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Each firearm is listed alphabetically.
See also [[Rare Vehicles]], [[Family-Friendly Firearms]], [[Cool Guns]] and [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]]. Compare [[Selective Historical Armoury]], where firearms that should be present are absent. See also [http://www.imfdb.org/ the Internet Movie Firearms Database] site for more. [[Forgotten Weapons]] occasionally manages to find one of these and take a look.
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== AK-12 ==
The latest of many modernized AK-47 variants with Picatinny rails for mounting optics and other accessories. It was designed to be available in all the modern calibers: Current Russian standard 5.45x39mm, current NATO standard 5.56x45mm, former Soviet standard (and favorite of irregular forces) 7.62x39mm (this version was adopted as the AK-15), NATO standard long distance round 7.62x51mm, 12 Gauge (though this one doesn't seem to have survived the prototype phase) and a few others. It has gained popularity in video games for allowing more [[Gun Accessories]] compared to the currently standard AK-74 while having a futuristic but recognizable look. The only problem? The AK-12 wasn't adopted until the end of January of 2018 and the final version looks ''vastly'' different than the 2011 prototype that appears in video games. Civilian sales were considered early in development, but a 1998 trade agreement between the US and Russia and executive orders by [[Barack Obama]] had cut it off from the largest possible civilian firearms market. Most of the works that includes it have a near future setting but even though the Russian Federation adopted it they will have a massive stockpile of AK-74s that they won't be getting rid of in the foreseeable future making total replacement, at best, implausible outside of special forces. At least unlike the OICW (see below) the AK-12 actually got adopted.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Many a ''[[STALKER]]'' mod includes these. In them they tend to be potent mid-late game weapons thanks to taking common 5.45 ammo yet using the superior western optics options. Note the first and third games are set in 2012 (the near future when the first game was released) making their inclusion even more conspicuous.
* ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield 4]]'' includes several variants, including the RPK-12 that had never been shown publicly (if any physical copies existed at all) and differs from the RPK-16 eventually adopted by the Russian National Guard.
* Used by some enemies in ''[[Time Crisis]] 5''
* Used by Russians in ''[[Call of Duty]]: Ghosts'' and ''Advanced Warfare''.
* ''[[Rainbow Six: Siege]]''
* Appears in ''[[Arma 3]]'''s ''Apex'' expansion. Use of the 2011 prototype in a 2016 product is odd enough, but it's in 7.62x39 and called the AK-12 (instead of AK-15 as a 7.62x39 variant should) and has the two shot burst functions of an AN-94.
== AN-94 ==
The AN-94 "Abakan" assault rifle was developed as a possible replacement for Russia's main service rifle, the AK-74. Its most notable feature is the "blowback shifted pulse" system, which postpones recoil until after the rounds have left the weapon. The AN-94 has an ultra-fast 1800 rpm two round burst mode. Russia eventually decided against replacing the AK-74 because the AN-94 is much more expensive, but it still sees limited use in the hands of special forces and the FSB (the successor to the [[Moscow Central|KGB]]), mostly due to its complex mechanism compared to the AK family rifles. It's also one of the few weapons that Russia ''[[No Export for You|doesn't]]'' [[No Export for You|sell to foreign countries]].
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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), 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, and only had a ten-round magazine.
Interesting features: Bullpup shotgun. With burst fire.
=== [[Literature]] ===
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== Calico LWS ==
While the [[wikipedia:Calico Light Weapons Systems|Calico Light Weapon Systems]] submachine guns and rifles have gained more currency since the end of the US Assault Weapons Ban, they remain far less common than they would seem from film and television. Because of their futuristic appearance, the M950 machine pistol series are especially popular in action films; they're typically [[Good Guns, Bad Guns|a "bad guy" gun]]. Interesting as well for being a whole ''series'' of rare weapons, not just a single rare model (though no one model is particularly common). In real life, they're a little less practical than in film due to the inherent difficulty of determining how much ammunition is actually left in the 50 / 100-round magazine, the time-consuming process of reloading a helical magazine (there's a reason few firearms use them), and the expense of the magazines themselves; militaries typically prefer
* Interesting features: Futuristic looks. "Stop, or I will shoot ''[[Bottomless Magazines|forever]]''!"
