Talk:M202 FLASH

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This launcher was featured in the resident evil series and it deserves to be mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.226.174 (talk) 16:27, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Wasn't this rocket launcher used in Far Cry as well? --80.188.222.34 (talk) 08:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, but the people who tend to edit these articles hate mentioning video games. Movies are fine no matter how obscure they are since they're watched by 'real people', but since video games are only ever played by a handful of twelve year olds in Japan (or so the consensus by Wikipedia firearms editors would suggest) any mention of them on their articles is religiously purged. User:CSkankRabbit 16.48 6 May 2008 UTC —Preceding comment was added at 16:48, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Most movies don't deserve mention either. Wiki has notability standards, which mean that to warrant inclusion the item should somehow be notable. If we were to list every weapon in every game on the weapon's page then it would just be snaking lists of generally non-notable material. A link on the game or movie's page is more than enough in my opinion, as that would be where most enthusiastic gamers would head first anyhow. That is where these items should be mentioned, not on the pages of the respective weapons or vehicles, unless somehow notable. -- Thatguy96 (talk) 17:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Point conceded, although Wikipedia's policies regarding what can be concidered notable and what can't seems rather curious to me... It's their policy so I can't argue with it. User:CSkankRabbit 17.27 8 May 2008 UTC

And the fact that notability standards vary widely between editors adds further the confusion and lack of a real cohesive standard. That being said, my own personal feeling is that there is no problem with an entry on a game linking to the weapons page, but no good reason besides a person desire on the part of fans of a certain game to list every instance of every piece of equipment on the actual pages relating to that equipment. Of course, this is only my personal opinion. For good discussions on this issue I would direct you to talk and actions in the Minigun and Lockheed AC-130 articles.

Still in service?

Is the weapons system still in service? We may want to mention that either way. 66.191.19.217 (talk) 20:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

When I was in the army back in 1985 we had 3 M202s in our arms room but no one was assigned to use them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.67.80 (talk) 17:09, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Grim Reaper nickname

I added the term "Grim Reaper". It got removed because it is "dubious" and "no reference". If you google for the M202, you find it a lot of times together with this term. Same happens for the A-10 jet, which is called thunderbolt (official) and warthog (unofficial name) often too. What kind of reference is needed in a case like this plz? Smoerble (talk) 22:27, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Take a look at WP:RELIABLE. It seems to be a nickname only used in video games. (Hohum ^@) 23:52, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Only in video games

The weapon was in service for such a short period of time that it seems the only enduring cultural memory of it is as "generic box-shaped rocket launcher" in video games and movies. The incendiary aspect is universally ignored, as is the inability to be loaded with HE, and the original name is never mentioned or retained. For this reason I'd be very hesitant to include any "in popular culture" references from movies and video games. I've literally never seen one that was remotely close to the original M202. Bravo Foxtrot (talk) 01:44, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

I should also note that a lot of this has to do with it's real world performance. It's simply not as accurate, fast or impressive as the general public expects to see with rocket launchers. A big, slow parabolic arc and a puff of white smoke doesn't hold a candle to, say, the RPG-7. Bravo Foxtrot (talk) 01:59, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

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M202

I was an 0351 in H 2/9 at Camp Schwab, Okinawa in 1976. I was issued an M202 multi shot flame weapon. I don't know why Wikipedia says it wasn't produced until 1978. 2603:8001:8603:D7FB:CCFC:A645:5DE:74E5 (talk) 18:52, 16 November 2023 (UTC)