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(Aliens) - M56 Smart Gun
The M56 Smart Gun is an advanced weapon used by the colonial marines in the movie Aliens. Using electrical pulse action, it fires 500 10mm caseless high-explosive rounds at a rate of 1200 RPM. Despite the fact that the weapon weighs nearly 40 pounds, it can be easily carried and operated with the assistance of a servo-controlled harness. It is called a "smart gun" because the gun has its own guidance system, guided by infrared tracking systems on top of the gun's barrel and on a head-mounted goggle system, guided by a targeting processor in the harness. When a target is designated by the tracking system, the harness automatically guides the operator and gun to the target. Switching targets is as simple as pointing the gun's barrel at a new target. The gun can fire in a three round burst or in fully automatic.
The Smart Gun is a modified MG42 machine gun married to a Steadicam harness, with additional parts added from various motorcycles.
The M56 Smart Gun has appeared/been used in the following:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliens | Jenette Goldstein | PFC J. Vasquez | . | 1986 |
| Mark Rolston | Private M. Drake | . |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliens vs. Predator 2 | 2001 | |||
| Aliens: Colonial Marines | "M56 Smart Gun" | Incorrectly holds 600 (SP) or 150 (MP) rounds | 2013 | |
| "Vasquez's Smartgun" | Incorrectly holds 600 rounds, with a bandanna attached to the forward hand grip |