'''M100''':
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Despite all this, the Desert Eagle is the weapon of choice for media [[badass]]es across the spectrum, sometimes even being depicted as a standard issue military sidearm; quite a contrast to real life, where it's a niche weapon in the civilian market (often described as a "range toy") and has never attracted any serious interest from anyone else. In fan fiction, it's a good sign the wielder is a [[Mary Sue]] of some kind, much like a gratuitous [[Katanas Are Just Better]].
* Interesting features: Look how huge it is! Also, by now it became something of a meme - the stereotypical [[Hand Cannon]].
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
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=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* A particularly egregious offender is the ''[[Immortal Iron Fist]]'' one shot ''Orson Randal and The Green Mist of Death''. This story takes place sometime around the [[Two-Fisted Tales|1920s]]
=== [[Film]] ===
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** ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' has them as well, and it's also possible to find [[Guns Akimbo|akimbo]] [[Awesome but Impractical|Desert Eagles]].
** ''[[Modern Warfare]] 3'' also has them, and in the single-player campaign Yuri usually starts with one. Captain Price also takes up one as his new sidearm of choice after being disavowed from Task Force 141, replacing his old M1911.
** CJ from ''[[
** The gun also shows up (as the "[[AKA-47|Combat Pistol]]") in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]''. It's not as much of a [[Hand Cannon]] 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 ''Ballad of Gay Tony'' DLC, it's also no longer the most powerful handgun.
** Turns up in ''[[Far Cry]]'' as the "Falcon 357" and the console sequels as the "Jungle Falcon." In ''[[Far Cry]] 2'' it's the "Eagle .50" and has "Deagle .50AE Pistol" engraved on the slide.
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The [[wikipedia:FG 42|Fallschirmjägergewehr 42]] was a slightly bizarre German weapon designed for use by paratroopers, designed to be a very light machine gun firing the 7.92x57mm Mauser round used more successfully by the Kar 98 and MG42. The "intermediate" 7.92x33mm Kurz that would later be used in the StG44 (see below), an obviously more sensible choice, was already available, but [[Fat Bastard|Hermann Goering]] [[What an Idiot!|vetoed its use and insisted on the full-power 7.92x57mm]]. Two versions exist with a total production run of around 7,000 weapons; the early version had a distinctive 45-degree pistol grip supposedly to allow the weapon to be fired as the soldier descended on his parachute, and the late production version with a more sensible straight grip; both used a side-mounted box magazine. Neither was particularly spectacular in terms of performance
Despite this, it tends to be depicted in WWII video games as a supergun, able to fire accurately in single-shot while still being effective when firing bursts. The weapon was to be an universal gun, merging the capabilities of machine gun, machine pistol and precision rifle (it was to be fitted with a bipod, scope and a spike bayonet, a true [[IKEA Weaponry]]). The designers working on the project even came to joke that their superiors in High Command demand "eine eierlegende Wollmichsau" (dairy egg-laying pig).
* Interesting features: Peculiar look. Also, weirdness from [[Those Wacky Nazis]].
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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* All but replaces the MP40 as primary weapon as soon as it appears in ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''.
* Seen in ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII]]''.
* Germans may choose it in ''Day of Defeat'', but only in a paratroopers team.<ref>And one [[Easter Egg]]
* Wielded by [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]] in ''[[
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* ''[[Call of Juarez]]: Bound in Blood'' features Ray yanking a gatling gun off its stand and then going on a rampage. Its ammo is rather limited, however. And it can't be reloaded.
* ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause 2]]'' also allows the protagonist to dismount any mounted gatling gun he sees, and tote it around - but not run, jump or grapple while holding it, and not even move while firing it. On the plus side, the weapon can quickly destroy even targets that normally require explosives, and has ''infinite'' ammunition.
