1. A World War Two era anti-tank weapon used by the German army.
2. A weapon featured in numerous FPS games such as 'Call of Duty' and
the Wolfenstein series of games.
This weapon is often frowned upon in these games because of the high damage it causes upon players and the huge damage radius it has.
Because of the fact that this weapon does not have to directly hit the player to cause the player to die and because it can be fired from distance, players that use this weapon are often called 'noob' and the weapon is often nicknamed the 'Noob Tube', 'Noob Cannon', 'Pussyfaust' and variants of these names.
If used properly however, this weapon has a significant effect in the battle and DOES require skill, especially in aquiring multiple kills in one shot.
noobs or newbies more than often 'vaporize' themselves or if the server allows
friendly fire, others, with this weapon in the Wolfenstein series of games.
Example below: