User blog comment:Willbachbakal/Singleplayer Enemies: Leadhead Splicer/@comment-1330314-20100817100636

@Bioshock123: Who said it was going to be a Tommy Gun? Also, Vanguard Splicers already deal more damage than their precessors, by virtue of being in a later level.

@Registered contributor: I gave them dual machine guns so that they'd have some sort of expoitable weakness. Giving them a Chaingun would make them way too powerful compared to the other Splicers. Besides, imagine getting attacked by five Splicers with Gatling Guns at the same time.