* Somewhat justified by the JSF in ''[[
* ''[[Dead Frontier]]'' has the "GAU-19" which is described in the wiki as "Weighing in at a hefty 139 pounds and having a recoil force exceeding 500 pounds, the GAU-19 normally cannot be wielded by a man and is intended for use in helicopters, on ships and vehicles..."
* Gatling guns are a ''[[Fallout]]'' series staple, usually in the hands of Super Mutants. Regular humans generally require [[Powered Armor]] to handle the weapon's weight and ammunition requirements.
* Appears in ''[[Uncharted]] 2'', almost exclusively wielded by the [[Giant
== Heckler & Koch Mark 23 ==
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== Mateba 6 Unica Autorevolver ==
[[wikipedia:Mateba Autorevolver|A very rare 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. 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 Autorevolver and several other unconventional revolvers). Was made by a single company in Italy, and discontinued after a few years; 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. Production resumed in 2018, presumably to take advantage of their increased fame.
* Interesting features: It's a revolver! It's a semi-auto! Unusual look that may be impressive depending on the angle.
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Trigun]]'' -- Vash the Stampede's gun visually resembles the Mateba, though it's otherwise a regular break-open, double-action revolver.
* One of the episodes of ''[[
* Togusa's weapon of choice in all of the ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' series. His Mateba isn't a real world production model, but a combination of two different Mateba variants. There's also a chance that his is actually a traditional DA revolver, as the Major comments on how he refuses to carry an automatic.
** The Mateba Autorevolver's immediate predecessor was the [http://matebafan.com/2006m.html Mateba 2006M], a visually very similar (and even rarer) revolver that's a conventional double-action revolver but has the same 6-o-clock barrel configuration. It's like that this, rather than the Unica 6 Autorevolver, is the kind that Togusa uses.
* Ithaqua from ''[[Demonbane]]'' is patterned after the Mateba revolver, and seriously upscaled at that.
=== [[Film]] ===
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* Wash has one in the movie ''[[Serenity]]'', it is shown being held by River in the poster, but it is only seen used by Jayne and Zoe.
* The remake of ''[[Total Recall]]''—the protagonist's 'wife' is using one in the trailer.
== MP-412 REX ==
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* ''[[Red Steel]]'' features it as a pretty run-of-the-mill [[Hand Cannon]].
== NS2000 ==
A [https://web.archive.org/web/20140906055827/http://users.iafrica.com/n/nj/njj741t/ futuristic-looking assault shotgun] manufactured by the South African company NeoStead, The NS2000 is a 12-gauge pump-action with dual 6-round tubular magazines in a bullpup configuration. The bullpup action allows a longer barrel in a shorter overall package, and the dual magazine provides for loading two different types of ammo at once for multipurpose use - for example, buckshot and rubber baton rounds. Despite these interesting and useful features, the NS2000 has yet to be picked up in any large numbers. But it looks really cool, so it gets plenty of use in fiction. Unlike most pump-action shotguns, the rounds are cycled by a forward-back motion <ref>so far, the only other mass produced shotgun that works like this - and more widespread at that - is Russian [[Cool Guns/Shotguns#RMB-93_.2F_RMO-93_Lynx|"Lynx"]], but other than magazine on top, it has a more common layout. Kel Tec KSG and UTAS Makina UTS-15 have the layout similar to NS2000 (bullpup with two magazines - in KSG below barrel, in UTS above), but classic pump action</ref>.
* Interesting features: Bullpup shotgun, general "futuristic" look. Dual feed. Reverse pump action. Ejection downward, which can be an advantage for visuals as well as in use.
=== [[Film]] ===
* The DDS Police in ''[[Doomsday]]''
=== [[Video Games]] ===
*
* Featured in ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]'' for the multiplayer Demolition Class.
** ''Bad Company 2'' follows,with NS 2000 available for all kits and being one of the best shotguns in the game.
* Shows up in ''[[UFO:
* ''[[Jagged Alliance
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150628100431/http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Neostead_Combat_SG Appeared] in ''[[Fallout]] Tactics'', but without magazine selector and for some reason as full-auto.
