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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' mostly averts this, as bolters have what seem to be iron sights. Strangely enough, heavy bolters have them too, even
** Some Chaos Space Marines also have special bolters whose nozzles are redesigned to resemble the open jaws of a daemon. [[Awesome but Impractical|Cool]], but it really hampers with iron sights.
*** [[MST3K Mantra|They're]] [[The Legions of Hell|Chaos]] [[Super Soldier|Space]] [[Space Marine|Marines]]. And that gun probably ''is'' a daemon.
**** Bear in mind that both Space Marines and their Chaotic counterparts have the option to directly link their weapon with their helmet optics. Of course, with a heavy bolter, [[More Dakka|not much aiming is required in the first place]]... and won't help much in burst fire (it may have recoil compensation to avoid tumbling in zero-g, but unlike pure rocket gyrojet, is semi-self-propelled, thus could still shake like a jackhammer).
** Likewise, the [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard's]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams|lasguns]] have sights (and sometimes bayonets)- and so do the rifles of the highly advanced Eldar and Tau. Figures that the setting that [[Used Future|deliberately goes for outdated designs]] would get something right that nearly all settings don't.
*** Many troop types have systems linking their guns to their helmets to assist aim, but they keep the iron sights [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|just in case]].
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** Tyranid weapons don't have sights, they have [[Living Weapon|eyes]].
** The [[Our Elves Are Better|Eldar]] almost completely avert this, pretty much every weapon in their arsenal (down to the pistols...) is equipped with either an optical scope or a sense-link that allows the user's HUD to display a view of what the gun is looking at.
== Video Games ==
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