering a cheat code.
* ''[[VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever Contract J.A.C.K.]]'' has a Mark XIX in .357 (going by its 9-round capacity), despite its setting around 1967, more than ten years before the Desert Eagle even existed and another ten before the Mark XIX hit the scene.
* Leon Scott Kennedy can pick up a .50 AE version of the gun with custom wooden grips and a two-tone finish in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', and can upgrade it to the long-barrel version near the end of the game. He begins the novelization with the long barrel one. It also appears in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2Remake the remake]], similar in appearance and characteristics to the original version save for its finish (the two-tone finish it originally had saved for when the long barrel is attached).
** Also appears in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 5]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 6]]'', ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity ORC]]'', under the name "[[AKA47 Lightning Hawk]]".
* ''VideoGame/DeadFrontier'' has one of these under the name "Desert Fox" as the second most powerful and difficult to use handgun.
* Shows up as a weapon Jackie can get his hands on in the video game adaptation of ''VideoGame/TheDarkness''. Its ubiquity in films and games and the like is also mocked at one point - when you're in a [[TheMafia Mafia]] safehouse, you can listen to a guy gleefully describing to one of his buddies a scene from an action movie he had just seen; in it, the hero uses [[GunsAkimbo two Deagles]] to shoot up a room full of {{mook}}s. The guy's friend says that that sounds like the stupidest movie ever.
* Appears in several ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games as a fairly common early-game weapon that is not all that powerful. The "N99" 10mm pistol in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' also looks to be somewhat inspired by the Deagle, particularly in the design of the slide.
* ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours''. Advertised as a one hit kill. Very effective.
* In the obscure rail-shooter ''Endgame'', the .50 AE version of the Desert Eagle is Jade's main weapon.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' and ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' as the "[[FunWithAcronyms GDHC]][[note]]Goddamn HandCannon[[/note]] .50", holding as many bullets as the real-world .44 version and used solely by FBI agents. Once the player grabs one in ''[=SR2=]'', s/he can naturally dual-wield them.
** A [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated variant]] of the GDHC .50 can be unlocked in the first game by clearing the Airport [[LuckBasedMission Hitman]] list. This variant combines the damage of the .44 Shepherd, the ROF of the [=NR4=], and 15-round magazines for a piece that will serve you well for the remainder of the game.
** The ".45 Shepherd" in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' and the default ".45 Fletcher" skin for the Heavy Pistol in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' also seem to be heavily based on the Desert Eagle, the latter moreso.
* All of the gangsters you face in the first levels of ''VideoGame/SplinterCellConviction'' carry these as their standard sidearm, and Sam can make use of it. Interestingly, the PMC mooks you face later in the game tend to carry more believable pistols such as the [=USP45=] or M9, [[FridgeBrilliance showing that they're actual professionals and not just gangsters trying to look tough]].
** One showed up ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory Chaos Theory]]'' as [[BigBadFriend Douglas Shetland's]] sidearm of choice. ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCellDoubleAgent Double Agent]]'' had [[TheDragon Moss]] carry one in a chest holster as well. Most of its appearances in the franchise are as [[GoodGunsBadGuns bad guy guns]].
* Appears as the "Hand Cannon" in ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'', as a much stronger but lower-capacity alternative to the standard 9mm pistol. In earlier versions of the game, Sharpshooters at the highest level spawned with [[GunsAkimbo two of them]]; and, as of the 2013 summer event, you can now buy [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated, tiger-striped versions]]. It reappears in ''Videogame/KillingFloor2'' as the Gunslinger's tier 3 weapon, mostly unchanged except for the capacity reduced to the .50 AE version's proper 7 shots and a [=KF2=] logo on the grips.
* ''Combat Arms'' features 4 variants of the Desert Eagle: the standard Desert Eagle, Desert Eagle Black, Desert Eagle Special Edition (similar to the standard except features a black slide and an engraving on the side), and the Desert Eagle Gold (a gold Deagle with a two-tone tiger stripe pattern).
* The [=SOP38=] handgun in ''VideoGame/SeriousSam 3: BFE'' is a Desert Eagle only in looks; it's quite different under the hood. It's chambered in .45 ACP (or a .44 SOP, going by the slide lettering), and holds 10 rounds that [[MoreDakka can be fired about as fast as the user can pull the trigger]]. It works as an improved version of the Schofield revolvers from the classic games, having about the same fire rate as the dual-wielded revolvers with only slightly less ammo and a faster reload (about equal as reloading a single revolver), but the player has to use the sights (whereupon Sam walks a little slower) to negate its natural spread.
* [[PlayerCharacter Captain Martin Walker]] of ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine'' starts with a Desert Eagle in sections where he [[BagOfSpilling loses all his prior weapons]]. Notably, [[spoiler:this only occurs in scenes where he's by himself. In other scenes when he's with his teammates, his sidearm (drawn out of the ''same holster'') is the realistic Beretta M9]]. Considering Konrad's rant about [[spoiler:Walker having delusions of being a fantasy action hero]], this makes it an odd case of invoking this trope ''intentionally.''
* Ebony and Ivory in ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' are based from this gun, with stylized grips twisting into sharp points, scrollwork engravings at the bore of each pistol, and each also sports a ring hammer.
* The standard pistol skin in ''VideoGame/ChampionsOnline'' appears to be based on the Desert Eagle, only with a longer barrel. Expect pistol-packing [=NPCs=] (soldiers, cops, even street gang {{Mooks}}) to be armed either with these, or with laser pistols. Probably justified, in a world with so many superhumans.
* Appears in all of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' games, barring ''Absolution'' and ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', in the hands of various {{Mook}}s. ''Contracts'' has a [[BlingBlingBang gold plated version]] and, like all other pistols in the game, can be wielded GunsAkimbo ''[[GuideDangIt if]]'' [[GuideDangIt you can find them]]. Early concept art shows that a pair of them were originally going to be 47's signature pistols before they settled on the Silverballers.
* A Desert Eagle, labeled in-game as "[=DE50AE7=]", is available in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve.'' Give Wayne 300 Junk and ask him for a pistol.
* In ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 5'', both new {{Player Character}}s use two-toned Desert Eagles with muzzle brakes as their main handgun.
* A Mark XIX is the "Deagle" in ''VideoGame/Payday2'', somehow managing to cram ten rounds into its basic magazine (the .357 magazine holds at most nine) and with unique mod options such as various compensators, a lengthened barrel, an extended magazine, and as of the Gage Mod Courier DLC a scope mount to attach on top of the existing scope mount to allow the use of the same sights that assault rifles get. As of the release of the Fugitive skill tree, it's now possible to [[GunsAkimbo dual-wield Deagles]].
* In ''VideoGame/Persona1'', it's one of the handguns available to be obtained and used by Maki and Ayase (known simply as the Eagle in the original PS1 English translation). It's the most powerful real-life handgun in the game; everything above it is fictional.
* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': One of the Protagonist's equippable handguns is a "Sand hawk", which has the appearance of a Desert Eagle with a chrome finish. [[spoiler:It's used in the climax where Joker performs a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] on the FinalBoss with it.]]
* In ''VisualNovel/DiesIrae'', Shirou Yusa's have the Desert Eagle as his weapon of choice. Unfortunately, against the overpowered individuals he ends up facing off against, it rarely end up all that useful beyond simply providing a distraction. This changes after he manages to steal Rusalka's relic, allowing the bullets fired from it to be magically enhanced.
* A 5-star Tactical Doll in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. A [[SmallGirlBigGun tiny girl]] carrying and shooting the .50 AE version one-handed, her kit is attack-focused, bypassing shields and inflicting extra damage to the enemies with the most HP present on the map. Befitting the gun's name, her design and coloration evoke a bald eagle. Her past profession as an actress references the Desert Eagle's ubiquity in pop culture.
* In ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'', [[DumbMuscle Winston Chu]] uses a [[BlingBlingBang gold-plated]] Desert Eagle as his personal sidearm when he wants to be intimidating. [[spoiler: After he dies at his wedding,]] Wei uses the very same Desert Eagle briefly at the Bam Bam nightclub when Big Smile Lee's enforcer appears and demands Winston's share of the profits for their North Point operations.
* VideoGame/DukeNukem has used Desert Eagles in three games: ''VideoGame/DukeNukemManhattanProject'' ([[AKA47 renamed the Golden Eagle]]), where it shows up in the opening cutscene when [[OneHitKill he takes out a Pig Cop with a single blast from one]], ''Duke Nukem Advance'' as Duke's standard pistol with only ten shots, terrible trigger response and piss-poor damage (and an upgraded Golden variant that's stupidly rare), and again in ''Duke Nukem: Time To Kill'' as the basic pistol; a few notable game mods for ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' have given him one as well, most notably ''[[https://www.moddb.com/mods/duke-nukem-alien-armageddon Alien Armageddon]]''.
* The Mark VII shows up several times in ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'', under the "[[AKA47 Desert 5]]" moniker, frequently as the weapon for one character or another.
** Eddie Raja in ''VideoGame/UnchartedDrakesFortune'' uses a custom version with gold plating and ivory grips. Drake can get his hands on a nickel- or chrome-plated version as well, where it's the strongest of the handguns.
** Harry Flynn carries one as his personal weapon in ''VideoGame/Uncharted2AmongThieves'', which seems to fit his image of a SmallNameBigEgo SmugSnake. For comparison, his boss carries a simple Beretta [=92FS=].
** It's available in ''VideoGame/UnchartedGoldenAbyss'' as well, particularly as Jason Dante's sidearm for the first half of the game.
** After a no-show in ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'', it returned in the spinoff ''VideoGame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'', this time with a boosted 10-round capacity.
* Two variants appear in ''VideoGame/{{SYNTHETIK}}'' as starting pistols. The "Desert Eagle .50" is exclusive to Commando classes (Raider and Heavy Gunner), dealing incredible damage with each shot, but with massive recoil and stability penalty. It also gains an infinitely-stacking damage buffs with every headshot. The "Titanium Eagle" is an all-class pistol available through the Arena Supporter pack DLC or referring four other players to the game. It deals slightly less damage than it's Commando counterpart, but shares the stacking headshot damage boost with an additional perk of resetting its recoil on headshots.
* Shows up in ''VideoGame/JupiterHell'' as the .44 Deagle. It uses .44 ammunition, and rivals the 7.62 Sidearm as the most powerful semiautomatic pistol of the game.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' boasts 3 versions of the iconic hand cannon, available in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and the classic .50 Action Express.

[[AC:Web Original]]
* Burt from AudioPlay/WereAlive has [[ICallItVera Shirley]], a silver-plated Desert Eagle that once belonged to his wife that he keeps with him as a reminder of her. Apparently both Burt and his wife were big on the competition circuit, so having such a weapon could be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as a flashy show piece. But once the ZombieApocalypse begins, Burt still relies on Shirley as his weapon.
* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', this is the preferred weapon of the second Nightgaunt, who gets ''very'' upset when one gets destroyed (he aimed it at Lancer's eye at point-blank range, and the blowback from Lancer's PK field wrecked the barrel). Since he usually strikes from ambush, often in the manner described above, he isn't too worried about the cost of ammunition (he hardly uses any, and when he does, it almost always hits the target for a kill). The fact that he ''does'' have to take time to aim it and brace his arms is a minor plot point in ''Alya and the Birthday Brawl'', as [[spoiler:it gives Vamp time to grab his power gems off of his belt and escape]].

[[AC:Western Animation]]
* Barry from ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' has a nickel finished Desert Eagle Mk VII, which he talks [[InsistentTerminology TO, not with.]] He also has a subscription to [[ShownTheirWork Desert Eagle Magazine]]. Lana uses one on occasion, which fits her Johnny Bench-ian, steam-shovelly, Truckasaurus hands. [[TheGeneralissimo President Calderon]] of [[BananaRepublic San Marcos]] prefers it as his sidearm of choice, but never bothers to reload it, instead having an underling ''hand him a fresh pistol'' whenever he runs dry.
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[[folder:SIG [=P210=]]]
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A Swiss single action 9x19mm pistol (also available in .22LR and the obsolete .30 Luger calibers) first introduced in 1947, this is, hands-down, one of the best 9mm pistols ever devised, as well as one of the finest target pistols ever produced. Like the CZ-75, the slide rides inside of the frame, contributing to its legendary, target pistol-like accuracy (production models included the paper target used to "sight-in" the gun at 50 yards, often showing a 2" or smaller group). It was the service pistol of the Swiss Army and the Danish Army starting from 1949. It was replaced by the Swiss in 1975 with the double-action SIG P220, and is also on the way out with the Danish: after 70 years of service, it is scheduled to be replaced in 2019 with the SIG P320 X-Carry.

The pistol is very common in shooting sports, and it is notable for being the gun that [[https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/09/10/jan-foss-in-memorandum-1938-2021/ Jan Foss used to win the first International Practical Shooting Confederation World Shoot in 1976]]. It will often fetch prices in excess of $2,000 on the open market for used models (two to five times what a modern 9mm pistol will go for). SIG reintroduced the pistol to the civilian market in 2017 (including a version that replaces the heel magazine release with a button at thumb level on the side, as tends to be preferred by American shooters), although its heavily machined and hand-fitted nature means prices aren't likely to go down anytime soon.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Twin P210-2s are the favoured weapons of ''Anime/{{Madlax}}''.
* Rally Vincent uses one as a replacement for her damaged CZ-75 in a chapter of ''Manga/GunsmithCats''. Alas, as good as it is, [[AuthorAppeal it's not as good as a first-generation CZ-75]], and she refuses to take a shot during a HostageSituation because she's afraid she will hit the girl being used as a HumanShield by her bounty, so she ends up letting them go. [[StuffedInTheFridge Tragedy ensues.]]
* Franco's sidearm in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl: Il Teatrino.''

[[AC:Comics]]
* An issue of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' in the 1980's featured Frank getting one of these from an old woman in his neighborhood. Unfortunately, it's the .30 Luger version, which means he's out of luck as far as actually shooting it.

[[AC:Film]]
* Used by mobsters in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica''
* Appears in a couple ''Film/JamesBond'' films.
** The hitman and some of Blofeld's men use [=P210=]s in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''.
** A Commemorative Edition shows up in the hands of James Bond in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', which he grabs from General Medrano's hotel room in the finale. A production still of Daniel Craig holding one was later modified for use as the cover for ''VideoGame/BloodStone''.
* Used by Michael Caine in ''Film/GetCarter''.
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[[folder:Vektor [=CP1=]]]
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Designed by the South African based Lyttleton Engineering Works (now Denel) and entering the market in 1996, the Vektor [=CP1=] is a unique-looking semi-automatic handgun. Aimed at the conceal carry market, the gun has few sharp edges, to keep from snagging on clothing, making it look like it jumped right out of a science fiction film. Also unique is the weapon's safety, located at the front of the trigger guard.

Unfortunately, in 2000, it was discovered that some of the pistols had a flawed safety that could cause the weapon to discharge if dropped. [=CP1=]s in South Africa were fixed and returned, but since Denel didn't have enough infrastructure in foreign markets for this, they instead offered a cash refund to any who returned the weapon. This recall ended any potential the weapon had in the United States (its primary market), and also led to the weapon's end of production just a year later in 2001.

The [=CP1=] was available in 9x19mm Para, 9x21mm IMI, and .40 S&W.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Appears a couple times in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', an imitator Laughing Man holding someone hostage with one in the sixth episode, and later as the weapon of the Human Evolutionist faction's leader in the thirteenth episode. Creator/MasamuneShirow [[WordOfGod mentions in an artbook]] that he'd wanted to include the weapon ever since he first heard of it.
* The two-tone variant appears in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex The Movie: The Miracle of Endymion'' as a personal sidearm of Shutaura Sequenzia.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/BabylonAD'', an extremely upset Toorop pulls a loaded [=CP1=] on a arms dealer and proves its defectiveness by pulling the trigger on him, but the gun only clicks.
* Yelena uses [[GunsAkimbo two]] [=CP1=]s in ''Film/{{XXX}}''.
* [[TheDragon Caleb]] carries one as his weapon in ''Film/{{Dredd}}''.
* Many of the pistols in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' are heavily modified [=CP1=]s.
* One is briefly used by Saito in ''Film/{{Inception}}''.
* The Peacekeepers in ''Film/TheHungerGamesCatchingFire'' and ''[[Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjay Mockingjay]]'' use white-painted [=CP1=]s.
* A two-toned [=CP1=] is used by Gay Perry and Harry Lockhart in ''Film/KissKissBangBang''.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* A two-tone [=CP1=] is used by Laurence Dobson in the first episode of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
* Appears every now and then in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''.
* [[GeniusCripple Logan]] uses one as his weapon in ''Series/DarkAngel''. He does try to offer it to Max at one point, but she DoesntLikeGuns.
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[[folder:Wildey]]

->''"Wildey's here. Fires a .475 Wildey magnum. Real stopping power."''
-->--'''Paul Kersey''', ''Film/DeathWish3''

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First introduced in 1973, the Wildey was one of the first gas-operated handguns. Intended primarily for hunting, it is designed to handle a variety of high-velocity, high-pressure rounds, including the 9mm and .45 Winchester Magnum, the .44 Auto Mag (from the Auto Mag pistol), and the .357, .41, .44, .45, and .475 Wildey Magnum rounds [[note]]The rounds are designed to replicate the performance of their respective Magnum revolver rounds in a semiautomatic[[/note]]. Similarly to the Auto Mag also mentioned on this page, the Wildey features a distinctive ribbed, ventilated barrel, which is capable of mounting scopes, and is fed by 7 or 8-round magazines. The weapon is capable of changing calibers easily.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Brandon Heat uses one with a long barrel in the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' with custom "D-type" bullets to fight off Orcmen near the end of the first half, where it's presented as having enough recoil to push him back and hurt his arm.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* One of Madame Masque's weapons of choice in ''ComicBook/IronMan'' is a revolver chambered in .475 Wildey Magnum.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The Wildey's most famous appearance is in ''Film/DeathWish3'', where it is [[Creator/CharlesBronson Paul Kersey's]] primary weapon. The prop was Bronson's personal weapon. This appearance [[ColbertBump singlehandedly boosted the Wildey's popularity]], with its creator once joking that sales spiked whenever Death Wish was shown on cable.
* El Mariachi carries and uses one with a scope in ''Film/{{Desperado}}''.
* Mickey carries this weapon in ''Film/NaturalBornKillers''.
* Seitz's sidearm in ''Film/RoboCop3''.
* [[Creator/TimCurry Mr. Jigsaw]] in ''Film/LoadedWeapon1'' carries a Wildey Magnum as his primary sidearm throughout the film.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* Lund carries one in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "The Train Job".

