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The [[Ammunition Backpack]] is cool and all, but having to lug both it and your gun may be a hassle. Why not combine them both and get yourself a Backpack Cannon! Yeah, it would probably be really hard to aim, but come on.
Compare [[Shoulder Cannon]], [[Weaponized Animal]], [[Jet Pack]], and [[Weaponized Exhaust]]. ''Completely'' unrelated to [[Headcanon]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* General Catton in ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' had a double backpack cannon.
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== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', Ironfist's lightformer cannon ''is'' his backpack... but he has to take it off to use it.
** The tank mode turret of Ironfist's teammate Guzzle is situated on his back when in robot mode, with the barrel extending far past his head.
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== Film - Live Action ==
* From ''[[Star Wars]]'', Boba and Jango Fett's [[Jet Pack|Jetpacks]] can fire rockets.
* In the climactic underwater battle in ''[[Thunderball]]'', James Bond's scuba tank also has high-speed propulsion '''and''' launches underwater rockets.
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Shadowrun]]''. The Ballista Multi-Role Missile Launcher, which is worn as a backpack.
* ''Battlelords of the 23rd Century''. The Cizerack (large quadrupedal catlike aliens) have been known to wear weapon systems mounted on their backs. See a picture [https://web.archive.org/web/20150928223753/http://tinyurl.com/34otgrn here].
* Likewise ''Battle Cattle'' (pic [http://tinyurl.com/3xryles here]).
* Most of the power armor in ''[[Rifts]]'' has this, notably the Glitterboy and its variant armor.
* In ''[[Warhammer
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* [http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow Shadow] from ''[[Mega Man X Command Mission]]'' has a "Pulverizer Cannon" on his back. It takes three turns to [[Charged Attack|charge]], and like its name suggests, it hurts ''a lot'' on all your character.
* The Dwarf from ''[[Sacred]]'' has this as a special weapon.
* The Odin [[Humongous Mecha|superheavy siege walker]] from ''[[
* [[Game Mod|GameMods]] for ''[[Starsiege: Tribes]]'' and ''Tribes 2'' usually add at least one of these. Instead of carrying around a regular backpack, like a shield pack, you can stick a big gun on your shoulder, allowing you to use both your hand weapon and the backpack weapon at the same time.
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