Smartguns
A smartgun is a weapon (usually a small arm) fitted with a fictional fire-control system in cyberpunk and other science fiction genres. The defining feature of a smartgun is the ability to accurately convey where the weapon is pointing to its operator and to allow the operator to start and stop firing very rapidly. The purpose of such systems is to allow the precise aiming of automatic fire and the reduction of friendly fire casualties, as in the United States Army's real-world Land Warrior program.
The science fiction concept of a smartgun has its origins in much earlier works of military science fiction, such as Starship Troopers and The Forever War. The term "smartgun" as applied to such systems appears in popular culture at least as early as the 1980s. Note that this is a separate and distinct meaning from the "Smart Gun" programs that some real-world firearm manufacturers undertook in the late 1990s.
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