[[AC:Video Games]]
* It was supposed to appear in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', but was cut, though it can still be found within the game's files. It is mistakenly referred to as a Colt 1911, and the developers apparently mistook the long ribbed barrel for an integral suppressor.
* A scoped variant is featured in ''[[VideoGame/CabelasDangerousHunts Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009]].''
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[[folder:Yarygin [=PYa=] / [=MP-443=] Grach]]
->''Designed to replace the dated PMM pistol, the [=MP443=] Grach pistol was developed in 1993 and fires high powered armor-piercing 9mm Russian rounds. The pistol is a combined construction of polymers and steel and has been adopted by select Special Forces units in the Russian military.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''

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A Russian pistol developed in 1993 by Izhmekh (aka Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, hence the MP designation) for Russian military trials. It was adopted as the [=PYa=] in 2003 and was issued in small numbers to special forces units in the North Caucasus in 2008. In 2011, it entered mass production, and is now the standard sidearm of the Russian army, replacing the earlier Makarov PM, and is also in use with Kazakh private security companies. It uses the 9x19mm 7N21 cartridge, a Russian-made armor piercing variant of the 9mm round, but is also compatible with standard 9mm ammo. A civilian variant with a barrel weakened to prevent usage of the 7N21 cartridge, known as the MP-446 Viking, is also produced by Izhevsk, in both the original version and a competition variant updated to comply with IPSC regulations (including an adjustable trigger and sights and the ability to use a longer barrel); there are also less-lethal variants designed to fire rubber bullets, the MP-353 and MP-472. Among the Russian military, this gun seems to enjoy the same dubious reputation that the early M16 and Beretta M9 did in the U.S. armed forces: early production models were very unreliable, with many operators preferring to ditch it in favor of more proven designs like the Makarov PM or the [=OTs=]-27 Berdysh. The [=PYa=] has been modified several times since its inception and the problems with it have been mostly remedied, but [[NeverLiveItDown its reputation of unreliability is still hard to shake off]], especially among the Russian special forces community.
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[[AC:Video Games]]
* Standard sidearm of the Russian Army in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'', and ''VideoGame/Battlefield4''.
* The standard sidearm of SVER in ''VideoGame/{{MAG}}''.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'', where in single-player and multi-player mode is semi-auto, but in Extinction mode it fires full-auto. It returns in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', now firing two-round bursts.
* Appears incorrectly as the Tariq in the 2010 reboot of ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'', the Opfor's standard sidearm. In reality, the Tariq is an Iraqi copy of the Beretta M951, the single-stack predecessor to the Beretta 92.
* The civilian variant, the MP-446, appears as a usable sidearm in ''VideoGame/SplinterCellConviction''.
* A variant rechambered for 9x21mm ammo appears as the standard sidearm for CSAT forces in ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}} III'', under the name "Rook 40".
* Appears as the "[[AKA47 MP-40 Grad]]" in ''VideoGame/SniperGhostWarrior 3''. It returns in ''VideoGame/SniperGhostWarriorContracts'' as the IMP-443.
* The MP-443 is a usable weapon in ''VideoGame/ContractWars''.
* Both the military and civilian versions appear in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', the Viking as a regularly-produced two-star T-Doll (with its Competition Barrel as an exclusive equipment) and the Grach as a three-star one acquired through login rewards or event drops. Possibly owing to their ability to use overpressure versions of the 9mm cartridge, their maximum damage slightly surpasses most other handgun T-Dolls.
** AK-15 also carries an MP-443 as her sidearm according to some character art, though given the way the game works she doesn't use it in-game.
* The standard-issue sidearm of the Russian Ground Forces in ''VideoGame/{{Squad}}''.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov'', where it can be fitted with underbarrel attachments, but not suppressed. BEAR [=PMCs=] receive one in their stash in the latest patch, and Scavs can also spawn with it.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/{{Warface}}'', where it is fitted with an unusable Zenit B-8 accessory rail and can be fitted with the standard muzzle attachments. It has unique animations for entering and exiting the customization menu, where the player character will engage/disengage the safety lever and cock/uncock the hammer respectively.
* Appears as the [[AKA47 Pistolet Jarygina]] in ''VideoGame/{{Survarium}}'', where it can modified with a red dot sight and silencer.
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* Available in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' as the "[[AKA47 Hunting Revolver]]", chambered in .45-70 Gov't and with an attached scope. It's powerful and has a mean kick, meaning a slow rate of fire. Veteran NCR Rangers carry an [[BlingBlingBang ornately decorated version with gold bear grips]] known as the "Ranger Sequoia" as a reward for honourable service. Chief Hanlon has one [[spoiler:and uses it to [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]] if the Courier requests that he turn himself in.]] The ''Gun Runners' Arsenal'' DLC adds a moddable version of the standard hunting revolver, allowing the Courier to add a six-shot cylinder and a match barrel to improve accuracy.

* The [=WA2000=] was added on Day 16 of Meatmass 2018 in ''VideoGame/HotdogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. The rifle has a rail on the top for either its bespoke scope or for any other attachment.

[[folder:Nambu Type 94]]
->''Manufactured in Japan since before the war, some viewed this pistol as being unnecessarily complex in its design while others admired that it was compact and lightweight.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV''

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[[caption-width-right:350:To the right, a decent early production Type 94, and to the left, the pitiful late war Type 94]]
A Japanese compact pistol allegedly developed for export to South America but in truth made as a cheap military side-arm, the Type 94 pistol is considered by many pop-historians to be the worst military side-arm ever designed in the history of modern warfare. Kijiro Nambu's previous pistol, the Type 14, had been met with some complaints concerning trigger group reliability in the field and poor handling and size for vehicle usage. So in 1934, Nambu created a compact six-shot pistol firing the same 8x22mm cartridge.

Unlike the Type 14, the Type 94 had a concealed hammer (in the style of the Colt Hammerless pocket models), whose spring didn't weaken with sustained firing and guaranteed that the pistol would function reliably. Like the Type 14, the Type 94 had a complicated assembly[[note]]the slide and main bolt were separate units kept together by a cross-bolt lug that also intersected the firing pin, with the barrel held in place by a frame extension and the recoil spring held against the front of the slide by a collar around the barrel just forward of the chamber end[[/note]] and used a locked breech recoil system relying on a locking block assembly similar to that of the modern Beretta 92. During firing, the locking block kept the barrel and slide together until the slide forced the block into its recess in the frame. At that point, the barrel stopped and the slide continued to the rear under its own momentum, extracting and ejecting the spent round. The return stroke of the slide chambered a fresh cartridge, got the locking block back into place and locked the system into battery until the next trigger pull. The Type 94 also had a magazine safety built into the frame to prevent firing should the magazine not be properly seated, such that one had to slap the magazine after inserting it to ensure proper feeding and trigger functionality.

The Type 94 is criticized as difficult to disassemble, underpowered (the bottle-necked 8x22mm Nambu is comparable to the .380 ACP, and much weaker than the 9x19mm and .45 ACP), and supposedly unsafe. Similarly to the Luger's receiver design, the trigger sear is exposed on the left side of the frame (although the Luger has a cover plate to keep the sear from getting depressed by external forces); one can unintentionally cause the Type 94 to shoot without pulling the trigger by carelessly handling it[[note]]Nambu tried to fit a cover plate to protect the sear on his prototype, but it attracted moisture and the entire assembly rusted shut[[/note]]. This feature, apparently discovered when Americans accidentally mashed the sear bar on a captured pistol, became the source of an over-exaggerated UrbanLegend that the Type 94 was intended as a suicide special or as a surprise weapon for Japanese soldiers feigning surrender.

The Type 94 was used by both Japanese tank crews and pilots of both Army and Navy air services, all of whom preferred compact pistols that could easily fit or be maneuvered in vehicles. Surprisingly, many infantry noncommissioned officers and even commissioned officers preferred the Type 94 to the earlier Type 14 owing to its good trigger reliability and better handling characteristics. As with most WWII-era Japanese firearms, production quality decreased toward the end of the war. Several hundred Type 94s continued to serve in other countries through UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.

[[AC:Anime]]
* The strangest appearances for this gun must have been in ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'', where it's shown being wielded by Earth Defense Force crewmen on space ships.

* In the movie ''Film/StrayDog'', several police investigators handle the Type 94.
* In ''Film/FistOfLegend'', a Japanese general uses a Type 94 to execute a traitor.
* The films ''Film/FlagsOfOurFathers'' and ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'' feature the Type 94 in Japanese hands.

[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'', Riviera attempts to save himself from being kidnapped with one.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* Appears as the standard Japanese sidearm in ''VideoGame/{{Commandos}} 2: Men Of Courage''. In gameplay terms, it's functionally the same as the Luger and the only difference is its cosmetic appearance in the inventory menu. In terms of stopping power, all three pistols are identical.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' Chapter 5: War in the Pacific. The Type 94 has a high rate of fire and a ridiculously fast mid-mag reload speed, so players who deploy it tend to abuse those quick reloads. Simply put, just put more bullets into the intended victim to compensate for the low damage per shot.

[[AC:Web Video]]
* [[WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons Ian McCollum]] destroys the myths surrounding the Type 94 [[https://www.forgottenweapons.com/the-truth-about-the-type-94-nambu-surrender-pistol here.]] It's rather surprising that he also used it in a run-and-gun match, but as Ian noted, using weak ammunition caused the Type 94 to jam.

[[folder:SIG [=P210=]]]
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A Swiss single action 9x19mm pistol (also available in .22LR and the obsolete .30 Luger calibers) first introduced in 1947, this is, hands-down, one of the best 9mm pistols ever devised, as well as one of the finest target pistols ever produced. Like the CZ-75, the slide rides inside of the frame, contributing to its legendary, target pistol-like accuracy (production models included the paper target used to "sight-in" the gun at 50 yards, often showing a 2" or smaller group). It was the service pistol of the Swiss Army and the Danish Army starting from 1949. It was replaced by the Swiss in 1975 with the double-action SIG P220, and is also on the way out with the Danish: after 70 years of service, it is scheduled to be replaced in 2019 with the SIG P320 X-Carry.

The pistol is very common in shooting sports, and it is notable for being the gun that [[https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/09/10/jan-foss-in-memorandum-1938-2021/ Jan Foss used to win the first International Practical Shooting Confederation World Shoot in 1976]]. It will often fetch prices in excess of $2,000 on the open market for used models (two to five times what a modern 9mm pistol will go for). SIG reintroduced the pistol to the civilian market in 2017 (including a version that replaces the heel magazine release with a button at thumb level on the side, as tends to be preferred by American shooters), although its heavily machined and hand-fitted nature means prices aren't likely to go down anytime soon.

* Twin P210-2s are the favoured weapons of ''Anime/{{Madlax}}''.
* Rally Vincent uses one as a replacement for her damaged CZ-75 in a chapter of ''Manga/GunsmithCats''. Alas, as good as it is, [[AuthorAppeal it's not as good as a first-generation CZ-75]], and she refuses to take a shot during a HostageSituation because she's afraid she will hit the girl being used as a HumanShield by her bounty, so she ends up letting them go. [[StuffedInTheFridge Tragedy ensues.]]
* Franco's sidearm in ''Manga/GunslingerGirl: Il Teatrino.''

[[AC:Comics]]
* An issue of ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' in the 1980's featured Frank getting one of these from an old woman in his neighborhood. Unfortunately, it's the .30 Luger version, which means he's out of luck as far as actually shooting it.

[[AC:Film]]
* Used by mobsters in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInAmerica''
* Appears in a couple ''Film/JamesBond'' films.
** The hitman and some of Blofeld's men use [=P210=]s in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''.
** A Commemorative Edition shows up in the hands of James Bond in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', which he grabs from General Medrano's hotel room in the finale. A production still of Daniel Craig holding one was later modified for use as the cover for ''VideoGame/BloodStone''.
* Used by Michael Caine in ''Film/GetCarter''.
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[[folder:Vektor [=CP1=]]]
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Designed by the South African based Lyttleton Engineering Works (now Denel) and entering the market in 1996, the Vektor [=CP1=] is a unique-looking semi-automatic handgun. Aimed at the conceal carry market, the gun has few sharp edges, to keep from snagging on clothing, making it look like it jumped right out of a science fiction film. Also unique is the weapon's safety, located at the front of the trigger guard.

Unfortunately, in 2000, it was discovered that some of the pistols had a flawed safety that could cause the weapon to discharge if dropped. [=CP1=]s in South Africa were fixed and returned, but since Denel didn't have enough infrastructure in foreign markets for this, they instead offered a cash refund to any who returned the weapon. This recall ended any potential the weapon had in the United States (its primary market), and also led to the weapon's end of production just a year later in 2001.

The [=CP1=] was available in 9x19mm Para, 9x21mm IMI, and .40 S&W.
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[[AC:Anime & Manga]]

[[folder:De Lisle carbine]]
->''Despite its French-sounding name, the De Lisle carbine was a British weapon. It had an integrated suppressor, which was combined with subsonic ammo to make it one of the quietest firearms ever.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV''

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The De Lisle Carbine was a British rifle designed in 1942 to be used by commandos to silence patrols and guard dogs during clandestine missions. The design for the weapon was based on the bolt-action Lee-Enfield rifle, but with an integrated suppressor over a modified Thompson barrel, chambered for .45 ACP with a detachable magazine based on those of the M1911. Essentially, the end result was a Frankenstein's rifle. The weapon itself was shockingly quiet, comparable to the Welrod in the Pistols page, but with greater range (owing to its longer barrel) and durability[[note]]The Welrod's suppressor used fabric and rubber components, thus requiring replacement after only a few shots. The De Lisle, in comparison, could fire hundreds of rounds before cleaning was required[[/note]]; tests have shown that it is even quieter than most modern suppressed weapons, usually by 30 to 60 decibels (it helps that .45 ACP is an inherently subsonic cartridge). Most rifles had a solid stock like the one pictured above, but there was also a version with a folding stock similar to the later Sterling sub-machine gun. Modern reproductions have been created in recent years, either [[http://www.valkyriearms.com/delisle.html full rifles by Valkyrie Arms]] or [[http://www.specialinterestarms.com/index.php?page=delisle conversion kits for SMLE's]], the latter coming with the bonus of being able to take unmodified M1911 magazines. As for the original manufacture of the carbine, only 129 (some other sources, like the Valkyrie Arms site, claim 167) were ever built. However, even these reproducers are ceasing production of the De Lisle. There's also an even rarer modern and improved De Lisle: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11BXqRVwSA Silent Destroyer]], that modify Ruger 77/44 rifle using De Lisle's suppressor design to be able to fire the more powerful .44 Magnum.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* Corporal "Smiler" Dawson from ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'''s "Convict Commandos" series uses this weapon, although knives are his weapon of choice.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault'' added this weapon in the ''Breakthrough'' expansion pack.
* ''VideoGame/MenOfWar'' featured the carbine exclusively wielded by Allied infantry specialist units like the US Paratroopers, British SAS or Commandos.
* ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'' featured one with an optional scope as the [[AKA47 "Hampton Carbine"]].
* ''VideoGame/DeathToSpies'' features it as an option for the player's loadout. How exactly a Russian operative got his hands on one during the war is unknown.
* ''VideoGame/HiddenAndDangerous 2'' featured it as the "De Lisle C.C."
* One of the available weapons on ''VideoGame/EnemyFront''.
* The Carbine can be acquired through the Silenced Weapons Warfare DLC in ''VideoGame/SniperElite4''. Because it uses the .45 ACP round, it sacrifices power and range in exchange for low recoil and suppressed shots without needed specialized ammo. It returns in ''VideoGame/SniperElite5'' as part of the "Landing Force" DLC content update.
* Featured in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' for the stealth missions, and later added into multiplayer for the Medic class.
* A usable weapon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'', classified as a sniper rifle.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' added the carbine in Alpha 1 of Update 76. It was the quietest weapon added in the game, until the Welrod usurped it.
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[[folder:Double-barreled rifle]]
->'''Kincaide:''' Try and stop me, you jumped-up little shit. Now remember what I taught you -- don't pull it to the left.\\
'''James Bond:''' I'll do my best.
-->--''Film/{{Skyfall}}''

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The weapon of choice for the GreatWhiteHunter should be, of course, the ''double rifle'' - not a specific model of a double rifle since there is no model whatsoever, the rifles of the golden age of African Hunting were mostly tailored to their user like Savile Row suits. As wealthy Great White Hunters [[SarcasmMode were much fewer than Hollywood would like us to think]], the number of true large caliber double rifles is small, in the high hundreds for the entire colonial period and an area which spanned 3/4 of Africa. Some non-custom double rifles in smaller calibers also exist, but even they are rare because the demand was just never very high. The closest thing to a "common" double rifle are combination guns, which have one rifle barrel and one (or more) shotgun barrel: from the crude .22 rifle plus .410 bore shotgun barrels for taking small game as a survival weapon, as in the US Air Force [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6_Aircrew_Survival_Weapon M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon,]] to the Russian [[http://imzcorp.com/en/company/67.html over-under designs]] which [[BoringButPractical are as good at firing as they are ugly.]]
* '''Trivia:''' Even though double rifles were rare, since they were custom-built, they came in a bewildering variety of cartridge chamberings. The most popular were the Jeffery rounds (.333, .400, .475, and .500), the Rigbys (.350 and .416), and the "true" Express rounds used in the Holland & Holland rifles (.470, .577, and .600). As for the "Nitro Express" name, that indicated a cartridge loaded with smokeless ("nitro") powder; the earlier "Express" rounds were loaded with black powder. The Nitro cases were deliberately made about half-an-inch longer than the black powder Express cases, to prevent anyone loading a Nitro Express round into a black powder Express rifle by accident; it was an almost 100% guarantee of a burst barrel and/or breech.
* '''Unusual development:''' [[https://www.forgottenweapons.com/szescei-fuchs-double-barrel-bolt-action-dangerous-game-rifle Bolt-action double-rifles]] were manufactured by Fuchs Fine Guns after Hungarian hunter Joseph Szescei had a nasty encounter with three unruly elephants and a jammed-shut break-action double-rifle. Thankfully for the hunter, his gun-bearer threw him a spare weapon so he could save himself from being trampled to death.
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* Roland Tembo brings with him a [[{{BFG}} .600 Nitro Express]] double rifle to bag the biggest game of all, a [[KingOfTheDinosaurs T. rex]] in ''[[Film/JurassicPark The Lost World]]'' He almost gets his chance when a T. rex begins attacking the hunter's camp, until he discovers [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nick Van Owen sabotaged his rifle]]. The rifle in question was a B. Searcy & Co. custom rifle made specifically for the movie (and currently owned by Creator/StevenSpielberg).

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[[folder:Welrod]]
->''A silenced British pistol. Not much use in a fire fight, but perfect for picking of targets without being detected.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''

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This British handgun is quite a mystery. It was conceived during World War II as a concealable and silent sidearm for use by resistance members, special forces operatives, and anyone else trying to keep a low profile.

There were two major variants. The first one is, oddly enough, the Mark II (chambered in .32 ACP, eight rounds per magazine), while the Mark I pictured here came later (chambered in 9mm, six rounds per mag). Other than the round chambered, the only differences between the two are the Mark I added a trigger guard and modified the suppressor so the front half could be unscrewed for concealment, moving the front sight to the middle of the weapon so it wouldn't lose zero. Some 2800 were made in total, used by the SOE, OSS and other resistance groups.

