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The term '''hand phaser''' refers to any type of hand-held [[phaser]] [[weapon]], particularly the basic, miniature unit known as the [[Type 1 phaser]]. ({{TOS|Arena|The Enemy Within}}; {{TNG|The Mind's Eye}}) The [[Ferengi]] also used a [[Ferengi hand phaser|type of hand phaser]]. ({{TNG|Descent}})

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{{bginfo|The {{S|TOS}} hand phaser was a small black device about the size of a [[communicator]] that could be separated from the pistol grip of a [[type 2 phaser]]. The production staff of {{s|TNG}} found that the smaller [[24th century]] version of the small hand phaser used in TOS was far too miniaturized to be seen on TV screens, and used it very infrequently. Besides calling it the "hand phaser", they also referred to it as "the cricket".{{incite|date=February 2023}}}}
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