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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 BH-250 - ''[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-07-15 even bigger]'' ([http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-07-11 19.5 kg]), but without reserve of gas that lets its smaller cousin [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-05-31 work in vacuum]. 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, but 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
* ''[[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.]]
* ''[[Narbonic]]'' Antonio Smith the forensic linguist wields such a weapon.
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