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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' hung a [[Lampshade]] on this - Schlock hauls around BH-209 until the old one was destroyed and he couldn't get another as it was out of production, then got [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-06-25 BH-250] - ''[//www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-15 even bigger]'' ([//www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-07-11 19.5 kg]), with forearm brace, but without reserve of gas that lets its smaller cousin [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-05-31 work in vacuum] for a while. Schlock calls this class of weapons "wristbreaker"; he and some other characters ''do'' fire these things with one hand, and thanks to [[Powered Armor]], we have seen this done by a (not obviously augmented otherwise) human, too. Moreover, it's basically a handheld fusion thruster with recoil compensation, and when switched to "rocket mode" gives enough of thrust to let quarter-ton Schlock fly with a human passenger.
** He often refuses an upgrade because the new weapon, despite being far more powerful, is smaller and lacks [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2003-03-15 the ominous hum and intimidating glow at the business end]. Schlock had to use a [[Guns Akimbo|pair]] of [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-09-01 the same] AP-130 [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2005-05-29 antimatter-powered guns] once, and after seeing Murtaugh [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-06-18 fire] bigger AP-229 he decided he likes it, hum or not. Later she used it to "[//www.schlockmercenary.com/2013-07-09 shoot a hole in the sky]" - clear the path through an enormous thunderstorm by shorting shear layers from relatively safe distance of 8 km. But he still carries his piece. There's however a trade-off: annie-plants were detected and neutralized (often messily) by enemies more than once, but micro-fusion weapons, while somewhat capricious, so far were detected only along with all other metal and destroyed only via actual action or misuse. E.g. on Credomar the Toughs lost power in their flying tanks and their [[Powered Armor|flying pants]], but Schlock still had [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-12-15 a pair of working thrusters].
*** Ezraene Venombrook after personal observation [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-08-07 decides to unsubscribe] from wherever she have read a review proclaiming AP-130 "a toy giving creatures with small hands an illusion of true firepower".
** On the ballistic side, there's 15-mm [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-10-23 Blattco "Clawhammer"].
* ''[[Chicanery]]'' character [[Trigger Happy|Mr. Saturn]] has a "Modified [[Trope Co|DeathCo]] Magnum", several times larger than the main characters and apparently a cross between a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|revolver]] and a [[Blame|GBE.]] Effects range from [[Your Head Asplode|blowing heads apart]] to [[Ludicrous Gibs|explosively atomising people]] and [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank|coating the surrounding area in blood.]]
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