Sawed-Off Shotgun: Difference between revisions

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This trope is prominent in British shows, where the sawn off shotgun remains the weapon of choice for the [[London Gangster]], or the villains in any police procedural, particularly if it involves an [[Armed Blag]]. This is mainly due to the difficulty of obtaining handguns in the UK, while shotguns are still legally available. Incidentally, British English prefers "sawn-off" (the past participle) and American English "sawed-off" (the past preterite, sounds like [[The Problem With Pen Island|something else]] to British ears - though it still works pretty well, considering the context), which is why the terms are used interchangeably here.

== Anime And Manga ==

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* In Sicily, the sawed-off shotgun is called a ''lupara'' ("for the wolf"--it was originally a hunting weapon), and is infamous for its use in vendettas and by [[The Mafia]]. They feature heavily in Mario Puzo's ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]''.

* Taken directly from [[The Other Wiki]]: "During the trench warfare of the Gallipoli Campaign, Major Stephen Midgley of the Australian 5th Light Horse Regiment was widely known to use a sawn-off double barrelled shotgun while leading his troops, the weapon's effectiveness resulting in Turkish officers complaining that it was not a 'weapon of war' under international law after Midgley took one Turkish soldier's head "clean off his shoulders". Midgley was ordered by an Australian general to cease using his shotgun and switch to a conventional rifle and bayonet, to wit the Major was "bitterly peeved"." Don't fuck with Australia.

* Thanks to the highly vegetated jungle environment during the [[Vietnam War]], pretty much everything from shotguns to grenade launchers have had their barrel sawed off at some point to ease maneuvers. Special mention goes to the "[[This Is for Emphasis Bitch|Bitch Gun]]", a weapon used by the [[Aussies With Artillery|SASR]], which is basically an SLR (that's a FAL for those uninformed) with everything in front of the gas block sawed off and the bipod detached to make room for an under-barrel XM148 grenade launcher.

* Thanks to the highly vegetated jungle environment during the [[Vietnam War]], pretty much everything from shotguns to grenade launchers have had their barrel sawed off at some point to ease maneuvers. Special mention goes to the "[[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Bitch Gun]]", a weapon used by the [[Aussies With Artillery|SASR]], which is basically an SLR (that's a FAL for those uninformed) with everything in front of the gas block sawed off and the bipod detached to make room for an under-barrel XM148 grenade launcher.