The pistol itself is bolt-action, the knob needing to be twisted to the left to unlock the bolt. The magazine was used as the handle for the weapon, with a rubber covering over it and a safety lever on the grip meant to keep it in place as the user held and aimed. Conversely, when the user was ''not'' using it, the magazine/handle could be removed to aid in concealing it. The majority of the barrel is an integrated suppressor, which, alongside being bolt-action (thus removing the noise of an automatic slide clacking back and forth), allowed the gun to fire very quietly. However, the baffles inside the suppressor were made of rubber and would quickly wear, meaning that while the gun would keep firing, it would lose its suppressed ability fairly quickly unless serviced.

There are some reports of the gun still being in active service, having seen use by British special forces in UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar and UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar.

The Swiss company Brügger & Thomet had developed a SpiritualSuccessor known as the [[http://www.all4shooters.com/en/home/pistols/2015-articles/B&T-VP9-9mm-single-shot-repeater-silenced-pistol/ B&T VP9]], which is best summed up as a modern-day Welrod. Although the pistol is designed to be used [[MercyKill putting down dangerous and wounded animals]]. In 2021, after many delays, this pistol finally became available for sale in the United States as the [[https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/01/14/station-six/ Station SIX]] in 9mm and .45 ACP.

* Used briefly by Radinov in ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' OVA, to assassinate [[spoiler:the chief of the Illinois branch ATF, who was working with her and her employer.]]

* A Welrod was shown in Gene's arsenal in ''Film/LayerCake''.

* Ulrich Kohl from one episode of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' was shown using a Mk I Welrod.
* Fancy Lee uses the modern [=VP9=] with some AbnormalAmmo (including a {{homing|Projectile}} {{tranquillizer dart}} in the sixth episode) as his sidearm in ''Series/{{Killjoys}}''.
* The Canadian Agents from ''Series/XCompany'' used the Mk II to assassinate French Gestapo agents.
* The murderer in an ''Series/InspectorMorse'' episode used one; in that case it was explained by him being a former SOE operative in [=WW2=].

* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorRisingSun'' featured this pistol in the Singapore Sling mission and multiplayer. It is inaccurately portrayed as a single-shot weapon (the model used is the Mk II, which holds eight rounds per magazine) with the [[SniperPistol power and accuracy of a sniper rifle]] (the real gun's max range was 23 meters, less than half the effective range of a non-silenced handgun, and used pistol bullets slowed considerably - thus reducing stopping power - to make them quieter).
* ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2'' features the Mk I with the front sight shifted forward as one of the player's default weapons from the start of the game, and the only silenced weapon available. Accuracy at even medium range is sub-par, however, as is ammo scavenged from enemies - this game's all about the long-range rifle kills. It comes back in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'', ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'', and ''VideoGame/SniperElite5'' with largely the same characteristics, with the sole exception of an increase in capacity from 6 to 8 rounds, effectively making it a Mk II with an added trigger guard. ''5'' gives it further upgrades, which allow it to either be ''even quieter'' or fire more powerful shots at the cost of being slightly noisier.
* ''VideoGame/DayOfInfamy'' gives the Commonwealth Officers and Snipers the ability to arm themselves with the Mk II Welrod as a sidearm. Because of its slow rate of fire, it's not ideal for a direct confrontation against the enemy, but rather to take them by surprise.
* The Mark II version is available in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' as a 5-star T-Doll. Widely regarded as one of the best evasion tanks in the game, owing to her incredible evasion stat and skill that reduces enemy accuracy. True to her origins, she behaves like a movie secret agent, to the point of [[{{Chuunibyou}} trying too hard]].
* The Mk II was added to ''VideoGame/InsurgencySandstorm'' with the Nightfall update, available to the Insurgents for free. Despite being the MK II, it is chambered in 9x19mm like the MK I.
* A hybrid of the Mk I and II was added to ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' with it's final update. It is powerful and silent, but slow-firing due to it's bolt action.
* The Mark IIA was added to ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandgrenades'' on day 13 of the Meatmas 2020 Advent Calendar event. The game accurately depicts its use of replaceable wipes that degrade with use by having the firing sound change and model of the baffles becoming more visibly worn the more it's used, with the wipes being able to be replaced with fresh ones by removing the suppressor and pulling out the old stack.
* The Mark II appears in the Vietnam-themed DLC ''S.O.G. Prairie Fire'' for [[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA III]].

[[folder:Wildey]]

->''"Wildey's here. Fires a .475 Wildey magnum. Real stopping power."''
-->--'''Paul Kersey''', ''Film/DeathWish3''

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First introduced in 1973, the Wildey was one of the first gas-operated handguns. Intended primarily for hunting, it is designed to handle a variety of high-velocity, high-pressure rounds, including the 9mm and .45 Winchester Magnum, the .44 Auto Mag (from the Auto Mag pistol), and the .357, .41, .44, .45, and .475 Wildey Magnum rounds [[note]]The rounds are designed to replicate the performance of their respective Magnum revolver rounds in a semiautomatic[[/note]]. Similarly to the Auto Mag also mentioned on this page, the Wildey features a distinctive ribbed, ventilated barrel, which is capable of mounting scopes, and is fed by 7 or 8-round magazines. The weapon is capable of changing calibers easily.

[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* Brandon Heat uses one with a long barrel in the anime adaptation of ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' with custom "D-type" bullets to fight off Orcmen near the end of the first half, where it's presented as having enough recoil to push him back and hurt his arm.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* One of Madame Masque's weapons of choice in ''ComicBook/IronMan'' is a revolver chambered in .475 Wildey Magnum.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The Wildey's most famous appearance is in ''Film/DeathWish3'', where it is [[Creator/CharlesBronson Paul Kersey's]] primary weapon. The prop was Bronson's personal weapon. This appearance [[ColbertBump singlehandedly boosted the Wildey's popularity]], with its creator once joking that sales spiked whenever Death Wish was shown on cable.
* El Mariachi carries and uses one with a scope in ''Film/{{Desperado}}''.
* Mickey carries this weapon in ''Film/NaturalBornKillers''.
* Seitz's sidearm in ''Film/RoboCop3''.
* [[Creator/TimCurry Mr. Jigsaw]] in ''Film/LoadedWeapon1'' carries a Wildey Magnum as his primary sidearm throughout the film.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* Lund carries one in the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "The Train Job".

* It was supposed to appear in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', but was cut, though it can still be found within the game's files. It is mistakenly referred to as a Colt 1911, and the developers apparently mistook the long ribbed barrel for an integral suppressor.
* A scoped variant is featured in ''[[VideoGame/CabelasDangerousHunts Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009]].''
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[[folder:Yarygin [=PYa=] / [=MP-443=] Grach]]
->''Designed to replace the dated PMM pistol, the [=MP443=] Grach pistol was developed in 1993 and fires high powered armor-piercing 9mm Russian rounds. The pistol is a combined construction of polymers and steel and has been adopted by select Special Forces units in the Russian military.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''

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A Russian pistol developed in 1993 by Izhmekh (aka Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, hence the MP designation) for Russian military trials. It was adopted as the [=PYa=] in 2003 and was issued in small numbers to special forces units in the North Caucasus in 2008. In 2011, it entered mass production, and is now the standard sidearm of the Russian army, replacing the earlier Makarov PM, and is also in use with Kazakh private security companies. It uses the 9x19mm 7N21 cartridge, a Russian-made armor piercing variant of the 9mm round, but is also compatible with standard 9mm ammo. A civilian variant with a barrel weakened to prevent usage of the 7N21 cartridge, known as the MP-446 Viking, is also produced by Izhevsk, in both the original version and a competition variant updated to comply with IPSC regulations (including an adjustable trigger and sights and the ability to use a longer barrel); there are also less-lethal variants designed to fire rubber bullets, the MP-353 and MP-472. Among the Russian military, this gun seems to enjoy the same dubious reputation that the early M16 and Beretta M9 did in the U.S. armed forces: early production models were very unreliable, with many operators preferring to ditch it in favor of more proven designs like the Makarov PM or the [=OTs=]-27 Berdysh. The [=PYa=] has been modified several times since its inception and the problems with it have been mostly remedied, but [[NeverLiveItDown its reputation of unreliability is still hard to shake off]], especially among the Russian special forces community.
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[[AC:Video Games]]

* Appears in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'' as a four-star SMG. This [[FaceOfAThug fierce-looking]] Doll [[GunNut enjoys modding her guns]] and [[IdenticalStranger bears a striking resemblance]] to ST AR-15 ([[BuxomIsBetter larger bust]] notwithstanding).

[[folder:High Standard HDM]]
-> ''"You won't want to use those guns you are carrying. They make far too much noise."''
-->--'''Manon Batiste''' before handing [[PlayerCharacter Lt. Powell]] a silenced Hi-Standard, ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault''
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An American semi-automatic pistol with an integral silencer, used most famously by the UsefulNotes/{{OSS}} during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Derived from High Standard's HD pistol, the weapon was first demonstrated to President UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt by head of the Office of Strategic Services "Wild Bill" Donovan in order to gain approval. The demonstration, which involved firing 10 live rounds around the US president, in essence, showed that the pistol was a RealLife case of a HollywoodSilencer, as Roosevelt never even realized that the gun was being fired around him until Donovan told him. 2,600 weapons were produced, and, following the conclusion of the war, continued to see service with the US military and CIA well into the early UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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[[AC:VideoGames]]
* A common sight in early ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' games, due to the main characters being members of the OSS.
** In ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorAlliedAssault'' and the ''Breakthrough'' expansion, the weapon is used thrice by Powell when working behind enemy lines, and by Baker when infiltrating an Axis freighter carrying important enemy documents. Unrealistically for its .22 caliber, it is shot-for-shot the [[PunchPackingPistol most powerful pistol in the game]], but also the slowest due to having to manually rack the slide after every shot.
** It appears in several missions in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorFrontline'', identified in-game as simply the "Silenced Pistol" and misidentified in the manual as the the completely unrelated Webley & Scott M1905. Contrasting to ''Allied Assault'', it's only about as powerful as your other sidearm options, but it's not noticeably slower than they are either.
* A DownloadableContent weapon in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'', ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'', and ''VideoGame/SniperElite5''. Compared to the Welrod, it has a higher rate of fire and capacity, at the cost of some accuracy at mid range. Despite this, however, it is still ineffective in a firefight due to its relatively low stopping power.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/MafiaIII'' as one of Lincoln's available pistols. Compared to the other pistols in-game, this one encourages a stealthy approach during missions, thanks to the integrated silencer.
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* One of the most versatile[[labelnote:+]]low weight, little bullet dispersion, plentiful ammo in the later leg of the games, near-guaranteed [[OneHitKill one-shot kills]] with a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]], and [[MoreDakka can be turned to automatic]][[/labelnote]] weapons available in the ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' series, though [[DifficultButAwesome it takes some time to master]] due to the bullet drop. In ''Clear Sky'', it was the WeaponOfChoice for the protagonist, Scar, until he was forced to abandon it during an emission. If you know where to find it (and get together the money to repair it in ''Clear Sky'') and where the ammo is sold or stashed, it's a DiscOneNuke in all three games.

* Appears as the [[AKA47 SBP Rapier]] and is the WeaponOfChoice of Asuna in [[VideoGame/SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet]].

* Called the [[AKA47 "P19"]], this appears in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7Biohazard'' as the game's sole fully-automatic firearm. It is the WeaponOfChoice for [[spoiler: Mia Winters when she was working as a mercenary delivering the E-001 bio-organic weapon to an undisclosed Central American location. Apparently, whatever organization she works for has enough pull to outfit her with a firearm that is only issued to Russian special forces and counter-terrorist units.]]

* Available in ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'', where it's [=GhostLead=]'s WeaponOfChoice for most of the campaign. It returns in ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'', now named the "Vector .45 ACP", the normal version stashed in a UNIDAD base in Media Luna and a unique "Mendeleyev" version unlocked on capturing Marcus Jensen.

* ''ComicBook/ButtonMan''. While he uses whatever comes to hand, [[ProfessionalKiller Harry Exton]] has a preference for the Smith & Wesson 1006 as his WeaponOfChoice in books 2 and 3, set while he is in the United States. A couple of panels clearly show boxes of [=10mm=] Auto while Harry is loading up.

* ''VideoGame/{{Gun}}''. [[HistoricalDomainCharacter J.J. Webb]] carries a Volcanic pistol as his WeaponOfChoice. After defeating [[DualBoss him and Dave Rudabaugh]], [[TheGunslinger Colton]] obtains the Volcanic pistol for his own use. It carries ten rounds and has more stopping power than the previous Colt Navy and Schofield pistols that are available ingame.
* Juarez in ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' carries [[GunsAkimbo a pair of Volcanic pistols]] as his WeaponOfChoice. It's also available for the player to use and carries eight rounds. It returns in [[VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood the prequel]], this time with a twelve round capacity. Like the above example, it's way more powerful than the real version.

* The Evans is the WeaponOfChoice for [[Creator/WilfordBrimley Joe Gill]] in ''Film/CrossfireTrail''. In his words, "it holds twenty-eight rounds, and [[ATeamFiring I ain't a very good shot]]."

A machine pistol variant of the Beretta 92 designed in the 1970s; it saw some use with security forces, but Beretta ceased production during the 1990s, with the only real users of the weapon being Italy, Honduras and Algeria. The R stands for "Raffica," Italian for "burst." The 93R is an extensive modification; the pistol is single-action only with selective fire, able to fire in semi-auto or in 1,100 RPM 3-round bursts. It has a muzzle brake, fold-down foregrip, optional shoulder stock, and a 20-round magazine, though it could still use the standard 15-round magazines of the 92. In movies, a 93R will frequently be played by a modified 92 with a fullauto drop-in sear; the classic sign of a converted 92 is a slide-mounted decocking safety instead of the frame-mounted slide stop of the real weapon. Usually ends up being someone's WeaponOfChoice if it turns up, since it combines the popular look of a Beretta with MoreDakka.

* WeaponOfChoice for Melvin in ''Film/TheBigHit''.

* The WeaponOfChoice for [=49er One=] in ''Film/HalfPastDead''.

* [[AmazonianBeauty Barbarianna]] carries one as her WeaponOfChoice in ''Film/KungFury'' [[AnachronismStew in spite of the fact that she's from the Viking Age]].
* In ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' [[BaldOfAuthority Heavy Duty]] uses one as his WeaponOfChoice. However it is only used during Cobra's attack on the NATO Convoy.
** [[PropRecycling The exact same gun configuration]] ''Rise Of Cobra'' has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' where a Nest is seen using against Demolisher in Shanghai. [[Creator/JohnGoodman Hound]] also using triple Gatling Cannon as his WeaponOfChoice, as in he [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill has 3 Phalanx CIWS cannons (as specified in the concept art) merged into single chainsaw gripped frame.]] of course the issues above are ignored because of the fact Hound is a giant robot and RuleOfCool.

Originally described by author Sam Lake as having a [[HandCannon twelve inch barrel]] in his fictionalised biographical novel, ''Wyatt Earp: Frontier Lawman'', five of these weapons were apparently commissioned by dime novelist Ned Buntline as thanks for giving him material for his works, with one apparently going to Earp. Historical records find no evidence that Earp received such a weapon[[note]]Though his wife Josie did say he owned a long-barrel revolver that was one of his favorites, she didn't mention it being a Colt or anything about ''how'' long it was. Wyatt Earp ''is'' documented as having owned a Smith & Wesson Model 3 with an 8-inch barrel (longer than the standard 7 inches or the very popular cut-down to 5 inches) at the time of the gunfight at the OK Corral, and it was probably the gun he used in that shootout. This gun was a gift from the mayor of Tombstone, and could well have been conflated into the Buntline story.[[/note]] or ever even met Buntline. However, the concept of a Single Action Army as a SniperPistol was [[RuleOfCool too awesome to pass up]] and in popular culture, it tends to be Earp's WeaponOfChoice especially during the gunfight at the OK Corral.

* ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore''. Colonel Mortimer uses a 10 inch Buntline as his WeaponOfChoice, even attaching a stock to it. There's also an ''18 inch'' one briefly shown in his saddlebags along with various other rifles.

* A cartridge-firing model is used by the Man in Black in the ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' TV series as his WeaponOfChoice. He puts the shotgun barrel to good use in the episode "Chestnut", using it to blast through a piece of cover that a gunman is hiding behind. It has to be disassembled in order to reload (which is why the real [=LeMat=] had to be completely redesigned for cartridges), but the park's robots are unable to actually harm the human guests, so it averts AwesomeButImpractical. Given that the titular Westworld is a theme park where all of the guns were specially made for use there, rarity was no object, and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to the historical [=LeMat=] cartridge model. Given that the Man in Black has been going to the park for thirty years and has learned all of its ins and outs, it makes sense that he'd use a flashy, unique revolver.

* ''Film/GiveEmHellMalone'': Malone's WeaponOfChoice is a Mateba Model 6 Unica.

* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'' under the generic "Semi-Auto Pistol" name. Dutch carries one and John can make use of one. It returns for the [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 prequel]], though not as Dutch's WeaponOfChoice.

* ''Shadow'', a 2019 South African series, has the vigilante title character using one as his WeaponOfChoice. A criminal he confronts in the pilot lampshades how you don't see many of them these days.

** The Desert Eagle is Lance Vance's WeaponOfChoice in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''. Diaz uses one to ShootTheTelevision in a cutscene as well. It was intended that the player could use it as well, but was DummiedOut, probably in favor of the Python revolver.

* The Mark VII shows up several times in ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'', under the "[[AKA47 Desert 5]]" moniker, frequently as the WeaponOfChoice for one character or another.

* Burt from AudioPlay/WereAlive has [[ICallItVera Shirley]], a silver-plated Desert Eagle that once belonged to his wife that he keeps with him as a reminder of her. Apparently both Burt and his wife were big on the competition circuit, so having such a weapon could be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as a flashy show piece. But once the ZombieApocalypse begins, Burt still relies on Shirley as his WeaponOfChoice.

* [[TheDragon Caleb]] carries one as his WeaponOfChoice in ''Film/{{Dredd}}''.

* [[GeniusCripple Logan]] uses one as his WeaponOfChoice in ''Series/DarkAngel''. He does try to offer it to Max at one point, but she DoesntLikeGuns.

[[folder:Type 11 light machine gun]]
->''This early Japanese machine gun design included a unique offset hopper feed system that utilized the same cartridge clips as some of the Japanese infantry rifles simplifying ammunition logistics on the battlefield."''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV''

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The standard light machine gun for the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japanese military]] for most of the interwar period. Crafted by Kijiro Nambu based on his experience with the French Hotchkiss guns (both light and heavy variants), this was his first departure from the original French design for a light machine gun. Featuring a distinctive finned barrel (for dissipating heat) and bent buttstock offset to the right (in order to compensate for the ammo hopper's weight), the Type 11 was designed to use the same stripper clips used by Japanese riflemen armed with Type 38 Arisaka rifles fed into a special spring-loaded hopper on the left hand side of the receiver.
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In theory, this simplified logistics and allowed machine gunners to receive ammunition from riflemen in their squad to feed the gun. To ease the violent cartridge extraction cycle inherited from the Hotchkiss family along with the nasty kick provided from the externally mounted ejector arm, an integral oiler was included in the receiver unit. In practice, however, this proved to be highly impractical for a lot of reasons. Namely, the hopper allowed dust, sand, and other elements into the gun, [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns causing it to jam should the gunner and his assistant fail to keep the gun perfectly clean]]. It was also impossible to quickly load during a charge, [[AwesomeButImpractical all thanks to this same feeding system]]. Due to its shortened barrel, the weapon used special cartridges with faster burning powder to reduce muzzle flash (the cartridge packages were specifically marked with the Japanese word for "reduced" as in lowered muzzle flash, but American translators got the context wrong and assumed it meant reduced killing power). Machine gunners wound up competing with snipers for the special cartridges, as neither group wanted to be seen as priority targets (especially at night, where muzzle flash gives a soldier's position away).
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In light of the Type 11's shortcomings, the Japanese military began supplanting it with the newer Type 96 Light machine gun in 1936, which itself was supplanted/complimented by the Type 99 Light machine gun in 1939. However, thanks to Japan's limited industrial capacity, the weapon remained in service well into the Second World War, serving alongside its successors (and probably for several years afterwards in the hands of other countries). Production of the weapon ended in 1941, with 29,000 built.

