Ammunition Backpack: Difference between revisions

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A [[Sub Trope]] of [[Awesome Backpack]], the Ammunition Backpack is there if you use [[More Dakka]], but don't have [[Bottomless Magazines]], or just don't have enough space to carry more ammo in your pockets or [[Badass Bandolier]].

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Awesome Backpack]], the Ammunition Backpack is there if you use [[More Dakka]], but don't have [[Bottomless Magazines]], or just don't have enough space to carry more ammo in your pockets or [[Badass Bandolier]].

Common for characters using hand-held [[Gatling Good|miniguns]] (such as Blaine in ''[[Predator]]'' and the T-800 in ''[[Terminator]] 2'') or other portable machine guns.

Also included are fuel tanks for [[Fire Breathing Weapon|flamethrowers]], portable power plants for science fiction guns, and the like, and quivers for [[The Archer]]. In [[Video Games]], you can bet that [[Attack Its Weak Point|damaging the tanks will defeat enemies]] [[For Massive Damage]].

Also included are fuel tanks for [[Fire-Breathing Weapon|flamethrowers]], portable power plants for science fiction guns, and the like, and quivers for [[The Archer]]. In [[Video Games]], you can bet that [[Attack Its Weak Point|damaging the tanks will defeat enemies]] [[For Massive Damage]].

See also [[Backpack Cannon]].

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== [[Real Life]] ==

* Some [[Fire Breathing Weapon|flamethrowers]] require tanks to hold fuel. They are very visible and draw fire from enemy forces, and the fuel inside can be ignited easily if it leaks out (the wielder certainly wouldn't want either of those things) <ref>Unlike Hollywood portrayals, an explosion won't happen from simply ''shooting'' the tank, however.</ref> which is one of the reasons flamethrowers have fallen out of favour in combat.

* Some [[Fire-Breathing Weapon|flamethrowers]] require tanks to hold fuel. They are very visible and draw fire from enemy forces, and the fuel inside can be ignited easily if it leaks out (the wielder certainly wouldn't want either of those things) <ref>Unlike Hollywood portrayals, an explosion won't happen from simply ''shooting'' the tank, however.</ref> which is one of the reasons flamethrowers have fallen out of favour in combat.

** The Russians developed a flame thrower with a fuel tank that resembled a standard ammo pouch, and built the nozzle to resemble a normal rifle. Flame weapons have been since outlawed by the Geneva Convention.

* The US Navy SEALs and MACVSOG had [http://seahound1969.hp2.jp/wswu/Uthin/SEAL%20DMS%2001.JPG this] during [[The Vietnam War]]. In Panama, the Delta Force used [http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/189/deltam249backpackairbor.jpg this]. And last year, [http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/MICO-Pack.jpg this] [http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Machine-Gunners-Assault-Pack-MICO.jpg backpack] was unveiled.

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