Dart Gun
General Information
When the world governments handed out the best of the best weapons they could muster to allow X-Com to fight the new alien menace, most Commanders will agree that they must have scraped the bottom of the barrel to have produced the Dart Gun.
The Dart Gun mirrors the X-COM standard issue Pistol used in the first alien war. The Dart Gun unfortunately does not match the Pistol in terms of its effectiveness. It does continue in the Pistol's tradition of being one handed, fast and very cheap. Being built to work in and out of water, it has very little stopping power.
The Dart Guns can be used effectively in combat to a certain extent, but are more suitable for training purposes. Dart Guns also work well as sidearms for soldiers carrying launchers of any type - although recommended only as a last resort. Fast moving scouts can also make use of the Dart Gun.
The Gauss Pistol and the Sonic Pistol are substantially superior replacements for the Dart Gun and the Jet Harpoon - however the Dart Gun is still the cheapest of the one-handed weapons.