In fiction, this weapon rarely appears due to generally being overshadowed by its aforementioned successors. When it does appear, expect it to be in a work set in the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar, where the Type 96 and Type 99 historically haven't entered mass service yet.

[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* The tank-mounted version of the Type 11, the Type 91, is mounted on Japanese tanks in ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer''.

* Unusually for a work featuring the Japanese military, the Chinese film ''Film/FlowersOfWar'' shows them using this weapon instead of the more iconic Type 96. Justified, since this film was set at a time the Japanese military was just introducing the latter weapon into their arsenal.
* Used by the Imperial Japanese Army in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird''. Like ''Flowers of War'', it's the only LMG the Japanese use.
* Used by Japanese soldiers to execute Chinese civilians, as well as trying to repel a Soviet attack, in ''Film/PurpleSunset''

* Makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorRisingSun'', as one of two Japanese light machine guns in the game, alongside the more iconic Type 99. For the most part it's a mounted weapon and usually seen in enemy hands, but a portable one can be found in certain levels.
* Added to ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' with the ''Tides of War'' DLC. Strangely, the reload animation has the soldier remove the entire hopper and replace it with another one instead of simply putting in more stripper clips unless they have the Top Up perk, and even then they'll only put in more stripper clips if the ammo remaining is a multiple of five.
* Appears as a usable weapon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyVanguard'', incorrectly being found in the opening mission "Phoenix", which is set in Germany, not the Pacific. [[FollowTheLeader Like in the above example]], the soldier only correctly puts more stripper clips in the hopper if it is reloaded from multiples of five, with them removing the entire hopper and replacing it with another one if reloading any other time or from empty. The Fast Mag and Extended Magazine attachments also give it fictional side-mounted magazines in place of the hopper.

[[folder:Type 92 heavy machine gun]]
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The Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun is a 7.7x58mm machine gun used by the Imperial Japanese military from 1932 until the end of the Second World War in 1945. It was a scaled-up version of the earlier 6.5mm Nambu Type 3 heavy machine gun, itself based on the Hotchkiss M1914. Allied troops nicknamed this weapon the "Woodpecker" for its report, or the "Chicken neck" for its appearance.
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The Type 92 was a "heavy machine gun" by definition of mass (weighing about 122 pounds with its tripod), as opposed to the more modern terminology of "automatic weapon cartridge caliber". It was fed by 30-round ammunition strips, a feed-style inherited from the Hotchkiss machine guns, as opposed to cloth or metallic belts[[note]]the strips were considered easier and cheaper to manufacture than metal belts, to say nothing of being far easier to reload with the available tooling on hand and also less likely to jam in humid or cold weather than cloth belts[[/note]]. The gun could use both rimmed and rimless 7.7x58mm rounds[[note]]The more-powerful rimmed rounds were designed specifically for the machine gun, and could not be used in the Arisaka rifle, which used the rimless rounds[[/note]]. Unusually, rather than being centered, its sights are offset slightly to the right to permit centerline optical sights. A number of other sight options were also available, including telescopic, periscopic, and anti-aircraft ring sights. It was possible to move the Type 92 without disassembling the tripod by putting poles into the tripod and getting four soldiers to haul it.
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The 30-round ammo strips allowed for short periods of sustained fire, requiring the assistant gunner to pay very close attention to the gun and not the battle around him. Constantly feeding strips into the receiver wasn't a task easily done in the middle of any prolonged battle - the slightest slip in aligning an ammunition strip ''will'' jam the gun. The gun also featured an integral oiler in front of the feeder that lubricated each round as it fed, intended to improve cartridge extraction (which was so violent that ejected casings would fly out of the ejection port with enough momentum to injure anyone foolish enough to stand adjacent to said ejection port). The oil, unfortunately, easily picked up dirt during operation, which went into the breech and caused and/or exacerbated all manners of problems if the crew failed to keep the gun clean.
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On the positive side the Type 92 was renown for its accuracy and durability. It produced a group equivalent to that of a decent rifle, even when laying down sustained automatic fire at long range, especially when used in conjunction with optical sights (the fact that it was effectively a medium machine gun clamped into a hundred-pound bench-rest had something to do with that). The low rate of fire, coupled with the 25 distinctive barrel cooling rings, was also effective at reducing heat buildup on the gun, allowing it to continue firing for much longer and giving the barrel a very long service life. The Type 92 was one of the few Japanese small arms to see relatively few manufacturing changes over the course of the war, and as a testament to its durability, it continued to be used by other countries through the Korean War (and even through the Vietnam War).
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In fiction, they're often depicted being fired from bunkers, trenches, or fixed positions by at least two to three Japanese soldiers somewhere on a Pacific island or a Chinese street, which is exactly how they were deployed in RealLife.
* '''Cool Accessory:''' The optical sights, as mentioned above. The Type 92, when used with telescopic or periscopic sights, allowed the gunner to acquire targets much faster and hit the targets with greater ''precision,'' which is necessary considering the 30-round strip won't allow for a sustained spray attack.

[[AC: Manga]]
* A Type 92 heavy machine gun becomes the weapon of focus in one of [[Creator/LeijiMatsumoto Leiji Matsumoto's]] Battlefield Stories. The gun and its crew, defending a cave somewhere on Iwo Jima, shoot down wave after wave of attacking American Marines attempting to charge through a narrow valley. Eventually, the American assaults kill the crew one by one, with the last gunner roasted alive by a flame-thrower. The machine gun somehow survives the last assault perfectly intact, plummeting from its cave perch and landing in front of American troops, barrel pointed right at them. When the surprised Americans inspect the weapon, it is shown weeping tears of oil for its fallen crew.

[[AC: Films]]
* Appears in ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'' in Japanese hands.
* Appears in ''Film/FlagsOfOurFathers'' as well, being used in Japanese bunkers and fortifications during the beach landing.
* In ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}'', they're used by Japanese soldiers on Saipan, though they're much less common than the Type 96 and Type 99 [=LMGs=] also used by them.
* One is used by Japanese troops in ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird''.
* [[RunningGag Again]] used by Japanese soldiers in ''Film/HacksawRidge''.

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* Creator/RLeeErmey fires one in ''Lock N' Load'' and in ''Mail Call''. In both shows, he addresses the gun's terrible reliability, needlessly heavy weight, low rate of fire, and horrible tendency to jam. In ''Lock N' Load'', the weapon ''wounds him'' because an improperly loaded ammo strip caused the case to fragment and cut his knuckle, also jamming the gun in the process.
--> '''R. Lee Ermey:''' Damn thing hurt me!\\
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'''R. Lee Ermey:''' Jam. You see the Japs weren't too smart when it came to making weapons. Did you notice that stuttering sound? I guess you didn't since only one round went off, how can it stutter? That's dumb.
* In ''Series/ThePacific'', again by the Japanese, and again in bunkers and fixed positions, particularly on Peleliu.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* Appears in two of Treyarch's ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' titles: ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar World at War]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops]]''. In the former, it's a mounted machine gun with infinite ammo, often seen in Japanese bunkers in the campaign (and you do actually get to use the gun to defend against a Japanese counterattack in the second mission). In the latter, it's seen in the level "Victor Charlie", again as a mounted machine gun. This gun is also the gun mounted on the sentry turrets in Nazi Zombies.
* The standard fixed machine gun for the Japanese in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorPacificAssault''. Compared to the Browning [=M1919=], this gun has a smaller capacity of only 30 rounds while also having a slower rate of fire. However, it is more accurate at long range, and can sustain accurate bursts for longer periods than its American counterpart.
* The Type 92 is the stationary machine gun for the Japanese in ''VideoGame/RisingStorm''. It has a ''much'' smaller ammunition capacity of 30 rounds to the Browning M1917's 150 and needs to be reloaded often, but it has a much shorter reload period and is more accurate during sustained fire.
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[[folder:Colt Buntline Special]]
-> ''Colt Buntline Special. Custom stock, custom rounds.''
-->--'''Doc [=McCoy=]''', ''VideoGame/DesperadosIII''

Basically a long barreled Single Action Army with a detachable stock, this one is unique among the examples listed in that its origins are largely apocryphal, although longer barreled Single Action Armies could be custom ordered from Colt at the time.

Originally described by author Sam Lake as having a [[HandCannon twelve inch barrel]] in his fictionalised biographical novel, ''Wyatt Earp: Frontier Lawman'', five of these weapons were apparently commissioned by dime novelist Ned Buntline as thanks for giving him material for his works, with one apparently going to Earp. Historical records find no evidence that Earp received such a weapon[[note]]Though his wife Josie did say he owned a long-barrel revolver that was one of his favorites, she didn't mention it being a Colt or anything about ''how'' long it was. Wyatt Earp ''is'' documented as having owned a Smith & Wesson Model 3 with an 8-inch barrel (longer than the standard 7 inches or the very popular cut-down to 5 inches) at the time of the gunfight at the OK Corral, and it was probably the gun he used in that shootout. This gun was a gift from the mayor of Tombstone, and could well have been conflated into the Buntline story.[[/note]] or ever even met Buntline. However, the concept of a Single Action Army as a SniperPistol was [[RuleOfCool too awesome to pass up]] and in popular culture, it tends to be Earp's WeaponOfChoice especially during the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Thanks in part to the series ''The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp'', when Colt reintroduced the Single Action Army, [[TheRedStapler there was a demand for Buntline Specials]], so it was effectively defictionalised.
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* ''ComicBook/WynonnaEarp'' has the titular character carry Wyatt Earp's Buntline as an AncestralWeapon known as "[[ICallItVera Peacemaker]]".

[[AC:Film]]
* Wyatt Earp wields one during the gunfight at the OK Corral in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''.
* ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore''. Colonel Mortimer uses a 10 inch Buntline as his WeaponOfChoice, even attaching a stock to it. There's also an ''18 inch'' one briefly shown in his saddlebags along with various other rifles.
* Used in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' [[spoiler:by Judge Doom]] to kill R.K. Maroon.
* The 1994 Christian Western ''Covenant Rider'' has protagonist Wichita Slim (played by Kenneth Copeland) carry a "long-barreled Colt" as his primary sidearm. Its rarity is commented on by the outlaws he trains it on from inside a stagecoach, who immediately realize who he is based on his unusual weapon.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'' series, [[ColdSniper Doc McCoy]] carries one that functions as a SniperPistol. He uses specialised subsonic ammo to silence it.
* [[BonusBoss Reapers]] dual-wield these as their weapon of choice in the ''{{Franchise/Persona}}'' series from [[VideoGame/Persona3 3]] onwards.
* The Buntline appears as a weapon for Vincent Valentine in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII.''

[[folder:Colt Walker]]
->''Meanwhile, the Colt Paterson revolver did so well for the Texas Rangers that one of the veterans of the fracas at Walker Creek, a young captain named Samuel Walker, set out from Texas to New York to personally suggest some improvements to Sam Colt. Together in 1847 they cooked up a design for a new, nearly five-pound behemoth trail gun called the Walker Colt, a weapon that soon became the most powerful handgun on the market.''
-->--'''Chris Kyle''', ''American Gun''

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Developed jointly between Samuel Colt and Captain Samuel Walker, the Colt Walker (also known as the Walker Colt) was intended to be a sidearm that was extremely powerful at close range and capable of killing horses as well as men. In fact, prior to the introduction of the .357 Magnum, it was the most powerful handgun in the world and had an effective range of around 100 yards. However, it had two major drawbacks. The first being that it was [[HandCannon fucking huge]] and generally had to be holstered in the saddle—it is possible to carry one in a belt-mounted holster, but it will get in the way of pretty much everything, and good luck drawing in any manner other than “slow, awkward, and potentially unsafe” (the later 1851 Navy was advertised as a "belt pistol" specifically because it was light enough to reasonably carry it on one's person rather than on a saddled horse). The other being that the barrels had a tendency to rupture should proper care not be taken in maintaining the weapon. Overfilling it with powder was a common way to [[StuffBlowingUp destroy a Walker]], since the weapon couldn't handle the pressures of a full load of powder. As a result, only around 1100 of them were ever made, though modern replicas are widely available (and are invariably what you'll actually see in films). It was quickly superceded by the Colt Dragoon, which was less powerful, but fixed many of the issues of the Walker, including its size and tendency to rupture.

* The Colt Walker is the weapon of choice for the Saint of Killers in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''. As he gains the title he gets a new pair, which are forged from the sword of the previous Saint in hellfire. The resulting weapons never miss, apparently never run out of ammunition, can shoot through anything (like, say, the armor of an M1 Abrams tank) and kill just about anything in the entire creation. Including ''God''.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* [[Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales Josey Wales]] carries a pair of them (along with two smaller pistols).
* Mentioned in ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}''. Part of the real story of the death of "Two Gun" Corcoran mentions that he carried one of these weapons and it exploded on him, allowing English Bob to finish him off.
* In ''Film/TheLastStand'' TheDragon uses this gun for no good reason, other than RuleOfCool.
* In the original ''Film/TrueGrit'', this is the gun Mattie Ross used, incorrectly called a Dragoon. The remake however, gives her an ''actual'' Dragoon.

* Pops up in the ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'' series, as the sidearm of Captain Samuel Anson, a spy who helps captured US Navy aviators Fred Reynolds and Kari-Faask escape from the [[ReligionOfEvil Holy Dominion]]. Reynolds initially figures him to be from the Empire of the New Britain Isles, based on his rather British-like accent. Turns out that he's actually from the previously-unknown New United States, founded by the Sailors and Marines aboard a US fleet bound for Veracruz that crossed into the [=altEarth=] during the Mexican-American War, and have been at war with the Dominion ever since. They are evidently mass-producing it for standard-issue. Considering some of the beasties found in this world, it makes perfect sense to carry such a HandCannon for your sidearm.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood'' gives one to Ray as one of his starting weapons.
* Top-tier revolver in the ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' total-conversion mod ''VideoGame/FistfulOfFrags'', its immense power - it's nearly always a OneHitKill - balanced by a painfully long reloading animation.

[[folder:Lefaucheux 20-Shot Pinfire revolver]]
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Invented by the French gunsmith Lefaucheux, this revolver used a cylinder with two layers of chambers, slightly offset in order to fire intermittently through its double barrels, allowing it to hold a maximum of 20 7.65mm pinfire rounds. Though not as popular or well known as other revolvers (including Lefaucheux's own more practical Model 1854 and 1858 6-shooters firing a 12mm pinfire cartridge), the 20-shot revolver did see some use in the American Civil War, mostly on the Confederate side.

* Lefaucheux 20-shot revolvers feature prominently in the ChristianFiction series ''Chance And Choices Adventures'', first being used by the villains and later coming into the hands of the heroes.
* Shelly's "Loverboy" revolver from ''VideoGame/{{Bombshell}}'' and ''VideoGame/IonFury'' is essentially an S&W Model 500 with three barrels and a Lefaucheux-style enlarged cylinder to fit 18 bullets at once, though unlike the Lefaucheux it fires from all three barrels at once.
* An [[BlingBlingBang Extra Fancy]] Lefaucheux was looked at on ''WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqdQrpF2PmI here]].
* The 12-shot version was used by a stagecoach robber in ''[[Anime/{{Leijiverse}} Gun Frontier]]''.

[[folder:[=LeMat=] revolver]]
->''Infamous icon of the Confederacy, this updated model takes nine cartridges in its cylinder. Its second barrel delivers a shotgun blast up close.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown''

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A cap and ball revolver used by the Confederate side during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar. Its claim to RuleOfCool status comes from the fact that the nine-shot cylinder revolves around a secondary barrel which fires a 20-gauge buckshot round. It was significantly bulkier than other revolvers of the period, and significantly more expensive, so even in its time it was rare. Being made in Europe, it also had to get past Union blockades to even reach its Confederate customers, and most of the already small production run didn't. But those cavalrymen who could afford one and actually got their hands on one loved them, since the added weight's no big deal when your horse is the one carrying it most of the time. \\
Modern reproductions are available from the Pietta company of Brescia, Italy. After the Civil War was over, Jean [=LeMat=] attempted to adapt the concept metallic cartridges, but the resulting revolvers were even bulkier and incredibly ugly. Since cartridge revolvers could be reloaded much faster than cap-and-ball revolvers, the advantages of a nine-round cylinder and shotgun barrel weren't as significant and the added bulk was no longer really worth it, resulting in these post-war [=LeMat=]s being a commercial flop and [[RareGuns even rarer than the wartime models]], yet at the same time less valuable to collectors, since they lack the Civil War connection. Further killing sales was the fact that unlike Colt and Remington percussion revolvers, the original [=LeMat=] design wasn’t capable of a simple conversion for cartridges due to the muzzleloading shotgun barrel being integral to the frame and the .42-caliber chambers being too closely spaced to allow cartridge rims to clear each other. A cartridge-firing [=LeMat=], redesigned as such from the ground-up, was easily one of the most SteamPunk-looking and godawful-ugly weapons ever made by human hands, and needless to say was even less successful than its cap & ball predecessor.

* '''Cool Action:''' In fiction, expect a scene where the [[ItWorksBetterWithBullets Gun Goes Click]], only for the user to fire the shotgun barrel at the surprised antagonist.
* '''Cool Silhouette''': Civil War versions, particularly, have a distinctive long, low silhouette... in addition to being absolutely ''massive''. Expect to see concept artists homage it just so they can have a revolver that really stands out.

[[AC:Comic Books]]
* Carried by Allan Quartermain in the first volume of ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''.

* Swede Gutzon in the QuickDraw film ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead''.
* ''Film/ColdMountain''. Carried by the male protagonist Inman.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. Jayne Cobb uses a handgun based on the [=LeMat=].
* Carried by the title character in ''Johnny Ringo'', a short-lived TV Western airing 1959-60.
* Bruce Willis is handed one at the airport so he can assassinate the bioterrorist at the climax of ''Film/TwelveMonkeys''.
* A cartridge-firing model is used by the Man in Black in the ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' TV series as his WeaponOfChoice. He puts the shotgun barrel to good use in the episode "Chestnut", using it to blast through a piece of cover that a gunman is hiding behind. It has to be disassembled in order to reload (which is why the real [=LeMat=] had to be completely redesigned for cartridges), but the park's robots are unable to actually harm the human guests, so it averts AwesomeButImpractical. Given that the titular Westworld is a theme park where all of the guns were specially made for use there, rarity was no object, and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to the historical [=LeMat=] cartridge model. Given that the Man in Black has been going to the park for thirty years and has learned all of its ins and outs, it makes sense that he'd use a flashy, unique revolver.

