V7 Splicer

"In October of 1951. SRPA engineers at Ft. McCabe began tweaking the portable saw used in conversion center rescue operations to fire blades at high velocity. After a highly destructive competition resulting in the loss of an army jeep. General Murray refrained from court-martialing the participants and put them to work on a military application for the tool. Nine months later, the first Splicer received a green light for active use."

- Intel document on the Splicer

The Splicer is a new weapon featured in Resistance 2. The Splicer fires electromagnetic circular saw blades at enemies that are sharp enough to cut through limbs, splitting up enemies such as the Grim easily. These blades can ricochet off hard surfaces. It can carry a maximum of 12 blades in one magazine, with 36 spare rounds with a total of 48 blades.

The secondary fire allows the player to increase spin and heat up the blade before launching it at enemies. This secondary fire causes the blade to continue spinning inside the enemy, causing massive damage internally. By holding down the secondary fire button, the player can also use the Splicer as a melee weapon that works as a chainsaw. This revved up blade can then be launched at an enemy, where it will lodge itself in the enemy and continue spinning, dealing continuous damage.

Trivia

 * In Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal featured a weapon (similar to the Splicer) called the Disk Blade Gun, which also fired saw blades. Since both Resistance and Ratchet and Clank are made by Insomniac Games, the Splicer was of their own inspiration from their rightful idea of the Disk Blade Gun. The Disk Blade Gun is, in turn, predated by a similar weapon called The Ripper from Epic Games' Unreal Tournament
 * This weapon bears undeniable similarity to the infamous Lancer Rifle in the Gears of War series, which has an underslung chainsaw just like it.
 * Strangely, an overcharged blade can kill a Titan in one hit. This may be a glitch in the games' programming.
 * Some people dub it as an "Evil Chainsaw".
 * A design was made for a weapon similar to the splicer, but it was outlawed by both the N.G.A. (National Gun Association) and the U.S. military.