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* One of ''[[The Executioner]]'' novels has Mack Bolan fighting the giant Igor Baibakov, a big and psychopathic ex-Spetsnaz terrorist who uses a Barrett Light Fifty as his weapon of choice. Not only does he use this .50 BMG monster in its primary role as a sniper weapon, but he's so big and powerful that he can use the thing at close range like an ''assault rifle'', which is more justified by his impressive size and strength and the [[Rule of Scary]] than anything else.

* Happens in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' novel ''[[X Wing Series|Wraith Squadron]]'', as part of a [[Zany Scheme|ludicrously complex plan]] to capture one of Zsinj's corvettes: Gamorrean (think the guys guarding Jabba's palace in ''Return of the Jedi'', but smarter) pilot Piggy uses an X-wing laser cannon as a personal weapon. It blows clean through a floor/ceiling (and [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|the officer above it]]) with one shot. Wedge even [[Lampshade Hanging|points out]] how implausible the weapon ought to be.

'''Kell''': "Not the essential components and housing, sir. Strip out all the computerized aiming and synchronization equipment, the diagnostics, the flashback suppressor, I think we could chop it down to a meter and a half, two meters." }}

* In ''[[Phule's Company]]'', one of the sluglike Sinthians tries to shoot a full-auto shotgun... but since said trooper is half the body mass of a human ''and'' riding a [[Hover Board]] at the time, the resulting blast sends him into a rapid spin—fortunately Phule had the foresight to disable the "full auto" feature beforehand, so no further shots are fired and the surrounding soldiers remain unpunctured.