* ''[[Soldier of Fortune]]: Payback''
* ''[[Ghost Recon]]: Phantoms''
* ''Söldner: Secret Wars''
* ''Survarium''
== OICW /
The Objective Individual Combat Weapon, the U.S. Army's name for the weapon development project and the weapon itself. Meant as an [[wikipedia:XM29 OICW|advanced tactical weapon]], composed of a 5.56mm carbine mounted underneath a bullpup-feed 20mm grenade launcher (later 25mm), and equipped with a sophisticated computerized sight. This allowed the use of HEAB [High Explosive Air Burst] rounds which could have their fusing set by the user to explode without hitting the target or requiring a proximity fuse.
The XM29 was H&K and Alliant Techsystems' entry in the project, and the one that got closest to a green-light. However, it became clear that the XM29 would never be brought within the project's weight and cost goals, so it was cancelled and the OICW program was split into two "increments;" in the first, the separate halves of the weapon would be developed as discrete weapon systems. The grenade launcher is still in the works, the US Army ordered several XM25 "Punisher" standalone grenade launchers for testing in late 2015<ref>though H&K was hit with a lawsuit in early 2017 for failure as a subcontractor to produce these prototypes</ref>, while the lower was based on the G36 rifle and was worked into the XM8 (see below). This was supposed to be followed up with a second increment where, technology allowing, the systems would be used as the basis for a new combined system like the XM29 would have been. It remains unclear if the current next-gen US rifle project is part of the increment 1 or if the whole OICW program has now been scrapped.
While the OICW program was a failure, South Korea has put the similar [[wikipedia:S&T Daewoo K11|K11]] system into service, not as a standard rifle but as a limited-issue grenadier's weapon, which is probably what the US should have been thinking in terms of. This implies that having [[OIC Ws]] in a work set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] might not be ''too'' unrealistic, as long as not ''everybody'' is carrying one.
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* This weapon was originally intended to be used by the Combine in ''[[Half Life]] 2'', and appears in many promotional screenshots for the game. It was only replaced by the completely fictional pulse rifle relatively late in development, and can be used in the leaked beta version of the game.
* This was the main gun in ''Delta Force: Land Warrior'' under the name OICW Landwarrior.
== Pancor Jackhammer ==
A [[wikipedia:Pancor Jackhammer|12-gauge automatic shotgun]] with a ten-round drum magazine. Can (theoretically) empty itself in less than four seconds. It also has the oddball feature of being able to remove its magazine and use it as an anti-personnel landmine with the addition of a detonator. Like the CAWS and the NS2000, it has a futuristic look due to a plastic shroud (which it only has because the only remaining Jackhammer is a shop room prototype.<ref>The temporary nature of these parts is obvious [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VKGhqIl4Gw when the gun is disassembled])</ref>) and bullpup format. Less than twenty prototypes were made; a mere ''two'' of these were full auto-capable and only ''one'' still exists. The real weapon had severe problems in semi and fullauto since it depended on the magazine grooves being manufactured to fairly tight tolerances, and the weapon would typically only be able to fire two or three shots before failing to cycle. The Jackhammer is oddly much more common than the production USAS-12 fully automatic shotgun<ref>the rarity possibly influenced by the semi-automatic version, and only the semi-automatic version, being declared a "destructive device" and thus more trouble than it's worth to get a stand-in to scan</ref>… or the relatively easy to modify to full auto AK based Saiga and Vepr semi-automatic
* Interesting features: Full-auto shotgun. Bullpup, and general "futuristic" look
=== Film ===
* ''[[Total Recall]]'' has several SWD/Cobray Street Sweeper shotguns [http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Total_Recall_(1990)#Shotguns dressed up] to resemble Jackhammer prototype (at least, from above).
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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There are more listed examples here (plus unlisted appearances) than the actual number of Jackhammers that were manufactured. [[Epileptic Trees|Maybe there's some sort of gun-sharing pool in action.]]
