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The terms pulse rifle and pulse pistol refer to various science fiction weapons.

• The M41A “Pulse Rifle” is an assault rifle in the motion picture Aliens that uses 10 mm caseless ammunition.
• There has been a statement that a pulse rifle is a bullet-firing rifle where the cartridge’s primer is set off electronically and not by a firing hammer. This is sometimes used in conjunction with the M41 “Pulse Rifle” above.
• The Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle is an assault rifle-type raygun in the computer game Half-Life 2. It is the general infantry weapon of the Combine Overwatch
• In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the pulse rifle and pulse pistol are standard infantry weapons for the Tau race.
• “Pulse rifle” and “pulse pistol” are often used to mean a raygun.
• The pulse rifle and pulse pistol are the primary weapons used by the Peacekeepers and others on the television show Farscape.
• The pulse rifle is a weapon in Blade Runner (video game)

See also

• Plasma rifle
• Science fiction weapon