History Main / FingerFirearms

* Since the [[MobileSuitGundam Zeong]], ''{{Gundam}}'' series have occasionally put beam guns in the fingers of enemies they want to make especially threatening. The earlier Gouf from the same series had machine gun fingers.

* ''{{Gunbuster}}'' fires its Buster Missiles from its fingertips.

* 004 from ''{{Cyborg 009}}'' has finger machine guns as part of his arsenal.

* Among many other armaments, the cyborg Grey the Ninelives had these in the anime of Trigun.
* One of Blackbeard's henchmen in ''OnePiece'' has these.
* ''VoltesV's'' Finger Missiles.

* ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' had the Dragonzord launch missiles from its fingertips.
** The Delta Command Megazord of ''PowerRangersSPD'' did the same with lasers.
** In ''PowerRangersJungleFury, the Rhino Ranger's arm-mounted weapon had laser barrels on one side, looking similar to fingers when that side was used.

* In ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Obliterators are infected with a "virus" that turns their whole body into ShapeshifterWeapon. They sometimes manifest this trope (especially older models).
** Older versions of ''[[{{Warhammer 40000}} 40K]]'' had the Jokaero relics known as digital weapons: miniaturized versions of lasguns, flamers and needleguns that could fitted onto fingers like rings. They also popped up as equipment cards in the SpinOff boardgame ''Space Crusade.''

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Various parts of the body have been weaponized in fiction and the fingers are no exception despite their small size. Aside from RuleOfCool, the two most common reasons given for this setup are '''increased firepower''' and '''concealment'''.

This layout is more often used in '[[MightyGlacier raw power]]' machines to indicate their destructive ability. The implication is that the unit has [[MoreDakka many times the firepower of a grunt's main weapon]]- by having eight or ten of that weapon in its hands alone.

The primary claimed benefit of this design is that it offers MoreDakka without sacrificing finger articulation. This ignores the fact that flexible or folding barrels would severely reduce the durability of the guns. Proposed workarounds include housing the entire weapon system in the finger''tips'', reducing the power of the weapons, making all the fingers rigid rather than articulated or having articulated fingers that go rigid before firing- all of which sacrifice either hand or weapon functionality. In the end, RuleOfCool is the only proper justification.

'''Concealed''' finger guns can be made virtually indistinguishable from unarmed fingers, particularly if the user's unarmed fingers also look mechanical. Any gun parts that appear on security scans can be handwaved as part of the hand's mechanisms ([[FromACertainPointOfView which they are]]). Mechanical or mechanically augmented characters who have not previously been shown with weapons can be revealed to sport these without stretching WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief.

Apart from the design difficulties listed in the '''firepower''' section, concealed finger guns also need an even greater degree of miniaturization or integration with the rest of the hand to keep them from being detected, placing further limits on their functionality. Cruder designs that impede the function of the fingers to allow greater power also make detection easier. Finally, risk of detection by internal scans complicates the inclusion of any built-in magazine as most ammunition has a distinctive appearance, limiting the guns to a small number of shots per weapon if solid rounds are needed.

* ''{{Gunbuster}}'' fires its Buster Missiles from its fingertips.
** Several machines from the sequel ''{{Diebuster}}'' have finger guns as well.

* ''{{Shadowrun}}''. Guns in cybernetic fingers were first mentioned in the 2nd Edition ''Cybertechnology'' supplement.

* Aigis from ''{{Persona 3}}'' has machine gun fingers fed by an external drum magazine.

* The [[CombiningMecha SRX]] from the ''SuperRobotWars'' series, due to its fingers being formed from the shoulder cannons of one of its components.

* Foaly armed Commander Root with the concealed variety in ''ArtemisFowl'' because he couldn't go into a hostage negotiation obviously armed.

* DoctorWho had the Autons in serials ''The Spearhead From Space'' and ''Terror of The Autons.'' The Nestene Consciousness, an intangible alien intelligence with a bizarre affinity for plastics, fabricated bodies for it's HiveMind that resembled shop window mannequins. These had guns concealed in their hands: the hand would 'drop open' to reveal the barrel inside.

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* From ''GetSmart'': "Would you believe this finger is a real gun?"

* The WA-FINGER weapon and its variants in the ''ArmoredCore'' series are multi-barreled machine guns designed to look like hands, probably just to justify the name.

** On one show Max is kidnapped and subjected to a ManchurianAgent treatment - they have to let him 'escape' to avoid suspicion, but he repeatedly misses opportunities handed to him. At one point an agent approaches him, he raises a finger and the agent 'surrenders', wise to the old 'finger gun' trick. Max insistently points out it's only a finger until the agent walks out in frustration. Max keeps plotting an escape, muttering "Come ''on'', Smart, use that fantastic ''brain''!

* In ''{{Xenogears}}'', [[MightyGlacier Maria's Seibzehn]] has missile launchers in its fingers.

* In ''PowerRangersSPD'' the Delta Command Megazord has lasers in all its fingers.
* ''MightyMorphingPowerRangers'' had Dragonzord launch missiles from its fingertips.

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'''NOTE:''' Guns installed in the metacarpal region (i.e. behind the base of the finger or even further back) should go under ArmCannon or HandBlast instead. For the gesture involving making a gun with one's fingers, see FingerGun. The use of said gesture to channel magic or psionics belongs there as well.

'''NOTE:''' Guns installed in the metacarpal region (i.e. behind the base of the finger or even further back) should go under ArmCannon or PalmBlaster instead. For the gesture involving making a gun with one's fingers, see FingerGun. The use of said gesture to channel magic or psionics belongs there as well.

'''NOTE:''' Guns installed in the metacarpal region (i.e. behind the base of the finger or even further back) should go under ArmCannon instead. For the gesture involving making a gun with one's fingers, see FingerGun. The use of said gesture to channel magic or psionics belongs there as well.

Various parts of the body have been weaponized in fiction and the fingers are no exception despite their small size. Aside from RuleOfCool, the two most common reasons given for this setup are increased firepower and concealment.

'''NOTE: Guns installed in the metacarpal region (i.e. behind the base of the finger or even further back) should go under ArmCannon instead. For the gesture involving making a gun with one's fingers, see FingerGun. The use of said gesture to channel magic or psionics belongs there as well.'''

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