== PP-19 Bizon ==
A [[wikipedia:PP-19 Bizon|submachine gun]] produced by Russian state armory IZHMASH, the Bizon is essentially a modified AKS-74, chambered for one of three pistol cartridges and with a helical 45 (7.62x25mm) or 64 (9x18 and 9x19mm) round magazine which doubles as the handguard. It is still in production, but has seen only limited service with Russian security and law enforcement forces; like the Calico weapons (above), the main issue is that helical magazines are expensive to manufacture, and early Bizon versions also had issues with the magazine detaching from the gun while being used as a grip (
* Interesting features: Much like Calico, only more "cobbled together" look.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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== Franchi SPAS-12 ==
The [[wikipedia:Franchi SPAS-12|Franchi SPAS-12]] (Sporting or Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun, depending on who you're trying to sell it to) is the movie-writer's and game-developer's favorite shotgun, mainly because it looks cool, with a brawny appearance similar to the M60. In real life, it's rather heavy for a combat weapon and is fairly complicated to use compared to other shotguns; notably, it will not let you chamber a round with the safety on (of which it had TWO), a fact which has caused some consternation among new owners, and was awkward to load for non-right-hand users. It was cancelled in the early 2000s
It was replaced by the [[wikipedia:Franchi SPAS-15|SPAS-15]], which feeds from a box magazine and looks somewhat like an [[Cool Guns/Assault Rifles|M16]] that got beat down with the ugly stick. The latter explains why unlike its predecessor, the SPAS-15 doesn't get seen very often in movies or video games, despite being an objectively superior weapon.
While it's capable of both pump-action and semi-automatic fire (the latter preferable in combat, the former being intended for firing less-lethal ammo like bean bag and baton rounds, which have insufficient power to cycle the action), this is seldom depicted in movies since the action is incapable of cycling with blank ammunition. While video games obviously aren't subject to the blank-firing limitation, many of them depict the SPAS as pump-action only as well; presumably this is either because the developers got their idea of how it works from movies, or simply due to [[Rule of Cool]].
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The [[wikipedia:StG 44|Sturmgewehr 44]], also known as the MP43 and MP44, was a select-fire assault rifle developed by Nazi Germany near the end of World War II. The first assault rifle to be produced in significant numbers, the weapon was also first to be called such; "sturmgewehr" literally means "assault rifle". It was capable of fully automatic fire, had a thirty-round detachable box magazine and fired an intermediate cartridge—a round that was less powerful than the standard rifle round of the time, but still packed a bigger punch than the pistol rounds used in submachine guns—the 7.92x33mm Kurz ("Short"). The result was reduced recoil but excellent stopping power at medium to short range.
While almost half a million were made, a number exceeding the other entries on this page put together, the majority were issued to units on the eastern front where few works not about Stalingrad are set. What was particularly rare was the proprietary ammo. At peak production of 7.92×33mm Kurz, a user could fire about 30 rounds a month. Even modern production 7.92×33mm Kurz remains rare, going for nearly a dollar a round (for comparison in 2017 on a good day the AK47's 7.62x39 goes for a bit more than 20 cents a round and NATO standard 5.56 goes for less than 30 cents) and selling out quickly.
A common misconception is that it was the basis for the AK-pattern rifles, which is untrue; the mechanism of the AK isn't even remotely similar and the similarities of form are purely due to similarities of function. Despite the rifle's positive features, there were plenty of problems with it. It was difficult to fire while prone, heavy, unwieldy, and unreliable. Due to poor quality materials and rushed construction, the receiver was prone to distorting; simply dropping it on a hard floor or jostling the magazine too much could irreperably damage it. Indeed, British tests showed it was possible to render it totally unable to fire simply by propping it up and then pushing it over.