[[AC:Literature]]
* Dr. Theophilus Algernon Tanner in the the ''Literature/{{Deathlands}}'' novels, has carried two different [=LeMat=] revolvers.
* Used by Ezra Justice in the novel ''The Justice Riders'', written by Creator/ChuckNorris.
* The title character utilizes a borrowed one during the final battle in the Literature/DirkPittAdventures chapter ''Deep Six''. The second barrel, naturally, happens to be ChekhovsGun.
* The MountainMan Mad Amos that Creator/AlanDeanFoster used in a series of WeirdWest short stories carries one, though he generally uses his [[{{BFG}} Sharps Buffalo Gun]] most of the time.

[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' being a generic system can cover the [=LeMat=]; ''GURPS High-Tech,'' which incorporates a large catalog of real-world firearms, has full game statistics. Notably, ''GURPS Steampunk 2: Steam and Shellfire'', a catalog of {{steampunk}} gear, makes a point of repeating the stats for the cartridge version.

* The [=LeMat=] becomes available to the player late in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption'', but due to the game engine not supporting alternate firing modes, the secondary buckshot mode isn't available. It returned for [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 the sequel's]] online mode and later in single player mode, and here its shotgun mode can be used.
* The ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' mod "VideoGame/BallisticWeapons" features a modernized top-break variant of the [=LeMat=] as the "[[AKA47 Wilson 41-DB]]", as the second revolver available after the Anaconda-inspired D49. It deals less damage per shot, but competes with a faster reload, less recoil, and a nearly-doubled capacity (9 rounds plus a shell in the shotgun barrel).
* Appears in both ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' and its prequel, ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarezBoundInBlood''. Like the ''RDR'' example above, it only acts as a nine shot revolver and the shotgun barrel isn't usable.

[[folder:[=M1879=] Reichsrevolver]]
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->''The original M1879 design was heavy and cumbersome. In the early 1880’s Germany decided to make the revolver a little easier to handle. Reducing its weight led to the M1883. A single action revolver, which was still ‘old tech’ for its time, but did the job until the C96 Mauser and P08 Luger arrived.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}''

The Reichsrevolver M1879 was a single action revolver introduced to the Imperial German Army as their sidearm in 1879. It was chambered in a unique 10.6x25mmR cartridge, which is often thought of to be based on the .44 Russian cartridge in terms of size and power. Reloading the weapon was similar to the Colt Single Action Army or Nagant revolver by opening a loading gate to eject the spent cartridges on the right side of the weapon, then inserting a new round. Reloading by removing the cylinder altogether and then changing the cartridges was also an option. The weapon was already considered to be outdated when it was introduced, with the Smith and Wesson Model 3 having a break-top action that allows the spent cartridges to be ejected all at once with an extractor, and later revolvers like the Webley introduced double-action hammers that did not need to be cocked between shots. The gun even lacked an ejector rod to push out the spent cartridges, requiring the user to carry a separate one with them. The manufacturers simply went to design a crude, yet [[BoringButPractical robust and reliable weapon that can easily be produced in large numbers]]. Ultimately, the German army kept the Reichsrevolver until 1908, where it was replaced by the famous Luger P08. Despite being an older weapon, it did see some action in World War I, where the robust design allowed it to endure the conditions of trench warfare better than its semi-automatic contemporaries. The revolver even saw some service in World War II as a sidearm for the Luftwaffe.

A later variant, the M1883 was the same in almost every way, except for a shorter barrel that made the gun lighter and easier to wield.

[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* The German spies that confront Diana and Steve Trevor in London in ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' wield Reichsrevolvers.

[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
* The Reichsrevolver appears in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson'', as Inspector Lestrade's sidearm.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* The Reichsrevolver is one of the many sidearms the German Army uses in ''VideoGame/{{Verdun}}''. It serves as the most powerful sidearm in the game, at the cost of a very long reload. It shows up again in the expansion ''Tanneberg'' with the same properties.
* Added to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'' in The Resistance event alongside the Enfield No 2 Revolver. Despite being single action only, it has a faster rate of fire in exchange for less damage.
* The 1879 was added to ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' in Update 45. It is called the 'M1879 Imperial Revolver' in game.

[[folder:Magnum Research BFR]]
->''For Honorable Service''
-->--'''Inscription on the barrel of the Ranger Sequoia''', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''

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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_Research_BFR A five shot revolver]] by the same people who manufacture the Desert Eagle. Officially, the BFR designation stands for "Big Frame Revolver", though "Biggest, Finest Revolver" and "[[{{BFG}} Big Fucking Revolver]]" are often used in its place. This HandCannon is available in a wide variety of calibres, most of which are either large bore Magnum revolver calibres, such as .500 S&W and .460 S&W, or rifle rounds, such as .45-70 Gov't, .30-30 Winchester, and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill .50 Beowulf]].

Strongly resembling a giant Single Action Army, and like it, fires in single action and uses a loading gate, though it also uses the transfer bar system used by the Ruger Blackhawk and other modern single action revolvers. It's generally used as a showoff piece for those who think the Smith & Wesson 500 isn't enough of a HandCannon for their liking, though with some of the smaller calibres, the recoil is almost negligible due to the sheer size of the thing.

[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* Appears in ''Film/{{Looper}}'', used by both Joe and Old Joe as well as Abe and his Gat Men.

* Available in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' as the "[[AKA47 Hunting Revolver]]", chambered in .45-70 Gov't and with an attached scope. It's powerful and has a mean kick, meaning a slow rate of fire. Veteran NCR Rangers carry an [[BlingBlingBang ornately decorated version with gold bear grips]] known as the "Ranger Sequoia" as a reward for honourable service. Chief Hanlon has one [[spoiler:and uses it to [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]] if the Courier requests that he turn himself in.]] The ''Gun Runners' Arsenal'' DLC adds a moddable version of the standard hunting revolver, allowing the Courier to add a six-shot cylinder and a match barrel to improve accuracy.
* The BFR appears in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. It is chambered in .45-70 Gov't and can, strangely enough, be fitted with a suppressor (due to the gap between the cylinder and frame being so small). To top it off, it has an attachment rail along the top.

[[folder:Mateba 6 Unica Autorevolver]]
->''Some of the most beautiful feats of engineering have emerged from Italy. The 1967 Ferrari Spider, the Rialto Bridge and now the Matever .357. This beautiful revolver is powerful and accurate, and very, very rare.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2''

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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateba_Autorevolver A very rare Italian semi-automatic revolver]] that uses the force of the previous shot to revolve the cylinder and cock the hammer; the Mateba is one of only a handful of attempts to create such a weapon, and the first well-known example since the Webley-Fosbery about a century earlier. It's also notable for having the barrel at the 6-o-clock chamber as opposed to the 12-o-clock as most guns are, in an effort to reduce muzzle flip and felt recoil (a lifelong obsession of Emilio Ghisoni, the designer of the Mateba and several other unconventional revolvers). It comes in .357 Magnum, .44 Magnum, and .454 Casull, with each respective variation also able to load and fire .38 and .44 Special and .45 Colt. Barrel lengths generally range from four to eight inches, though there was also a revolver rifle variation called the "Grifone" with an eighteen-inch barrel, handguard, and stock. Was made by a single company in Italy, and only manufactured in relatively low numbers from 1997 to 2005; it turned out semi-auto revolvers are rare for a good reason, since they lack the inherent simplicity that is the chief advantage of using a revolver rather than a semi-auto in the first place (such as, for instance, requiring replacing of the recoil springs in its automatic mechanism for it to properly cycle with .38/.44 Special and .45 Colt). That said, as of early 2018 the weapon appears to have made a return to limited production. Emilio Ghisoni eventually went on to create the similar Chiappa Rhino (which also has an entry on Cool Guns), which shares the angular design and 6-o-clock barrel position but is otherwise a traditional double-action revolver, which entered production shortly after his death in 2008.

[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' -- Vash the Stampede's gun ([[spoiler:and his brother Knives' identical gun]]) visually resembles the Mateba (it has the same 6-o-clock barrel arrangement and ambidextrous cylinder release levers), though it's otherwise a regular break-open, double-action revolver.
* One of the episodes of ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'' has Sacci using one of these.
* Togusa's weapon of choice in all of the ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' series. His Mateba isn't a real world production model, differing slightly in each continuity:
** In the [[Anime/GhostInTheShell1995 original film]] and its sequel, he uses the "M2007", a variant mostly based on the Unica's immediate, non-automatic and much rarer predecessor, the [[https://guns.fandom.com/wiki/Mateba_2006M Mateba 2006M]].
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' gives him the "2008M", a combination of the Unica's frame design and automatic nature with the blockier barrel of the 2006M; when that gets confiscated at the end of the first season, he's also shown to have a regular 2006M.
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' still refers to it as the 2008M, but it now appears to be an unmodified Unica.
* Ithaqua from ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' is patterned after a [[HumongousMecha seriously-upscaled]] Mateba revolver.

[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Wash has one with minor embellishments in the movie ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', it is shown being held by River in the poster, but it is only seen used by Jayne and Zoe.
* The main character in ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' uses [[PropRecycling the same prop]] from ''Serenity'' during a shootout while escaping from the alternate-reality game ''Society''. The ammo limitation [[BottomlessMagazines doesn't seem to affect him at all]].
* Used by Joe during the Shanghai scene in ''Film/{{Looper}}.''
* ''Film/GiveEmHellMalone'': Malone's WeaponOfChoice is a Mateba Model 6 Unica.
* The Mateba appears prominently in ''[[Literature/{{Divergent}} Insurgent]]'' along with the Chiappa Rhino.

[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' has it make an appearance in the Dragon's Teeth map pack, as the "Unica 6", chambered in .357 Magnum and unlocked for the "Big Splash" assignment (by opening the floodgates on one of the DLC's new maps and making five kills while swimming).
* ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' doubles-down on the rarity with the Alesso Heist DLC by adding the 2006M, the Unica 6's rarer non-automatic predecessor, including alternate barrel lengths such as a "Pesante (heavy) Barrel" based on a long barrel for it that's even rarer than the 2006M itself. It's referred to as the "Matever .357", [[ShoutOut named after]] the mistranslation of its name from ''Ghost in the Shell''. It's the most accurate of the revolvers (able to reach perfect accuracy just with skills to boost it), and it's the only one other than the Judge that can accept gadgets like lasers and flashlights, but it can't be concealed as much as the Bronco or Peacemaker, and it can't accept sights or barrel extensions.
* Shows up in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs''. Completing ten Crime Detection events unlocks a special variant called the Chrome, which fires in [[MoreDakka three-round bursts]].
* Nathan Drake gets to use one in ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'', named the "Barok .44". It's a HandCannon, capable of plugging any unarmored foe in a single round.
* Amanda Ripley's revolver in ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'' is based off the Unica with the slightly more squared trigger guard of the Chiappa Rhino.
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2'' has the 2006M as the [[AKA47 Magnum 2005M]], found by Barry in the mines in his final chapter. It's more powerful than his default Magnum Python, but holds less ammo and has only one customization slot.
* Added in Update #79, the Unica 6 shows up in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. It has an attachment rail on the top of the barrel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:[=MP-412=] REX]]
->''Developed for export in Russia (REX stands for Revolver for Export), the [=MP412=] is a compact .357 Magnum handgun with an interesting tilt open and auto extraction design. While not as powerful as the .44 Magnum, the .357 Magnum round from the [=MP412=] offers excellent stopping power and the compact package offers a slightly higher rate of accurate fire.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''

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A Russian top-break revolver designed in the early post-Soviet days, the REX was designed primarily for the export market (hence its name: "REX" stands for Revolver for [=EXport=]). However, it failed to find a market; the US and Russia reached an agreement at the time that Russian handguns wouldn't be exported to the US, which cut off what would have been its primary market, and Russians themselves had little interest in revolvers like it. Still, it has seen a fair amount of use in modern video games and such, due to its design still looking sleek and futuristic even two decades later. It also features a top-break design with an automatic extractor that ejects spent casings as soon as the cylinder is opened. For some reason, this is very rarely seen in any kind of media.

Normally, top-break revolvers fire relatively slow, low-pressure rounds, due to their being inherently weaker than solid-frame designs; instead of the stress being distributed across the entire frame, it's concentrated into a single relatively small point: the latch holding the barrel and frame together. This is why, despite being even more convenient to reload than swing-open cylinders, the top-break configuration slid into disuse over the first half of the 20th century. The REX was the first time anybody attempted to make a top-break firing a high-powered Magnum round. Uncertainty about whether it was up to the task might have contributed to its inability to find a market, though superior modern metallurgy probably made it strong enough.
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[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' was probably one of the first games to prominently feature the REX; here, it was shown as the MiddleEasternCoalition's standard handgun. It reappeared in ''Bad Company 2'', but was made available to all factions. In both games, it's the most powerful pistol available, but also the slowest to fire and load.
** It came back in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}'' as well, in spite of the generally more realistic selection of weapons in that game. Notably, it was probably the first game in which the automatic extractor is actually used.
** It comes back again in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' as the standard secondary weapon and only handgun available in the campaign, given to Recker by the former squad leader before his death in the first mission and unlocked for multiplayer upon completing that mission. You can switch it out for a different gun when you find a weapons crate, but there are a few moments in the campaign where you lose your gun and Recker draws an MP-412 from nowhere, presuming that he keeps it on him at all times for a sort of sentimental value... and also as a backup for those occasions when he loses his guns. In multiplayer it's the mid-range specialist of the revolvers, with the larger .44 Magnum handling long range better and the DLC Rhino being better while close-in.
* Perhaps following on ''Battlefield's'' heels, ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' introduced it with ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 3]]''. It's the starting weapon on some of the harder Survival Mode maps, and features an incredibly slow and over-wrought reloading animation ([[FollowTheLeader nearly identical to the one from Bad Company, incidentally]]) to balance out having identical power per shot to the later-unlocked .44 Magnum.
* ''VideoGame/CounterStrikeOnline'' has a weirdly dressed-up version called the "Skull-1", which is apparently chambered in .50 cal and using some kind of dedicated anti-zombie ammo.
* ''VideoGame/RedSteel'' features it as a pretty run-of-the-mill HandCannon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Brink}}'' features it with a noticeably thicker barrel as the "Caesar Revolver", an alternate skin for the game's rather overbuilt .357 revolver.
* ''VideoGame/GhostReconFutureSoldier'' features the REX as a sidearm for the Bodark faction; originally it was an unlockable bonus for playing a Facebook game, before that game was removed and an update added it to everyone's arsenal. Also notable in that, while hard to tell from the fact that it's a third-person shooter that doesn't focus on the reloads, the automatic extractor is perhaps being used for the first time since the above ''Battlefield 3''.
* Also shows up in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs'', as an unlockable through a cross-promotion with Monster Energy; otherwise the model only appears during a privacy invasion where a prostitute plays RussianRoulette with her client.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' got its own REX in Update 99.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Smith & Wesson Model 500]]
->''The absolute final word in one handed caliber pissing matches.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2''

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The [[{{BFG}} hand cannon]] of {{hand cannon}}s, the Model 500 is a double-action, five-round revolver firing the largest caliber production revolver cartridge available for public sale today. Designed to function as a serious handgun hunter's weapon, or a personal defense weapon against [[BearsAreBadNews grizzly bears]], the .500 S&W Magnum round the revolver fires can take down even large African game such as cape buffalo, rhino and elephant. When Smith & Wesson created the .500 S&W Magnum, they had no weapon that could handle the muzzle energy and pressure generated by the round, so they built a whole new gun around their largest revolver frame, the X Frame. Later, the Model 460 variant was introduced, chambering the also-new .460 S&W Magnum (an even more powerful version of the already very powerful .454 Casull), which is the highest-velocity production handgun cartridge currently produced.

After it debuted, it generated a fair amount of controversy in a number of state and national governments over the possibility of criminals utilizing a handgun with this much firepower. Said controversy quickly died down when legislators realized nobody in their right mind would use something this big and unwieldy in a shootout, the price of the weapon and its ammunition further adding to its [[AwesomeButImpractical impracticality]]. Firing the weapon requires a fair amount of body strength and training, as an untrained or unfit shooter could find the recoil sending the gun into their face or the expelled gasses giving them severe burns. Thusly, the weapon is largely restricted to fit, wealthy people who want an expensive, high caliber shooting range gun or big-game handgun hunters.

That said, this has not stopped writers of fiction from giving their heroes and villains from all walks of life this massively overpowered weapon. It may well be on the way to being the next Desert Eagle, Model 29 or Auto Mag, the iconic weapon the hero uses when [[NoKillLikeOverkill they really want to kill someone or something dead]].
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[[folder:[=AA-12=]]]
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The AA-12 (also known as the Auto Assault-12 and formerly the Atchisson Assault Shotgun) is a shotgun designed in the year 1972 by one Maxwell Atchisson. The original design of this weapon draws heavily on that of the AR-15 rifle (scaled up into a shotgun, obviously; the earliest prototypes even used the same handguards and had similar front sights as the early M16 models) and served as the basis for many other automatic shotgun designs, such as the Daewoo USAS-12, among others. It is fed either from an 8-shell box magazine or either a 20-shell or a 32-shell drum magazine. After Atchisson sold the patent to Military Police Systems in 1987, the weapon suffered from a long period of DevelopmentHell and finally resurfaced during the TurnOfTheMillennium. Many Website/{{Youtube}} videos and fan commentaries have dubbed it [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Deadliest Shotgun in the World".]]

It's become heavily associated with the use of [[StuffBlowingUp FRAG-12 rounds]] thanks to Military Police Systems' efforts to work together with the designers of the shell, to the point that many people think it's the only gun capable of using them; they are actually designed to be compatible with any 12-gauge shotgun that can load 3-inch shells, the AA-12 only being a particularly notable potential user of it thanks to the fact that specialty shells like it are typically designed solely for use in pump-action models. Thanks to its AR-derived design[[note]]The bolt cycles against a recoil-buffer spring that extends the full length of the stock, while the unique (for a shotgun) gas system also reduces the kick. Several Benelli designs also use a recoil buffer, but theirs are independent of the bolt, and not in-line with it[[/note]], it has practically no felt recoil, to the point where it can be fired [[FiringOneHanded one-handed]] (most other auto-shotguns will jam if you attempt this) or even GunsAkimbo without much trouble, though you won't hit much (not on purpose, anyway).

Despite the hype, the AA-12's real-world usage has been minimal compared to how often it shows up in fiction, mainly because it suffers the same problems that all automatic shotguns suffer from: heavy weight, short range, and difficulties in production and marketing it to people who matter. There's plenty of pump-action and semi-automatic shotguns already used by police and military forces around the world that, while certainly not having the AA-12's cool factor, [[BoringButPractical work perfectly fine for their intended roles]] [[note]]Also not helping was a sticker price that was far above what any police or military was willing to spend, a reason why a lot of these [[RareGuns Rare Guns]] are rare guns, particularly the ones on this page. Add in the fact that it's an ''automatic shotgun'' and therefore is banned for civilian use, well, pretty much everywhere, really the only market for this gun is the handful of guys that have a Website/YouTube firearms channel and can actually get a permit for something like this[[/note]]. In fiction-land however, it seems well on its way to replace the likes of the Striker and Jackhammer as the automatic shotgun of choice for heroes in need of MoreDakka. Although it certainly helps that compared to the previous two, the AA-12 is arguably more functional.

