Pulse rifle and pulse pistol are often used to mean a raygun. The terms refer to various science fiction weapons: * M41A "Pulse Rifle", an assault rifle in the motion picture Aliens that uses 10 mm caseless ammunition and is fitted with a pump-action grenade launcher. In the film's original script, however, it was described as a plasma weapon. This weapon, slightly modified, was also used in the Archer episode Space Race from Season 3. * Phased plasma rifle as described by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in The Terminator * The pulse rifle and pulse pistol are the primary weapons used by the United Earth Oceans Organization and others on the television series seaQuest DSV * Pulse rifles and "pulsers" are the standard-issue weapons in the Honorverse, although they fire an explosive da