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M3063 deployable turret

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This article is about the UNSC autoturret featured in Halo 4. For the similar weapon type introduced in Halo 5: Guardians, see M3045 deployable automated turret. For the Forerunner weapon, see Forerunner automated turret.
M3063 Automated Heavy Machine Gun/Self Tracking
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Production overview

Manufacturer:

Misriah Armory

Type:

Deployable automated machine gun

Specifications

Length:

15 feet (4.6 m) [1]

Width:

8.6 feet (2.6 m)[1]

Height:

8.2 feet (2.5 m)[1]

Ammunition type:

12.7×99mm M340 HVE

Feed system:

Varies

Rate of fire:

Automatic

Service history

In service:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

 

The M3063 Automated Heavy Machine Gun/Self-Tracking (M3063 AHMG/ST), colloquially referred to as the Deployable Turret or Autoturret,[2] is a UNSC Defense Force automated anti-personnel sentry weapon. Mounted on a heavy tetrapod, the weapon emits a visible laser to aid in targeting. It features a machine gun that fires at a moderate rate, and an energy weapon that fires EMP shots similar to the Type-25 plasma pistol.

Operational history

This autoturret was frequently used in War Games training sessions by SPARTAN-IVs aboard the UNSC Infinity. It was an effective way to defend captured bases and secure objectives, especially in Dominion matches.[3]

When the Infinity returned to the Forerunner shield world Requiem in 2558, various UNSC bases and outposts were established on the inner surface of the planet. Several such autoturrets were used to defend these locations, including Galileo Base, Two Giants and Magma Base.

Trivia

  • It is possible to place these on a map outside of Dominion, but it is necessary to remove the Dominion gametype label from the object first.
  • If one places and activates one of these turrets in Forge, and then deletes the base, the actual turret itself will remain.

Gallery

  • Concept art of the autoturret.

  • More concept art of the autoturret.

  • Concept art.

  • Concept art depicting other variants that were more energy-based, anti-aircraft only, and EMP based that would knock out shields.

  • Left side view of the autoturret.

  • Right side view of the autoturret.

  • Profile of the M3063 autoturret with targeting laser.

  • Frontal view of the autoturret.

  • A turret engaging a SPARTAN-IV.

  • Placing the turret in Forge mode.

  • The autoturret completed.

  • The autoturret being used in a game of Dominion in War Games.

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 82
  2. ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 82
  3. ^ Halo Waypoint Dominion

List of infantry support weapons in UNSC service
Anti-vehicle weapons
Railguns ARC-920 railgun (Arclight • Whiplash)
M6 Spartan Lasers M6/E ( Endgame • Selene's Lance) • M6/R • M6/V • M6/X
Rocket launchers and recoilless rifles Hydra MLRS (MLRS-1 (Typhon • Echidna) • MLRS-2 (Pursuit)) • M149 Magellan • M19-B SAM • M41 SPNKR (M41B • M41D (Tracker) • SPNKr EM • SPNKr EX • SPNKr Prime) • M57 Pilum (Ad Victoriam • High Five) • STMPr • SGM-151 series (LAU-65D missile pod • LAU-1810 missile launcher)
Light machine guns M67 LAW • M328 LMG • M739 SAW (Appetite for Destruction • The Answer)
Medium machine guns M231 MMG
Heavy machine guns AIE-486H • HMG-38 HMG • M43 HMG • M199 HMG • M247 series (M247H (Etilka • M247 GPMG) • M247T) • M413 HMG

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