Sonic rifle
The Insecticon Barrage carries a sonic rifle. Sometimes, instead of having his sonic weaponry built into his superstructure, Rumble also sports a sonic rifle to perform his sound-based attacks. It emits a high-pitched whine.
Fiction
[edit]Highway Clash
[edit]Rumble used his sonic rifle against both the Autobots Optimus Prime and Prowl, and you. In one possible scenario, Rumble used the weapon to send sound waves rippling towards you through the earth. Thankfully, you were standing near the Druid Stone. The stone's mysterious powers reflected the ripples back towards the Decepticon, leaving you unharmed while Rumble was sent hurtling through the air. Highway Clash
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
[edit]In robot mode, Barrage was armed with a sonic machine gun that shot rapid-fire bursts of concentrated sound. Barrage's More than Meets the Eye profile
After the Insecticons abducted the Race Track Patrol and several other Micromasters from Little Iacon, Barrage's sonic rifle was stolen by Chop Shop as they made their way back to Decepticon HQ. Recipe for Hate
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
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- Barrage (Deluxe Insecticon, 1985)
- Accessories: sonic rifle, electro-sword
- The Transformers Barrage came with a green gun, identified in his instructions and packaging bio as a sonic rifle.
Notes
[edit]- Barrage's unpublished Marvel Universe profile[1] confirmed that he would have carried a sonic rifle in that continuity.
- As was relatively common with Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye profiles, Barrage's weapon was given a slightly different name, only for it to be referred to by its more traditional name when it later appeared in Dreamwave's Micromasters.