[[AC: Anime and Manga]]
* The anime ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}: The Maxim'' sees the [[SWATTeam Special Assault Team]] in Episode 20 armed with these. It's part of the SettingUpdate, since in the original manga the officers were instead using Remington 870s (it was written in the late 80s - mid 90s).
* In ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka'', [[CombatMedic Kurumi]] uses this as her main firearm weapon.

* Used by Duke in ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. It should be noted, however, that it's depicted as some kind of rechambered high-caliber machine gun.
* ''Film/{{Predators}}'': Used by the mercenary Royce. His is outfitted with a [[GunAccessories Surefire M900 weaponlight-foregrip]] and one [[BlingBlingBang bitchin' camo pattern]].
* ''Film/TheExpendables'': [[BoisterousBruiser Hale Caesar]] uses one during the later parts of the film. With explosive rounds. His use of the weapon goes hand-in-hand with BigDamnHeroes, BangBangBANG!, BlownAcrossTheRoom, LudicrousGibs and StuffBlowingUp. It's also fitted with an [[RuleOfCool awesome]] [[GunAccessories flashlight/lasersight attachment]].
--> ''Remember [[BigDamnHeroes this shit]] at Christmas!''
** This gun is so badass that when it show up again in ''Film/TheExpendables2'', when Hale has to lend it to [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Trench Mauser]], he threatens him if he doesn't bring it back. ''And'' the film early on explains how Caesar has it loaded with fin-stabilised explosive rounds.
* Appears used by the prison guards in ''Film/BlackWidow2021'' as Natasha and Yelena attempt to break out Alexei. Pre-release images also depict Natasha wielding one, but this never happens in the film.

[[AC: Literature]]
* A custom-modified Atchisson is the WeaponOfChoice of Carl "Ironman" Lyons of ''Literature/AbleTeam''. It's [[https://www.amazon.com/Justice-By-Fire-Able-Team/dp/0373612079 shown on the covers]] a few times, showing that his Atchisson is similar to the AR-15-like prototype (it's mentioned in one novel that this is deliberate so Lyons won't attract attention from snipers by carrying an unusual weapon).

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': appears in Season 5, wielded by one of Jack Welker's henchmen.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'': It appears in Season 7.
* Ultimate Weapons
* ''Lock 'n Load'' with Creator/RLeeErmey

* It's one of the few new weapons in ''VideoGame/DeadRising3''[='=]s Operation Broken Eagle DLC, it has a special Combo Weapon variant that combines it with a ''{{chainsaw|Good}}''.
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'': This game is basically ShotgunsAreJustBetter personified. In this game, the AA-12 is loaded with the 20-shell drum magazine. Needless to say, as long as a buddy can cover your reloads, no zombie will get [[BlownAcrossTheRoom anywhere near you]], except [[LudicrousGibs as a fine red mist.]] It returns, just as good as before, in ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2''.
* ''VideoGame/TheClub'': Dubbed [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "The Enforcer"]]. Loaded with the 20-shell drum magazine - in this game, the gun's range doubles as an InstantDeathRadius.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'': The AA-12 is used by the Russians and [[EliteMooks Shadow Company]]. It is fitted with an [[{{Nerf}} 8-shell magazine]] and has a range pathetic enough to embody ShortRangeShotgun. Its rate of fire is also slower in multiplayer than in single-player, even if the multiplayer rate of fire is closer to reality.
** The AA-12 appears again more often in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'''s single-player campaign. It is also the last Shotgun you unlock for Survival Mode, and once again a usable shotgun in multiplayer. Sadly, the gun retains the laughable range in both game modes, as well as the slower rate of fire in multiplayer. It also poses as a [[AwesomeButImpractical mule for attachments]], as it is fitted with a rail mount, a zip-up bag attached to the stock, a [[RuleOfCool practically useless]] spare shell bandolier, and a Remington 870 MCS shotgun's pump attached to its own foregrip.
** In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'', it was added into the game via an update as the [[AKA47 JAK-12]], with the charging handle modified to be side-mounted. With the customization aspect of the game, you can choose to boost the capacity to both the 20 and 32 round magazines at the cost of movement speed and handling as well as opt to use dragon's breath, slugs or the [=FRAG12=] rounds, all solely in 8 round mags, with the latter being balanced by flying slower and having the explosion radius be pitifully small. The gun is also open-bolt, which means there is a slight delay between pulling the trigger and the gun firing.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'': Available with a drum mag in the ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony Ballad of Gay Tony]]'' expansion pack as the "Automatic Shotgun".[[note]]Though in point-of-fact it's much slower than the Striker variant from the other expansion. Hell, even the Combat Shotgun and Sawed-Off Shotgun fires faster.[[/note]] It is also available as the [[StuffBlowingUp "Explosive Shotgun"]], which can be noticed by the fact that it ejects green shells. Needless to say, it is [[GameBreaker very powerful]].
* ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'': Available in the sequel, ''The 40th Day''. At first fed by the 8-shell box magazine. Then later you can purchase [[GameBreaker 20-shell drums]] for it.
* ''VideoGame/CombatArms'': Featured as the highest-tier shotgun in the game. There's even a "Dominator" version with foregrip and [[BlingBlingBang arctic camo paint]]. Each version features the 20-shell drum magazine.
* ''VideoGame/SpecOpsTheLine''. It's not used as a shotgun, instead classed as [[{{BFG}} a heavy weapon]] for the purposes of gameplay and working as a halfway between a machine gun and a grenade launcher. It can and will chew up anybody in its path. Notably, the AA-12 is the gun [[spoiler:the final Heavy Trooper, seen as Lugo, his fallen squadmate, wield, and afterwards used to clear the final 33rd wave of attackers, as well as the gun Walker himself wield in the multiple-choice epilogue]].
* ''VideoGame/SeriousSam3BFE'' nods to the AA-12 with its "AS-24 Devastator", repeatedly referring to that weapon as a shotgun (and giving it the same animations as the standard pump shotgun, including pumping it after a reload despite the semi-auto nature) and making reference to the Atchisson name in NETRICSA's info on the gun. In the game itself though, it acts as a rocket launcher with much higher round velocity than the normal rocket launcher and with projectiles which [[OneHitPolykill pierce through multiple targets]], making it suitable against targets that like to change their position quickly or lines of weaker targets shielding a bigger threat, but its ammo is much rarer than the rocket launcher. Also available with a scope with the "Bonus Pack".
* Added in the Blue Sun mod for ''7.62 High Caliber'' as a very rare and expensive late game weapon.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' as the [[AKA47 Steakout 12G]], having very similar stats to the Saiga, [[MoreDakka but with an attachable drum mag.]] With the right skills, it can be a veritable powerhouse, spraying the enemy with huge amounts of high-damage shotgun shells in relatively short order. It does, however, have several issues with concealment, due to its large profile.
* ''VideoGame/SplinterCellBlacklist'' features it as the [[AKA47 "ACS-12"]] with the Digital Deluxe DLC, competing with a fast rate of fire to make up for the fact that it can't take any optical attachments or use its 20- or 32-round drum mags. It's also used by a single Heavy Infantryman in the second Sam section of the Transit Yards.
* ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' also features it, once again as the "ACS-12", as of the Operation Para Bellum update, where it's usable by both of the GIS Operators. Compared to the unmodified ''Blacklist'' model, this one is [[GunPorn excessively customized]], including a G36-style carry handle/top rail over a low-profile charging handle, a handguard based on that of the Mark 14 EBR for side and underbarrel rails, and a cool camo pattern. Owing to its status as the only full-auto shotgun in the game, it has [[ShortRangeShotgun a wide spread]], but it makes up for that by using drum mags which hold 30 shells at once, allowing for players to simply spray a hell of a lot of buckshot at enemies, also making it amazing for breaching purposes. It's also, like almost every weapon in the game, treated as a closed-bolt weapon, the bolt being visibly closed on the model and the weapon keeping a shell in the chamber from a non-empty reload.
* It's the last unlocked weapon in ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare'' as a twelve-round "Combat Shotgun."
* The AA-12 is a 5-star Shotgun in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', with the highest rate of fire within her class and a skill that makes her shoot even faster. Perhaps as an oblique reference to this, she is depicted as an extreme sugar addict who can barely function if she didn't have her fix, implying that she is hypoglycemic in some way (despite being a robot).
* It appears in [=v21=] of ''VideoGame/BrutalDoom'' as the "Assault Shotgun". Occasionally spawning in place of the Super Shotgun, it fires fast, holds twenty shells and reduces mobs of demons and former humans to a bloody mess. Earlier in the development of [=v21=], it was the AA-12 itself. As of the gold release, it is a futurized variant with a carry handle, glow sights, a foregrip, and a side-mounted charging handle.
* There's an AA-12 in ''VideoGame/{{SYNTHETIK}}'' that [[BeamSpam sprays multiple lasers per shot]] in 8 round bursts, has a chance to give you a [[HealingFactor health regeneration buff]] upon killing an enemy, and has a cool red and dark grey paintjob.
* The AA-12 got added to ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' in Update 55. Because of the extremely low recoil, you can dual-wield them, though it's not nearly as effective as say, using one with both hands.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' has Two-Face use one loaded with FRAG-12 and 20-shell drum magazines if you choose to go to Wayne Manor in Episode 4. It ends up exploding and burning him when Batman tosses a Batarang into it and he tries to fire it at Alfred.

[[AC: Web Animation]]
* In ''WebAnimation/XionicMadness,'' Omega's [[BadassNormal old squad's]] close combat specialist "Wraith" uses this in [[spoiler: the [[GrandFinale final battle]] against Kary-08]].

[[folder:Armsel Striker]]
->''A VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} 2 classic, originally developed in South Africa, the DAO-12 is essentially the combination of a revolver and a Shotgun. The fixed drum magazine is made of individual chambers, each holding a single round, which are fired only when placed in line with the barrel. A spring winding mechanism makes reloading an empty weapon a time consuming process and the short barrel results in a wide pellet spread.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/Battlefield3''

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[[IHaveManyNames Also known as]] the Sentinel Arms Co Striker-12, Protecta, Protecta Bulldog, and Cobray/SWD Street Sweeper. (And not the [[VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} DAO-12]], ever.) A South African semi-auto 12-gauge shotgun with a revolver magazine, designed for riot control and combat. The Striker variant features a spring-operated "clockwork" drum magazine, while the Protecta variants use a different mechanism and lack the drum's winding key. This gun was banned by the Clinton Administration, which had it reclassified as [[FelonyMisdemeanor a Destructive Device]][[note]]"Destructive device" could accurately describe any firearm, but under US law it means bombs and weapons over .50 caliber in diameter, with the exception of shotguns... unless the ATF deems the shotgun in question to be "not suitable for sporting purposes", which is what they did with the Striker.[[/note]], meaning new imports are impossible and the existing examples had to go through an expensive registration process. The "Street Sweeper" name [[{{Understatement}} probably didn't help]], though.

The Striker is not very popular in real-life, although it is used by South Africa, Israel and Vietnam. A big reason why it never caught on is that reloading the drum is a ''pain in the ass'' as the shells have to be manually ejected and loaded one at a time, not unlike old-west revolvers like the Single Action Army. Video games often portray it as more sensibly-operated than it is in reality - often either depicting it with a detachable drum, or at least just skipping the bit where the player has to eject the used shells[[note]]The original Striker 12 would eject all spent shells but the last one (which still needed the ejector rod) by venting a small amount of gas from the ''next'' fired shell into the chamber of the previously fired shell and blowing it out. Later, cheaper copies made by other companies lacked this feature.[[/note]] or manually wind between each new one - as few players would likely be interested in watching a character take a full minute to reload it. Just as often, films portray it as a grenade launcher of sorts, either out of ignorance or because the production in question can't get an actual grenade launcher to use and it looks kind of like some famous examples.


A variation of this gun is the Cobray Ladies Home Companion, converted to fire a .45-70 ''high power rifle cartridge'', with a shorter rifled barrel, is legally considered ''a pistol'', and marketed to women. Seriously. As it's firing a round smaller than 1/2 inch in diameter the "destructive device" law mentioned above doesn't apply, making it the only "legal"[[note]]At least by federal law (the ATF actually calls it a revolver), it may not be legal in certain states according to their laws[[/note]] version of the Striker. Good luck finding one though.

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Savage}}'' has Bill carry one early in Book 4, [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter naturally]]. Noddy uses it to kill SS troops when they insult his mother.

[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* The Striker appears in ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' as the "biggest HandCannon" that Buscemi has ever fucking seen during the first major shootout of the movie.
* The Striker appears in ''Film/HardTarget'' as a weapon used by one of the Mooks belonging to the BigBad's hunting squad during the middle part of the movie. For some reason, [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay it is unrealistically depicted as a grenade launcher]] rather than a semi-automatic shotgun as the film makers apparently didn't do enough research of the gun at the time; [[MisidentifiedWeapons they thought that the Striker looked like a grenade launcher because of the drum magazine and its menacingly unorthodox appearance]].

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. Tom Zarek's men are seen carrying these on Kobol (though, as above, it's portrayed as some kind of grenade launcher), and later the marines during the rescue on Caprica.

[[AC: Music]]
* As with the Glock and MAC, the name "Street Sweeper" found its way into plenty of nineties gangsta rap lyrics.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* Used by Leon in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''; though called the Striker, it's actually modeled after a Protecta. It's the MoreDakka king among the shotguns, with a semi-auto fire rate that leaves the other two shotguns in the dust, and its exclusive upgrade gives it a ''one hundred shell'' capacity. The Street Sweeper is also an available weapon in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', although this time with the name [[AKA47 "Jail Breaker"]] (weird, since it is not only one of the very few examples in ''5'' where the developers did not use a real-world name for a weapon, but also a returning weapon that was mostly correctly named in the previous game).
* Available in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'' as the Striker, where it fires extremely fast and has one of the highest capacities for its class (12 unmodified, 18 with Extended Mags), though hampered by fewer pellets per blast, poor spread, and that high capacity giving it an excruciatingly-long reload time; for some reason, it's the standard OPFOR shotgun in singleplayer.
* The "Streetsweeper" in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' is a hybrid of the original Striker, with its clockwork drum mechanism, and the later Protecta, with its auto ejecting mechanism. It is incorrectly depicted as fully automatic, but it depicts its reload as more realistic by have each shell loaded be followed up by cranking the winding mechanism.
* The "Bulldog" short-barreled variant is available in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2'', replacing the previous game's Jackhammer. The game features a fairly common error in depicting guns with fixed cylinder magazines, in that Max is shown reloading by detaching and replacing the entire drum.
* A Street Sweeper with a sawed-off barrel is available in the first DLC pack for ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''. It's not the short-barrel version, since the front sight is in the wrong place.
* An alternate weapon for the Antitank kit in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}} 2'', the origin of the term [=DAO-12=]. This isn't the weapon's name, and just refers to the weapon's trigger type and gauge ("double action only, twelve gauge").
** Also ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' and ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'', appearing with the same name both times, included with the base game for the former and with the ''Second Assault'' DLC for the latter. This time, it has the stock properly unfolded, though in ''3'' the magazine capacity is reduced for balance reasons (though the extended mag attachment is available to give it the proper 12 shells).
* The Protecta shows up in ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}: Call Of Pripyat'' called the "Eliminator," and can be fitted with a SUSAT sight.
* Added in the Blue Sun mod for ''7.62 High Caliber'' and is correctly depicted as being reloaded one round at a time, which makes its firepower much less appealing.
* Appears as the [[AKA47 Street Sweeper]] in ''VideoGame/Payday2'', again depicted as reloading one shell at a time. While somewhat counterintuitive, using [[StuffBlowingUp explosive rounds]] turns the weapon into an excellent device for stunning enemies, as the high rate of fire can stunlock them while other teammates finish them off.
* The UsefulNotes/XBox360 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 versions of ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]]'' feature a heavily modified Protecta as the "Watson Autoshotgun". It's given an incorrect detachable drum and an AR-15 telescoping stock instead of the normal folding one.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2'' [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/shadowwarrior/images/2/29/Tlees41r.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20161116152550 decorated with a bunch of bones]] and given the rather juvenile name of "Boner" as a result. Unlike in most games, and especially surprising considering what the game is like, this one is actually reloaded somewhat correctly - instead of being a detachable drum, Lo Wang loads shells into it one at a time, though he doesn't eject the already-fired ones.

[[folder:Daewoo/S&T Motiv [=USAS-12=]]]
->''This high capacity, box magazine fed, fully automatic shotgun is perfect for those days you just don't feel like aiming.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/MadnessProjectNexus2''

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A fully automatic 12-gauge shotgun designed by the Gilbert Equipment Company and manufactured in South Korea by Daewoo Precision Industries (currently known as S&T Motiv), the USAS-12 resembles a giant AR-15-type rifle, weighing over twice as much as an M4. While civilian versions are semi-auto only (and not only heavily-restricted but also no longer in production due to the inherent difficulty in selling a semi-auto, box magazine-fed shotgun in America), military and police versions of this piece of heavy machinery can fire at up to 450 rpm; more impressively, they can do this with standard shotgun shells, while most similar designs require brass casings to reduce the risk of melted plastic fouling the action. While it usually takes a standard 10-round box magazine, it's typically depicted with its 20-round drum magazine.

The [=USAS-12=] unfortunately sees almost no significant use amongst police or military forces, with the Brazilian Special Forces being the only major official user of it. For the military, shotguns are largely for specialized roles like door breaching as they lack the ability to adapt quickly to changes in combat range, since their role is defined, much more strictly than most other types of guns, by the type of shell they're currently loaded with. For the police, this much firepower is simply overkill, and civilians wanting to own one must go through mountains of expensive paperwork[[note]]The USAS-12 was declared a destructive device alongside the Striker 12, as mentioned above[[/note]]. The foremost reason for this lack of significant use, however, is [[BoringButPractical tons of shotguns that don't have the cool factor of the [=USAS-12=] but work fine for their intended roles]].

[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* In the ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' manga, one of Goldie's henchmen uses a USAS-12 to wreck the engine of Rally's beloved Cobra during a high-speed chase. [[BerserkButton This earns]] [[ThisMeansWar Rally's wrath]].

[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* One with a standard box magazine was used extensively by Creator/StevenSeagal throughout the showdown in ''Film/OnDeadlyGround'', where it shreds both people and the side of a helicopter with impunity.
* [[Creator/JonathanHyde Van Pelt]] buys a USAS-12 fitted with a scope, silencer, rubber cheek rest, and loaded with a drum magazine and slugs from a gun store in ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' after his lever-action rifle runs out of its unique ammo, bribing the owner with gold coins to bypass... everything about acquiring it beyond "pay for gun and walk out".