Amazingly enough, there's actually some [[Truth in Television]] to seeing the StG44 in more modern works; there are some militias in Lebanon and Africa that still have them in their arsenals and it regularly shows up in stockpiles of weapons
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
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=== [[Video Games]] ===
* In ''Hidden & Dangerous'', one mission set in occupied Norway in the winter of 1943, there are guards equipped with the StG44, which
* Used by both German soldiers and your character in ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Underground'', ''Allied Assault'', and ''Frontline''.
* The first ''[[Call of Duty]]'' features enemies equipped with this weapon in a level set in Stalingrad in ''November 1942''. The sequel has soldiers in Normandy wielding it in June 1944.
** In the first game, it also appears during the British campaign.
* ''[[Call of Duty]]'' 4 features the StG44 as the top-tier assault rifle the player can unlock through online play. It's something of a booby prize. The weapon's autofire is difficult to control and inaccurate, and no attachments can be added to improve it (even though all real StG44 had mounts for a ZF41).
* The main weapon for the German assault soldiers in ''Battlefield 1942''.
* Also the main gun for the Support class of ''Day of Defeat'' and ''Day of Defeat: Source''.
* [[Jagged Alliance|Available from Bobby Ray's Guns and Things]], though it's not worth it in the slightest (rare ammo, bad range and high complexity).
* Appears in ''[[Commandos]] 3: Destination Berlin'', even during the "Stalingrad" campaign (set before the invention of this weapon).
== Thompson Submachine Gun (Pre-World War II) ==
While the "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago Typewriter" is a firearm recognizable by anyone who knows what side the bullets come out of and an iconic part prohibition era crime, the Thompson Submachine Gun was actually a massive failure: Its high cost (half a new car) and weight (over 10 pounds) ensured that by 1929, over 10 years after its invention in 1918, it had sold just 10,300 units and Auto-Ordnance was over 2 million in debt (in 1928 dollars). The few gangsters that owned Tommy Guns had stolen theirs from police and, then as today, the most popular firearms among criminals were small and concealable pistols. Despite this failure it looked and sounded quite impressive on the silver screen and a movie company could easily afford to buy one that [[Prop Recycling|could be reused in dozens of movies]]. The Thompson would lose its rare gun status in [[World War II]] and reach production of 2 million (plus an unknown number of Chinese copies), but this salvation would be short lived as many cheaper and lighter alternatives were developed during the war and the 1934 National Firearms Act effectively banned it from civilians ownership.
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Little Caesar]]''
* ''[[Scarface]]'' (The little known 1932 original, not the 1983 loose remake)
* ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces]]''
* ''[[High Sierra]]''
* ''[[The Untouchables]]''
* ''[[Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy]]''
== Armsel Streetsweeper (and Striker/Protecta) ==
The ''other'' shotgun with a drum magazine by default. Known largely for the hysteria born of the name given to the version sold in the US, the Armsel is one of the very few shotguns to be banned in the US by executive order (ordering the ATF to fail its application to be classified as sporting purpose). Despite said hysteria the Streetsweeper was a ''terrible'' gun, having an [https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uoy14h6K5TY?t=2m30s extremely complex and time consuming reloading process], and had plenty of sharp edges that made handling it unpleasant.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* [[Modern Warfare 2]]
* [[Modern Warfare 3]]
* [[Battlefield 2]]
* [[Battlefield 3]]
* [[Battlefield 4]]
* [[Resident Evil 4]]
* [[Resident Evil 5]]
* [[Army of Two]]
* [[Grand Theft Auto 4]]
* [[Max Payne]] 2
* [[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]
== Walker Colt ==
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
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* [[The Outlaw Josey Wales|Josey Wales]] carries a pair of them (along with two more smaller pistols).
* Mentioned in ''[[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.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* In ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series, Roland's guns are not of earthly design, being his world's equivalent of the mythical Excalibur, but they seem to be similar to a .45 or .45 Long Colt, seeing as it can use the ammunition for that type of revolver. They are described as long-barreled and heavy, made of blue-colored steel, and have sandlewood grips. Residents of his world know of these guns, and recognize the user as a "gunslinger", a peacekeeper and diplomat of his world's society.
