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[[Image:UNSC50mmdefenseguns.jpg|thumb|right|A possible 50mm gun on the ''[[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn]]'']] | |||
A '''Point Defense Gun''' is a [[United Nations Space Command]] starship-mounted weapon that fires 50mm projectiles. | |||
They are used for point-defense, that is to say intercepting nearby enemy starfighters<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 272</ref> and incoming missiles. They are not used to attack capital ships, and such roles would be fulfilled by other armaments such as [[Archer]] missiles. Because human operators lack the reflexes necessary to operate the weapons, autocannons are computer-controlled. They are comparable to the CIWS weapons in use today. | |||
50mm point defense guns are standard armament for UNSC {{Class|Halcyon|Cruiser}}s and are usually controlled by the ship's [[Artificial Intelligence]]<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 19</ref>. | |||
On [[Alpha Halo]], the [[ODST]]s that recaptured the ''Pillar of Autumn'' from the [[Covenant]] scavenged 50mm point defense guns from the crashed ''Halycon''-class cruiser and mounted them on [[Pelican]]s for transport to [[Alpha Base]].<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', page 174</ref> | |||
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