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* Used early on in ''Series/StargateSG1''. Especially when Replicator swarms show up.
* Riley has one in his brief return to ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' as a member of a military demon-hunting unit.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* Added to the ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' series arsenal in ''Raven Shield'', reappearing in ''Lockdown'' with drum magazines, and was also cut from the ''Vegas'' subseries.
* Also present in ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune 2'', with the standard 10-round box mag, as the second shotgun found after the Mossberg 590. The sheer carnage that can be unleashed by holding down the trigger makes it worthy enough, but it's very difficult to control; you also have the option of changing it to a surprisingly stable semi-auto mode, and with the USAS being magazine-fed, it's an ''excellent'' weapon whenever it appears. Mooks fire it in full auto as well, making them especially dangerous.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3'', with a lowered magazine capacity (6, the lowest of all the game's shotguns) but surprisingly long range; it's also one of the very few shotguns in the series to actually receive a ''buff'' to its damage in a patch.
* ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'', commonly found in the ''Kaffarov'' level, as well as an available multiplayer all-class unlock; for balance reasons, the magazine capacity is reduced to 7, though the extended mag attachment is available. Users are still often frowned and looked down upon - before it was nerfed, the USAS-12 with frag rounds was [[GameBreaker an absolute terror]]. Also available in ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' as a pickup weapon with an ACOG and, again, frag rounds, though with rather poor accuracy even when aiming.
* Top-tier shotgun in ''VideoGame/FarCry2'', seen with a 20-round drum magazine even though it only has 12 shots, though its fast rate of fire and power in close range comes at the expense of [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns reliability]] - the gun will ''visibly'' corrode a bit with every single shell you put through it.
* Appears towards the end of ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter 2'', of special note is the final boss fight where you have to use one to knock [[spoiler: Jason Chance, who's head to toe in advanced body armour, into the spinning tail rotor of a parked helicopter.]]
* A very rare and expensive shotgun in ''7.62 High Caliber'', though still not as rare as the Jackhammer.
* This weapon is quite commonly found in ''VideoGame/RedSteel'' as an upgrade over the shortened Benelli M3.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/GoldeneyeWii'' as the Masterton M-557, and it's the only automatic shotgun in the game. It's an outright GameBreaker, as while the damage per shot is the weakest of the shotguns, this is offset by its ''very'' fast rate of fire. It can very easily destroy opposing players and is capable of destroying the black box in the Black Box game mode in a matter of seconds. The only downsides to it are the severe muzzle climb when firing in fully automatic and its slow reload, though the latter problem can be fixed by using the speed loader gadget.
* The "[[AKA47 AS14 Hammer]]" in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' is primarily based on the USAS-12, though with a folding skeleton stock rather than the solid fixed one the real thing uses, and with the charging handle of an AA-12 shoved just underneath the carry handle. It ultimately fares as one of the best shotguns in the game - it is weaker per-shell than the other shotguns, but not so much that its fast rate of fire and higher capacity can't make up for it, as is the case with the supposed infinite-plus-one shotgun, the unlockable XS-2 Ultimax.
* Appears in the [=ChaosUT=] mod for ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' as the [[AKA47 CAS-12]]. If enabled, it occupies the same slot as the [[MoreDakka Minigun]] and it fires fully automatically, with the downside that unlike almost every other weapon, it must be reloaded after a certain amount of shots. It can load 3 different types of ammo: regular ammo which is the weakest damage-wise but gives the most ammo per mag, armor-piercing rounds which are significantly more powerful and accurate, and explosive rounds which deal the most damage but also have the worst accuracy and introduces the risk of self-damage if used at too close of a distance. Needless to say, there's few weapons which can compete with it at close range in terms of raw damage, except for the Flak Cannon.
* A USAS-12 (called [[AKA47 AS12]] ingame) can be purchased late in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'' for a cool 12,500 BP. It's the best shotgun in the game, so it's worth every penny.
* The USAS-12 crossed with a Sturmgewehr 44 makes a bizarre appearance in ''VideoGame/TheSaboteur'' as the [=MP60=], a fictional Nazi machine gun used by the equally fictional [[EliteMooks Terror Squad]].
* Appears in ''VideoGame/CrueltySquad'' as the [[AKA47 Precise Industry AS15]].
* The USAS-12 appears in ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'', added in Update 84.

[[AC: Web Animation]]
* It is one of the available weapons in ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat: Project Nexus''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Franchi [=SPAS-12=]]]
->'''Sol''': What's that?\\
'''Vincent''': Haha! ''This'', is a shotgun, Sol!\\
'''Sol''': It's a fucking anti-aircraft gun, Vincent!
-->--''Film/{{Snatch}}''

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The TropeCodifier for ShotgunsAreJustBetter in media, the SPAS-12 is an Italian shotgun and the most well-known dual-action shotgun. It's capable of both pump and gas-operated semi-automatic action, with the intention being that pump action would be used for various "less lethal" ammunition like tear gas, bean bag and baton rounds that wouldn't generate enough pressure to cycle the action. There was a kerfuffle with the US authorities about what the acronym SPAS meant: it was originally meant to spell '''S'''pecial '''P'''urpose '''A'''ssault '''S'''hotgun, but due to said conflict, it was renamed '''S'''porting '''P'''urpose '''A'''utomatic '''S'''hotgun. Chances are, if you're from outside the US, when you hear the word 'shotgun', this is the model you'll think of first.\\\
While it is no doubt a fearsome looking shotgun, it also suffers from a bit of AwesomeButImpractical; it is quite heavy for a shotgun, owing to its heatshield and folding stock, coming in at 10 pounds (more than 4.5kg) loaded, heavier than several assault rifles and shotguns.[[note]]It was also more expensive than most assault rifles, which is why it's here in [[RareGuns Rare Guns]]. The SPAS-12 retailed for $1,500, at the time you could have bought both a very good quality pump-action shotgun and semi-automatic shotgun for less than half that.[[/note]] The pump-action is also fairly difficult to actuate, owing to its dual-system design (particularly due to how the pump pushes against the bolt and its recoil spring, rather than being directly attached to it like on a regular pump-action weapon), but at the same time it's not very reliable in semi-auto mode, having issues with cycling and ejection even with the full-power loads it's meant to use in that mode. On top of this, due to its dual-mode nature, the carrier latch button - which doubles as a bolt release in semi-auto mode - immobilizes the carrier if not pressed in, requiring the shotgun to be turned on its side and grabbed from the top to hold the button in and load shells. As with all long guns, firing it with the stock folded is a dumb idea, and the deployed stock was not only uncomfortable, but also infamous for slicing up users' hands, thereby leading many to prefer the full-stock versions. Perhaps one of the most unfavorable aspects of the gun is its safety; SPAS-12s that had the old-style safety (a lever-type) had a tendency to not only fail to actually put the weapon on safe when toggled on, but even discharge the weapon when the safety is toggled while loaded. A recall was issued and the safety was changed to a more reliable push-button safety, but many SPAS-12s still on the market have the old style safety.\\\
The gun stopped production in 2000, and resells for around $2500-3500, though many for sale have spent their lives in gun lockers and haven't been shot in ''years'', leading to deteriorated internals, especially several cheap rubber parts used as shock absorbers in the stock and receiver or to hold the pistol grip together. Needless to say, any SPAS on the market will more than likely need parts and refurbishment before heading to the range. In short, the SPAS-12 is the perfect movie gun: loud, menacing and distinctive. In reality, it is less than practical, being seen as more of a collector's item than a practical shotgun. It was succeeded in production by the SPAS-15, which is more reliable and somewhat more practical with its detachable box magazine and side-folding stock, but it's still too heavy and is far less common in fiction because its appearance is not so much "menacing" as just "ugly".

** '''Cool Stance''': Nine times out of ten, the SPAS-12 is held at hip height with its stock folded above the frame. Some folding stock models had a butt hook to support the weapon for FiringOneHanded, but for some reason we never see this used in movies.
** '''Cool Action''': Also nine times out of ten, the SPAS-12 will be treated solely as a pump-action weapon; even when it is shown in semi-automatic mode, it'll almost always be cocked by the pump action. In live-action depictions, this is because they don't make 12-gauge blanks that are hot enough to cycle its action; even with a blank-firing adapter and the highest-pressure blanks on the market it still refuses to cycle reliably.
** '''Cool Silhouette''': The holes in the folding stock and distinctively shaped pump make this weapon immediately recognizable from a distance, so much that even other shotguns with top-folding stocks, like those available for the Remington 870, are frequently mistaken for the SPAS-12.

[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* [[NinjaMaid Roberta]] makes memorable use of one mocked up as a parasol in ''Manga/BlackLagoon''.

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* The page image of ''ComicBook/{{Manhunter}}'' shows the protagonist holding one.
* Gets to have its fifteen minutes of fame in one [[ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX Punisher]] issue, where it shows up in the hands of Frank Castle as he uses it to dispatch some Russian thugs.

[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* Used during the heist in ''Film/ThreeThousandMilesToGraceland''.
* Is featured prominently in the climax of ''Film/TheHitcher''.
* Makes a memorable appearance in ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', in the hands of Robert Muldoon and later Alan Grant.
* Used in the lobby scene in ''Film/TheMatrix''.
* Vincent and Sol use a shortened version in ''Film/{{Snatch}}''.
* One is used by Film/TheTerminator in the first film, the gun with which he performs his BallisticDiscount and which he later uses to shoot up the police station. He can briefly be seen holding it again in a photo of that shootout in [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay the second]].
* The prop of the famous M-41A Pulse Rifle from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' (and associated videogames) was a shell [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot containing a Thompson submachine gun as the rifle component, with an underbarrel Remington 870 shotgun mounted inside a SPAS-12 protective shroud, including a cut-down fore-end]].
* Used in the 1986 Ozploitation film ''Fair Game'' for hunting pretty blonde females.
* Wielded by Ryan Cawdor in the AfterTheEnd film ''Literature/{{Deathlands}}: Homeward Bound''. Then again, the book series it's based on is full of GunPorn and RuleOfCool, so we can forgive them.
* The title character carries one in the trunk of his car in ''Hunter''.
* In ''Nancy's Last Dance'', one of the stories of ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'', Marv takes [[GunsAkimbo a pair of them]] from some bikers and uses them to assault Roark's mansion, before switching to his fists and then an Uzi when they run dry.
* [[DaChief Lt. John Bergin]] pulls one out from under his desk in ''Film/IRobot'' when the precinct comes under attack.
* The title character of ''Film/TheWraith'' uses one, decorated with weird bits to make it look alien, to shoot up the villains' chop shop.
* Shogo Kawada's assigned weapon in the film version of ''Literature/BattleRoyale'' is a SPAS-12 without the stock. He uses it in both pump-action and semi-auto modes, the latter during his fight with Kazuo Kiriyama.

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* An assassin uses one in ''Series/MiamiVice'' to eliminate a target, firing in semi-auto mode, in the episode "Calderon's Return".
* One of the more popular choices to use against the Replicators in ''Series/StargateSG1'' (along with the USAS-12 and Armsel Striker; automatic shotguns are always preferred when facing the bugs).

[[AC: Video Games]]
* The [[{{AKA47}} Vollmer VK-12 Combat Shotgun]] from ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'' '''embodies''' ShotgunsAreJustBetter. Its capacity is monstrous at 12 rounds, it reloads those 12 rounds in two seconds, and the power of each shell trumps even the game's {{BFG}}s. It only loses out on armor penetration, which [[TruthInTelevision real life shotguns loaded with shot are notoriously bad at]], but the damage is still so high that it shreds armored enemies just as well as the dedicated armor-piercing weapons anyway. It's still somewhat of a ShortRangeShotgun, not because of accuracy but rather damage falloff - shot grouping at 30 feet or so still puts most of the pellets in a human-sized target, but even so it takes 5 or 6 shells to kill a mid-tier Replica that would die in one shot at close range.
* The entire ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series makes use of it, always with devastating results. It's depicted somewhat oddly, however, letting you fire two shells at once with SecondaryFire; the devs seem to have mistaken either the tube magazine for a second barrel (a tooltip in ''Episode Two'' explicitly referring to secondary as firing "both barrels") or the weapon as capable of extremely fast bursts (the firing sound for secondary fire is two reports in rapid sequence). It's also never deployed with its stock unfolded: the original game and ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' (the latter of which reduces the capacity to 6) lack it entirely, while the HD pack for the former has it folded upwards. Finally, the original game's HUD icon for it depicts a stockless Ithaca 37 shotgun instead.
** In the ''VideoGame/SvenCoop'' mod, secondary fire allows you to fire in semi-auto mode at the cost of accuracy.
* It's also the staple of the later ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games. In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', it seems to be full auto, while it's semi-automatic in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas''. In the latter, it has a small spread, fast but controllable firing speed and quick reload to make it more practical – while the former gives it an odd set of animations that make it [[AwesomeButImpractical all but useless in a firefight]].
** After spending [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCityStories fourteen years]] MIA (not counting any ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' artwork), the SPAS-12 finally returns to ''Grand Theft Auto'' ([[YouDontLookLikeYou albeit with]] some Remington 870 influences) and makes its first appearance in the HD Universe with the Cayo Perico Heist update for ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Grand Theft Auto: Online]]'', where it is known as the Combat Shotgun.
* It's available in some form in all of the ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'' games, in which it's properly depicted as semi-automatic. ''Blood Money'' allows it to be fitted with a variety of GunAccessories.
* Available in all three ''[[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} S.T.A.L.K.E.R.]]'' games as the "[[AKA47 SPSA-14]]". It's semi-automatic (though ''Call of Pripyat'' adds on an incorrect full-auto mode) and holds more shells and reloads faster than every other shotgun short of the Protecta, but as in RealLife, its realistic weight (4.4 kilograms unmodified, 2.5 heavier than the sawed-off and at least 1.3 heavier than hunting shotgun, Chaser 13, or Eliminator) is a considerable drawback. The first game includes a unique variation with a rifled barrel, that decreases its effectiveness with regular buckshot in return for making it more accurate with alternate ammo types, and it returns as an upgrade option in the later games.
* Available in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' as the "Combat Shotgun". As an inversion of the ''Half-Life'' case, it's depicted exclusively as semi-automatic (in gameplay, at least; Ellis uses it in pump-action mode in the intro), with a tighter spread and higher damage per pellet but fewer pellets per shell than the first game's returning Benelli M4. It also averts the cool action mentioned above: the gun is cocked by means of the charging handle on the side of the gun.
* The Rittergruppen shotguns in ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' are patterned after the SPAS-12, but a little shortened.
* The [=JG840=] shotgun in ''VideoGame/AllPointsBulletin''.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2/3'', where the stock is unfolded and it's pump-action,[[labelnote:*]]Though interestingly, the action still cycles and ejects a shell after firing and before the pump is actually moved anyway; the ''[=MW2=]'' remastered campaign in 2020 fixes this[[/labelnote]] and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'', where the stock is folded up and over the gun and it's semi-auto.[[labelnote:*]]Weirdly, in this instance, it actually gets a ''wider'' pellet spread if you try to aim down the sights. It also still chambers a shell at the end of a reload by working the pump, but that's to be expected at this point.[[/labelnote]] In one singleplayer mission in the first ''Black Ops'', it's equipped with incendiary shells. It returns in ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops II]]'' with the stock unfolded but otherwise identical in form and function to the ''[=BO1=]'' version; the campaign has one scene in which the player, [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent playing as main bad-guy Menendez]], uses a SPAS-12 which he is able to hold 16 shells in and reload ''instantly'' no matter how many shells are needed. Infamously, in the multiplayer mode of ''Modern Warfare 2'', it has an extremely glitchy range which fluctuates between normal shotgun range to submachinegun range, letting it make one-shot kills at distances most of the other shotguns can only dream of even [[ArbitraryMaximumRange registering a hit at]], leading it to be widely hated by anyone who doesn't swear by it. ''Modern Warfare 3'' fixed the range (it's still pretty long [[ShortRangeShotgun for this series]]) but lowered the damage so it's only a one-hit kill at very close range. It returns as a "Classic Weapon" in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'', unlockable through Prestiging and [[AKA47 renamed]] the "S-Ravage", after a Youtube personality who's particularly associated with the ''Modern Warfare 2'' SPAS-12.
** In ''Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered'', the SPAS-12 is shown with the correct reload procedure, which is unconventional in video games. ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'' also uses the proper reload procedure. Most other games (including the original ''Modern Warfare 2'') simply show it being reloaded like other pump actions such as a Remmington 870.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/CombatArms'' in 4 variants: standard, Stock (with the folding stock being replaced with a fixed stock), [[BlingBlingBang Gold, and Stock Gold]].
* A shortened one appears in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark Zero'' as its version of the DEF-12 Shotgun; befitting its shorter length, it only holds 6 shells to the 9 held by the more generically-shaped version from the original game. Its secondary mode fires two shells in quick succession.
* Common in the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series, starting with its debut in the console ''VideoGame/Battlefield2ModernCombat'' as the USMC Engineer's replacement for the Remington from the original PC version.
** Available in both ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'' games; in the latter it can be loaded with 12-gauge slugs.
** Added to ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'' as of the "Close Quarters" expansion, unlocked for the "These Hurt Too" assignment (20 kills each with pistols and shotguns). It can again be loaded with 12-gauge slugs, as well as flechettes or explosive FRAG-12 shells (although the real SPAS-12 wouldn't be able to load them).
** Shows up again in ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' in the base game, as a collectible in the "South China Sea" level of the campaign (where it's fitted with a {{laser|Sight}}/light combo and, when you first pick it up, [[GoodBadBugs no sights]]) and an unlockable in multiplayer, unlocked for making 37,000 points with shotguns[[labelnote:*]]right about one point for every real SPAS-12 built, incidentally[[/labelnote]] as the fifth one unlocked.
** Also available to the Criminal Enforcer in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHardline''. Here it's presented rather weirdly, as it fires semi-automatically unlike in prior ''Battlefield'' games, but the reloading animation still treats it as pump-action (pulling the pump back, chamberloading the first shell, then pushing it forward before loading the rest) and firing while aiming still plays a superfluous pumping animation that will be skipped by just pulling the trigger again.
* Available in ''VideoGame/{{Nightfire}}''. Just like with the real one, the player can switch modes to use pump-action or semi-auto. Unlike the real one, which only has a pump-action mode in order to cycle low-power ammo, the in-game version [[ArbitraryGunPower gets weaker when switching to semi-auto (with the same shells)]], to make the player choose between slow and strong shots or fast but weak ones.
* It shows up twice in the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series. First in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', where it is used by clearing teams after the player triggers an alert. The second time is in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', where Peace Sentinels use them on occasion (despite the gun having [[AnachronismStew not entered production until five years later]]), and the player can research and unlock one for Snake and the MSF to use.
* Can be found in the nuclear shelter's armory in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'' as the "[=SP12=]"... '''if''' you happened to [[GuideDangIt pick up a black keycard that is very easily missed at the beginning of the game.]] Otherwise, you'll have to buy it in a NewGamePlus.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/Payday2'', named the [[AKA47 Predator 12G]], because [[GunPorn of course it does]]. It comes with its standard folding stock and a shortened six-shell mag tube, it can be fitted with an extended tube (increasing the capacity to 10 shells) and its stock can either be folded up, removed, or replaced with a solid stock. It's fired in semi-automatic mode, and surprisingly, is shown to properly rechamber in this mode via the charging handle on the side. Strangely, befitting the low cost of community weapons, it the cheapest shotgun in the game, when real life SPAS-12s are prohibitively expensive due to their rarity (though the in-game cost is still far more expensive than the real thing would be). [[FridgeBrilliance Then again, considering that SPAS-12s are so popular in video games...]]
* The shotgun in ''VideoGame/RedFaction'' is a SPAS-12 with an odd top-mounted ejection port and a reversed pump (moved forward then back to reload). Like ''Half-Life'', it's presented as a double-barreled weapon that fires two shells per trigger pull, though the game also nods to its semi-auto ability in real life by giving it that as its SecondaryFire.
* Added to ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' in ''Rogue Spear'', where it was incorrectly shown as a selectable semi-/full-auto weapon with a nine-round capacity. It's presented closer to reality in ''Raven Shield'' and the ''Vegas'' games, as a pump-action-only weapon with options of different sights and, in ''Raven Shield'', ammo types. ''[[VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege Siege]]'' added it with the Operation Dust Line update as a new primary weapon for the Navy SEAL operator Valkyrie, where it's now presented as semi-auto only (and not still using the pump to chamber a new round, unlike most other games that try to acknowledge its semi-auto ability), and the later Operation Skull Rain update added its mag-fed successor, the SPAS-15, as a primary weapon for the BOPE operator Caveira.
* Shows up in ''VideoGame/Goldeneye2010'' as the Drumhead Type-12. It's the second most powerful shotgun in the game, after the SLY 2020. In the original Wii version, it is pump-action only (though [[LagCancel shifting between aiming and hip-firing lets you skip pumping it]]), while in ''Reloaded'' it is semi-automatic.
** The more generic "Automatic Shotgun" from ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'' is also remodeled into a short-barreled SPAS in ''[=GoldenEye=]: Source''.
* The "Beta Shotgun" from ''VideoGame/Postal2'', an earlier model for the original shotgun that was split off into a separate weapon for the ''Eternal Damnation'' mod and later worked back into the main game with post-digital-release patches, is a SPAS-12 with wooden furniture and a rusted body, including an oddly-flipped ejection port that's closer to the top-left rather than dead-center on the right. It's also one of only two shotguns in the game that requires an actual reload animation, doing so after six shells... with an animation wherein [[HilarityEnsues the Dude tries to shove all six shells into the weapon all at once]].
* Vincent's first alternate weapon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' is a SPAS-12 with the upfolded stock and apparently a wooden pump, listed as simply the "Shotgun".
* An almost-perennial sight in the ''Franchise/FarCry'' series, available in every game starting from ''VideoGame/FarCry2'' as a late-game option that improves over the early-game models via its semi-auto fire rate (as the best shotgun of the first half of ''2'' while still being competitive later on with greater durability to the USAS-12's faster reloads, and as the InfinityPlusOneSword of the class in later games). Of course, despite this, every game in the series to feature it, barring ''VideoGame/FarCry5'', has it still chambered by working the pump despite it being locked during semi-auto firing.
* Available as a secondary weapon in ''Ironsight'', one of currently three shotguns in the game (the others being the Jackhammer and M1014). It's slower to fire than the other two since it's used solely in pump-action mode, and it has a slightly smaller capacity than the Jackhammer, while also requiring longer to reload, though in return it has a tighter spread for slightly better range.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow1'' as the [[AKA47 AS12 Riot]]. It holds 7 shells, has the stock folded and, [[GunsDoNotWorkThatWay despite being depicted as a semi-automatic, uses the same reloading animations as the Tombstone]]. A version [[BlingBlingBang with platinum parts]] can be unlocked by completing the Hitman diversion in the Chinatown district.
* In reference to its appearance in ''Jurassic Park'', it also shows up in ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTrespasser''. Not as common as the Benelli M1, but competes with a slightly higher capacity (8 shells to the Benelli's 7), a faster rate of fire, and a tighter spread.
* The "Scatter Gun" available as a standalone weapon in ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015'' and used with the Assault class's "Vanguard" ability in [[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 the sequel]] is a shotgun that is basically a short-barreled SPAS-12 with everything ahead of the pistol grip rotated 90 degrees to the right, along with the folding foregrip of an [=MP7=] attached to the pump, overall giving it a profile [[DiscontinuityNod almost identical to the ACP Array Gun]] from the pre-ContinuityReboot ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando''.
* The [[AKA47 Backlash]] in ''VideoGame/{{Unturned}}'' is the most accurate of all shotguns and is compact enough to be placed in the secondary weapon slot, but it can't take tactical or barrel attachments, only sights and grips, and it's exclusive to the Greece and Cyprus maps from the Workshop.
* The SPAS-12 (real name Sabrina) is a 4-star Shotgun in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', awarded pre-leveled after clearing map 5-2. A somewhat pudgy woman who constantly worries about her weight (despite being a robot who cannot gain mass through eating), referencing the real weapon's bulk. She is implied to be an ex-[[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions G.I.S. member]], and her "Marching Band" costume gives her a stylized Carabinieri dress uniform. Interestingly, her default costume shows her with a speedloading device attached to the weapon, despite the real SPAS-12 being unable to accept such modification without extensively reworking the receiver (including the safety) - not that she actually uses it in her reload animation. Her "Goblin Hunter" outfit shows the weapon with a more ramshackle look, complete with an axe head mounted under the magazine tube.
* ''VideoGame/{{SYNTHETIK}}'' features a SPAS-12 as a common shotgun, that's loaded with dragon breath rounds by default. The first shot in each tube is more precise then the rest, too.
* ''VideoGame/{{Trailblazer}}'', a gameplay mod for ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', features the SPAS-12 as the [[AKA47 "Chrome Justice"]]. It fires both ordinary buckshot and incendiary rounds. It's pump-action by default, but when upgraded it fires in semi-auto and has an extended 10-round magazine.
* ''VideoGame/Trepang2'' has the SPAS-12 as the standard shotgun in the game, only firing in pump-action.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' has the SPAS-12, being granted the iconic shotgun in Update 24. Another version of it, the SPAS-12 Tactial, was added in the same update. The tactial version has no stock, a shell holder on the left side, and an optics rail on top. The dual-mode function is fully represented and given purpose in case you're firing low-pressure shells.
* The SPAS-12 is one of Ryuji's usable weapons in ''VideoGame/Persona5'', called the [[AKA47 Bianchi SBAS]].
* Appears as the Assault Shotgun in the original ''VideoGame/{{Timesplitters}}'', where it fires fully-automatically, but has a pump animation for each shot.