=== Video Games ===
* ''[[Call of Juarez]]: Bound In Blood'' gives one to Ray as one of his starting weapons.
== Walther WA 2000 ==
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=== [[Film]] ===
* Used as a shotgun to kill dogs in ''[[Equilibrium]]''.
* Used by Timothy Dalton in ''[[The Living Daylights]]'', equipped with a large night vision scope. With Walther's sponsorship of the franchise, it may be the only real WA2000 in film.
* The Weyland-Yutani WY-102 sniper rifle in ''[[Alien vs. Predator|Aliens Versus Predator 2]]'' is basically a dressed-up WA 2000 with a strange rotating cylinder replacing the action.
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* Team sniper Dieter Weber uses this rifle in the sniping sections of the console versions of ''[[Rainbow Six]]: Lockdown'' and as far back in the games as Rogue Spear. This is also Weber's rifle of choice in the original book.
* Used in ''Black'', shown as a straight-pull bolt-action rifle, and therefore presumably broken.
* Used in the ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' video game and in ''[[GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)|GoldenEye Wii]]''. Thanks to Walther's sponsorship of the ''[[James Bond]]'' license (which may explain their presence beyond looking cool), they are the only weapons to have their original name other than the P99 and PPK.
* [[Jagged Alliance|Now available from Bobby Ray's Guns and Things at the low, low price of $7940!!! Cash, major credit cards and conflict diamonds accepted!]]
* Again, found in ''Combat Arms'' as the [[WA 2000]] and the [[WA 2000]] Classic (which has a wooden hand guard and stock).
== Webley-Fosberry Automatic Revolver ==
A predecessor of the Mateba Autorevolver mentioned above, and rather more conventional in appearance; at a distance it's almost indistinguishable from a regular revolver. [[Older Than They Think|Designed in the 1890s]], 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 [[Clock Punk]], with the entire barrel and cylinder moving backwards in order to turn the cylinder; 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-Fosberrys into combat (At the time British officers provided their own sidearm provided it was chambered in the standard round) generally regretted it; it was heavy, generated a lot more felt recoil than a regular Webley and had a very low tolerance for mud and dirt.
=== [[Film]] ===
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* ''[[Arm A]] II'' features multiple variants of the XM8. ''Operation Arrowhead'''s "Private Military Company" DLC makes this the standard weapon system of the titular PMC.
* Appears in ''[[Saints Row]] 2'' as an unlockable weapon. A special variant with a grenade launcher attached can also be unlocked.
* Shows up in ''[[UFO:
* [[Splinter Cell]]: Chaos Theory, released in 2005 amd set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] in 2007, depicts an early-version XM8 as the standard-issue weapon of Army National Guard troops in the New York map.
* Appears in ''Combat Arms'' as an NX Standard (bought with real money).
* Appears in ''[[Rainbow Six]]: Vegas'' and ''Vegas 2'', presumably having been adopted as the M8 in that series. Featuring a railed carry handle, from a late-production model.
== '''The Double Rifle''' ==
The weapon of choice for the [[Great White Hunter]] 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 Hunter|Great White Hunters]] [[Sarcasm Mode|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 and one shotgun barrel: typically .22 rifle and .410 bore shotgun barrels for taking small game as a survival weapon, as in the US Air Force [[wikipedia:M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon|M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon]].
== '''The Howdah Pistol''' ==
Likewise, it's a distinct uncommon niche, rather than the specific weapon type, making specific types more rare. A subclass of [[Hand Cannon]]: large caliber<ref>usually for British revolver cartridges .476 or .577, though it started back with muzzle loaders</ref> smoothbore hunting pistols… or [[Sawed-Off Shotgun|shortened shotguns]]s of low calibers? Either way, Howdah Pistols are break-action, with up to 4 (usually 2) barrels loaded with heavy slugs. As the name suggests, these were mostly used by British hunters in India. The problem such a weapon was supposed to solve was being ambushed by a tiger: riding an elephant may keep away lesser threats, but a tiger may jump right on top of the elephant and start killing humans in howdah. Hence, such a weapon needs great stopping power, reliability and at least better maneuverability than long arms, but range, ammunition capacity and reload time are less important: you'd hear screams, [[Quick Draw]] it, then a few shots point blank, and either the tiger stopped being an immediate problem, or you are too mauled to fire some more. So, the Colt Navy didn't cut it. After their era mostly passed, howdah pistols made cool collector pieces. Due to their origin, usually appear in the hands of [[Great White Hunter]]s, Brits of the appropriate era or collectors.
