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Rail Gun? You have to look no furthur than G.I.*Joe:Valor vs. Venom. The weapon that Joe used to launch weather control pods, and that Cobra wants to use to launch their venom pods is a rail gun.

It's funny you mention lasers being used by G.I.*Joe. I had not seen a single episode of the cartoon from when the series ended in 86 (or there abouts). I bought the entire series on VHS in 2004, and watched them all over again. In that 18 year hiatus, I always remeber the red and blue flashes from the weapons as tracer rounds. (Within that 18 year period I had joined the Marines, so my knowlege of weapons greatly improved) I never knew they were lasers until I watched the series over again. I just thought the animators were lazy and gave eveybody Snow Job's rifle when I was a kid.

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10-19-2009, 05:56 AM	#7
Otto the Otter "Toot" Spelled inside out Offline --> Posts: 2,297 --> Join Date: Oct 2009	Rail Gun? You have to look no furthur than G.I.Joe:Valor vs. Venom. The weapon that Joe used to launch weather control pods, and that Cobra wants to use to launch their venom pods is a rail gun. It's funny you mention lasers being used by G.I.Joe. I had not seen a single episode of the cartoon from when the series ended in 86 (or there abouts). I bought the entire series on VHS in 2004, and watched them all over again. In that 18 year hiatus, I always remeber the red and blue flashes from the weapons as tracer rounds. (Within that 18 year period I had joined the Marines, so my knowlege of weapons greatly improved) I never knew they were lasers until I watched the series over again. I just thought the animators were lazy and gave eveybody Snow Job's rifle when I was a kid. __________________ The United States will conquer Terrorism with the help of God and a few Marines. Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, or perhaps food, or drugs... I turn not to any of those... I collect action figures, turning my mind to the hunt, so that I might find a mote of peace... Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.