Firearms
Missiles
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His first rival, the Bounty Hunter Solo, instead relies entirely on firearms to fight, using a giant plasma gun/cannon, a handgun and other weapons like mines and missiles.
Source: Guns vs. Swords -
Human weapons are mostly BiL-Pro (that is, improved firearms) or missiles, with the only advanced weapons being vehicle-mounted energy machine guns, laser cannons for use against enemy aircrafts and artillery shells, and newly-introduced tank railguns, and their ground vehicles move on tracks.
Source: Rock Beats Laser - Similarly, multi-barreled rapid-firing firearms are well-used on the modern battlefield, such as the Vulcan Cannon carried by many western fighter planes or the Phalynx Anti-Air 30mm cannon designed to shot down incoming missiles.
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