[[AC: Web Animation]]
* The [[HopeSpot "Gensokyo is Strong"]] scene in ''WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou'' features Rinnosuke holding off fairies with a SPAS-12 towards the end.

[[folder:Franchi [=SPAS-15=]]]

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The Franchi SPAS-15 is a dual semi-automatic/pump-action shotgun, based on and the successor to Franchi's earlier SPAS-12.\\\
Compared to the SPAS-12, the 15 has a layout more similar to an assault rifle, feeding from detachable box magazine and with either a solid fixed or side-folding stock.\\\
The SPAS-15 was barely imported to the United States (only 180 made it before the Assault Weapons Ban took effect in 1994). Those that can be found often sell for $6000 or more. In its native Italy, however, the SPAS-15 is a very popular civilian and police weapon, and is also used by their army, being nicknamed "La Chiave dell'Incursore" (the key of the commando) for its use in door breaching. Aside from Italy, the SPAS-15 also sees use with the Portuguese military, Brazilian GRT and BOPE, and Israeli special forces.

[[AC: Films -- Live-Action]]
* A human soldier can briefly be seen using one in the opening scene of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''.
* An LAPD SWAT officer can be seen holding one in ''Film/Predator2''.

[[AC: Live-Action TV]]
* In Creator/MichaelMann's ''L.A. Takedown'' (which would later be adapted into Film/{{Heat}}), detectives Bobby Schwartz and Vincent Hanna are seen using SPAS-15s.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'': Operation Skull Rain update the SPAS-15 as a primary weapon for the BOPE operator Caveira.
* Appears as a late-game weapon in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3''.
* Appears as a usable weapon in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany''. It also appears as a purchasable weapon in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldPlay4Free''.

[[folder:Heckler & Koch CAWS]]
->''A fully automatic shotgun, created as a prototype to explore the potential of next-generation personal close-combat weapons. It fires a specially designed 12-gauge shell that allows for both high ammo capacity and a high rate of fire. This is the final word in shotguns, a gale-force barrage of lead in a compact package. If you're looking for maximum attack power at point-blank range, look no further - this is the weapon for you.''
-->-- '''Description''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker''

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The Heckler & Koch CAWS was [[http://www.hkpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101:caw&catid=11:rare-prototypes&Itemid=5 an entry]] in the U.S. Military's Close Assault Weapon System program, designed by Heckler & Koch and Winchester-Olin. The CAWS was an attempt to salvage the terminally screwed-up SPIW program (a flechette infantry weapon program which was cancelled after it was found the lightweight flechettes would deflect off leaves and even ''[[WeaksauceWeakness raindrops]]''), with the idea being a shotgun-like weapon designed specifically for city combat at ranges not exceeding 100 yards. H&K's submission for this project was a bullpup selective-fire shotgun designed to fire proprietary 12-gauge tungsten buckshot or flechette rounds in semi-auto or 240rpm 3-round bursts. Features included a moving barrel (to help reduce recoil), ambidextrous layout and a full plastic shroud with an integral carrying handle.

The usefulness of the CAWS program itself was called into question (specifically, what soldiers were supposed to do if they encountered someone more than a hundred yards away, admittedly a rare occurrence in urban combat but still far from unheard of), and the project ultimately scrapped before any weapon involved was out of the prototype phase. The HK design has some major issues as an actual weapon; it was very large for what it did, required brass-cased rounds to avoid fouling the action with melted plastic, only had a ten-round magazine, and jammed every other time you pulled the trigger.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* Major Revell used one in ''The Zone'' WorldWarIII action-adventure novels by James Rouch.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* It was the US Army's shotgun in the alternate universe of ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', and is seen in the hands of many of survivors.
* ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2'' featured this weapon, and, with some luck, allowed you to get two of them for free. It is also one of the most broken weapons in the game, seconding only to Rocket Rifle. In the unofficial patch, it's nerfed, due to new weight limitations making it harder to aim, but it still packs a punch.
* It's possible to develop and use this gun in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', and it's the best shotgun available.
* ''VideoGame/PhantomDoctrine'' is set in a 1980s very like our own. The CAWS is the most powerful shotgun, and one of the most powerful guns overall. See the details on the "Weapons" tab of [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSJc8JbKz-LMmMXJm-5x5HPu33v6CLEOv3YfNRDEd4BWmt33qnZvoF_pc8AC5CMVApu_sbPJdkBGsly/pubhtml# this Google Docs spreadsheet]] .
* CAWS is a 5-star Shotgun in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. A GermanicDepressive extraordinaire who works for G&K solely for money, seeing no future in her current line of work (which, [[FromBadToWorse considering recent events in the plot]], isn't entirely unfounded). She is good friends with Tokarev TT-30 due to being illustrated by the same artist as her.
* Update 93 saw the CAWS and CAWS TacMod added to ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades''. The TacMod variant has Picatinny rails on the forend and top.

[[folder:High Standard Model 10]]
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The High Standard Model 10 is a gas operated, semi-automatic bullpup shotgun. Designed by police sergeant Alfred Couch circa 1957, it was originally designed as a device for the Remington 11-48 shotgun to make single-handed firing possible. The design removes the normal shotgun stock, attaches an aluminum bullpup stock, pistol grip, and rotating buttplate on the receiver, with the trigger linked to the sear by a sliding bar. The design was sold to High Standard in 1965, who redesigned the aluminum stock into a three-part plastic shell, adds an integral carrying handle with a flashlight, and remade it around their High Standard Flite King shotgun. The first production model, the High Standard Model 10A, was produced in 1967. The standard capacity for the tube is 4 shells, but there is a tube extension offering a capacity of 6 shells.

Designed for law enforcement use since the very beginning, it saw some adoption by some police forces on introduction, but was very quickly retired due to having massive reliability problems with cycling and some ergonomic issues. An improved model, the High Standard Model 10B, added a left-hand charging handle, a flip-up front sight, replaced the integral carrying handle with a folding one, and made the flashlight detachable. However, it did little to fix the major problems with cycling, and production ceased in 1977.

* '''Cool Action:''' Firing the shotgun one-handed, with the stock against the right arm. It's a very bad idea to fire it with the left arm, as the spent cartridges are ejected to the right and will hit the shooter's face if fired from the left arm. There's even a warning on the gun stating "CAUTION - DO NOT SHOOT FROM LEFT SHOULDER".

[[AC:Films — Live-Action]]
* ''[[Film/{{Shaft}} Shaft's Big Score!]]''
* ''Film/TheExterminator''
* ''Film/{{Thief}}''
* ''Film/{{Scarecrows}}''

* The Model 10B appears in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' as the HS-10, unlocked after all other shotguns were purchased. Interestingly, its only attachment is Dual Wield, which is a bad idea in real life as stated above, but a very useful attachment in-game as it doubles the shotgun's damage output, making it a very powerful close-range weapon. In the introductory cutscene to the [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Zombies level]] "Five", UsefulNotes/RichardNixon grabs a pair of them from UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's WallOfWeapons.
* ''[[VideoGame/GhostReconOnline Ghost Recon Phantoms]]'' featured the 10B as well, mislabeled as the "Model 10a".
* You can get the 10B in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' by giving Wayne 300 Junk and asking him for a shotgun.

[[folder: [=KS-23=]]]
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An example of Russian ingenuity, the KS-23 is a Russian shotgun made in 1971 by [=TsNII=]-Tochmash. It's actually classified as a carbine by Russia because the barrel is rifled, a product of the weapon's unique origins: KS-23s are made from rejected ZSU-23-4 23mm anti-aircraft gun barrels. Rather than simply melting them down, they were cut down and used for riot shotgun barrels. The end result is a barrel that's the equivalent of [[NoKillLikeOverkill 6.27 gauge]], or 4 gauge in the metric bore system. Their primary use is to stop prison riots, which is probably the best fit, as for obvious reasons, the loads for this gun are unique to this gun only.[[note]]This includes "Shrapnel" buckshot rounds with a 10- or 25-meter range, "Barricade" slugs able to destroy the engine block of a car at 100 meters, "Volna" and "Strela" training or less-lethal rounds, and "Bird cherry" and "Lilac" tear-gas grenades, which use a rifle grenade adaptor.[[/note]] There are a few variations, including the KS-23M (pictured above) which used synthetic furniture and a folding stock, and the KS-23K, a configuration which turns the shotgun into a magazine-fed bullpup to allow for quicker reloading and changing of ammo types.

* Appears in ''7.62 High Caliber'' as the KS-23M with a folding stock.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'' as the original KS-23, only usable in single-player for balance reasons, as the weapon boasts high range and very devastating power, it can easily cause LudicrousGibs. It is used at one point with a jury-rigged harpoon to down a helicopter during [[{{Irony}} a prison riot.]] It is also seen as a common shotgun for Soviet, Cuban, and Viet Cong troops. [[RunningGag Once again]], its appearance is [[AnachronismStew anachronistic]] as its appearance in-game predates its creation by at least a decade. Additionally, it's depicted as having a larger magazine than it actually does (seven, versus the at most four in reality), and on top of that [[GoodBadBugs two shells are ejected for every one fired]] which probably explains why it's so powerful.
* One of the shotguns available in the ''Firearms: Source'' mod for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''. The KS-23 has the smallest load of four rounds, but behaves more as a "Sniper Shotgun" as it fires slug rounds that are powerful and accurate.
* A 3-star Shotgun in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', with the highest HP and per-shot damage out of all shotguns in exchange of having other stats at rock-bottom within her class. The Forward Base update gives her exclusive buckshot ammunition, though it's listed as "[=20GA Buckshot=]".
* The KS-23 is one of the most powerful shotguns in ''VideoGame/EscapeFromTarkov''. It can be rebuilt into the KS-23M variant with a pistol grip and wire stock.
* The KS-23M appears in ''VideoGame/{{Vigor}}'' without a stock, incorrectly called the regular KS-23.
* The KS-23 was added to ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' on day 7 of Meatmas 2018. The shotgun came with its special ammunition types as well.

[[folder: [=M30=] Luftwaffe Drilling]]
->''In case Luftwaffe pilots got shot down, they had this weapon to both hunt game and protect themselves with. The [=M30=] had two shotgun barrels and one normal rifle barrel.''
-->-- '''Description''', ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV''

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Technically a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combination_gun combination gun]] combining a double-barreled shotgun with a rifle, the M30 Luftwaffe Drilling[[note]]Drilling (German for "triplet") refers to a type of combination gun with three barrels, generally two shotgun barrels and a rifle barrel[[/note]] was manufactured by Sauer & Sohn and first sold commercially in 1930 as a hunting weapon. The German Luftwaffe later purchased some M30s in WWII outside of standard military procurement procedures and issued them as a survival weapon.

The military version (which was pretty much identical to the original fine-crafted commercial version) has two 12 gauge shotgun barrels (left choked for slugs, right choked for birdshot) and one rifle barrel underneath the two, chambered for the large 9.3x74mmR cartridge. It has two triggers and a sliding selector behind the break-open lever that switches between two modes to fire the three barrels. When the selector is forwards, the rear sight for the rifle raises, the front trigger fires the rifle barrel, while the rear trigger fires the left shotgun barrel. When the selector is backwards, the rear sight lowers, and the front trigger now fires the right shotgun barrel.

It was intended as a survival weapon for aircraft crews in North Africa, stored disassembled in an aluminium case with a cleaning kit and sling, 20 rounds of rifle ammo (with soft points, meaning it could not legally be fired at a human), 20 slug shells and 25 birdshot shells. This was not supposed to be picked up on the way out of the aircraft as the fully loaded case weighed 32 pounds: instead, the case was supposed to survive the crash and be retrieved afterwards by the crew, to be used against large wild animals. In practice, it was almost completely unnecessary due to there being few beasts in North Africa, and the weapon's first-class quality made it quite expensive. In the end, the total number of Drillings produced was low, at around 2,500 guns total.[[note]]Some believed that the reason why the Luftwaffe bought an expensive hunting weapon was because Hermann Göring, the commander-in-chief of Luftwaffe, was an avid hunter.[[/note]]

On a side note, the M30 Luftwaffe Drilling was the only shotgun ever issued by Nazi Germany. Germany ''hated'' the shotgun as a weapon of war following their experiences with American soldiers in [=WW1=] (who would tend to jump into trenches and slamfire their weapon along them, firing 6 shots in less than 2 seconds), declaring in September 1918 that soldiers caught with Model 1897 Trench Guns or even carrying shotgun shells would be executed (though there are no documented cases of this threat actually being carried out; the American reprisal threat might have had something to do with it, the war ending six weeks later probably more), and attempting to have the shotgun banned entirely in the interwar years.