: The designs can be roughly divided to:
* "Vintage" shotgun-like, with filigree engraving and big fancy hammers. This gives antique/luxury look, just like with ⅩⅨ century shotguns in this style.
* "No frills" shotgun-like, usually with internal hammers. As such, resemble modern break action shotguns.
* Long pistols, distinctly built for quick-drawing and ''not'' looking like sawed-off shotguns:
** Lancaster Howdah Pistols <ref>Charles Lancaster ''also'' made some "classic" [http://huntertt.blogspot.com/2017/06/charles-lancaster-pair-of-rare-and.html gilded-all-over] Howdah Pistols with horizontally linked barrels and big decorated hammers, that's not them.</ref>: 2-barreled (vertical, .577 CF) or 4-barreled (.380 CF or .476 CF) with rotating striker. Has an unusual "we mean business" look, combining streamlined and blocky parts, distinct smooth circular sights. Some also have the Tranter trigger<ref>with the second lever extending beyond the trigger guard and folding forward — it's double action by default, but if the wielder has time to aim, unfolding the cocking lever makes the trigger single action with much lighter pull</ref>, which looks fairly exotic now, too. Some variants have revolver style grip, some bird's head. Those were also used as military sidearms back when Brits didn't trust revolvers much, which probably contributed to their less obscure status.
** Westley Richards (.410) Over & Under Pistol. Another solid-yet-slick piece quite similar in all but minor details, yet in a more revolver-like style, does not look as streamlined or as blocky.
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Trigun]]'': some members of the Rodrick gang have double-barreled pistols (Episode 15).
=== [[Film]] ===
* ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'': on the wall of Gen. Ripper's office.
* ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'': on the table in the gun shop, not clear if factory-produced howdah pistol or a small bore [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]].
* ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'': Remington (Michael Douglas) has one with vertically linked barrels, possibly manufactured for the film. Used for [[An Offer You Can't Refuse]] (as a large intimidating gun) and against a lion on the bridge.
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' (2009): Home Secretary Lord Coward (Hans Matheson) has one. It's a short break-open shotgun in design.
* ''The Southern Star'' (1969): not clear if factory-produced or just a [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]].
* [[Spaghetti Western]] ''Vamos a matar, compañeros'': one scene with [[Action Girl]] from one of the guerilla factions wielding [[Guns Akimbo|a pair of]] large caliber two-barreled pistols.
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' armory includes “Flametongue” Howdah Pistol from Fykos Forge — an expensive twin-barreled [[Hand Cannon]], firing soft bullets (which count as Primitive weapon, i.e. suck against armor), short-ranged, but Reliable and with better damage than a common shotgun (comparable as the other Reliable short-ranged weapon with 2 rounds and long reload); though ammunition is more expensive than that of bolt pistol (which has comparable damage, better all other stats and messy critical hits, but it's more expensive itself).
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]] 1'': Lancaster 4-barreled Howdah Pistol is available to the Assault Class (but shows anachronistic ammunition).
* ''[[Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven]]'': not in game, but appears on [[Loading Screen]] for the mission "Omerta" as a stand-in for the ''[[Sawed-Off Shotgun|lupara]]'' (close enough).
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]] Syndicate'': the Lancaster Howdah Pistol named "Lancaster 4-Barrels".
=== Web Original ===
* ''[[Forgotten Weapons]]'' has [https://www.forgottenweapons.com/lancaster-howdah-pistols-at-ria/ a video] on 3 types of Lancaster Howdah Pistols.
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