Pulse rifle

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

  • M41A "Pulse Rifle", an assault rifle in the motion picture Aliens that uses 10 mm caseless ammunition
  • The Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle is an assault rifle-type raygun in the computer game Half-Life 2
  • 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)

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