Break them open with your knife to conserve ammo. Standard Issue Laser Pistol Description - Gunman carry a laser pistol into most missions. This is one of the few weapons that can be scaled to use on nearly every enemy. Though it's the most basic weapon in your arsenal, your laser pistol offers some powerful customizable options. The 3 modes and pulse, charge, and rapid.
Pulse uses three rapid blasts of energy.
It is the most accurate of the three standard modes. Charge fires a slow-moving packet of 10 energy units. Most people will find this mode to be exceedingly difficult to hit moving targets because of the slow-moving packets. The last of the three main modes is rapid. It fires a stream of energy bursts, machine-gun style.