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Prime universe (Capcom's primary storyline)
Gas barrels are featured in a number of Resident Evil games, and are used as explosives to kill or disable a larger group of enemies. The first appearance is in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, where they were used against swarms of enemies, and were even used by Mikhail Victor in one possible scene. Claire Redfield uses these barrels to bring down a security unit in the opening cutscene to Resident Evil CODE:Veronica. In Resident Evil 4, 5 and the Chronicles titles they are used significantly. The gas barrels also make an appearance in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil 6. In The Mercenaries 3D two or more gas barrels are featured in each level.
However, the gas barrels could injure or instantly kill player once caught in explosion radius if not careful enough. It should be noted that, in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis if player close enough towards gas barrel then proceed to shoot it, it will instantly kill the player with fine status, even with infinite health code activated via GameShark.
