ZF1

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The ZF1 is a fictional firearm from the Luc Besson film The Fifth Element.

Voila! The ZF-1. It's light. Handle's adjustable for easy carrying. Good for righties and lefties. Breaks down into four parts. Undetectable by X-ray. Ideal for quick, discreet interventions. A word on firepower; Titanium recharger, three thousand round clip with bursts of three to three hundred, and with the Replay button, another Zorg invention, it's even easier. One shot, and Replay sends every following shot to the same location! And to finish the job, all the Zorg oldies-but-goldies: Rocket launcher, arrow launcher, with exploding or poisonous gas heads. Very practical. Our famous net launcher. The always efficient flame-thrower (my favorite). And for the grand finale, the all new Ice Cube system!

—Jean-Baptise Emmanuel Zorg describing his new weapon.

The ZF1 incorporates numerous features including a submachine gun, a net-launcher, a dart gun, a mini-missile launcher, a flamethrower, and a sprayer capable of freezing metal and plastic into a very brittle state. Its most famous feature was the "Replay" option, in which the first bullet fired on semi-auto could be followed by a stream of smart bullets on full-auto which would track and hit the first bullet, even if fired in the opposite direction.

At least one ZF1 had a self-destruct button which set off a charge of high explosives.

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