M3063 Automated Heavy Machine Gun/Self-Tracking

The UNSC Automated Turret was a form of defense system employed by the UNSC in order to protect locations of importance such as the Ivanoff Research Station and UNSC Firebases on Requiem.

Function
This weapon is used by the UNSC to protect certain locations or to simply provide support fire to ground troops. An effective use of these weapons is to place several in one area so that their overlapping fire can cover a large area. They possess both a high power machine gun as well as a device that can project an EMP in a similar manner to the Covenant Plasma Pistol that can take down the shields of a target.

Design
The turret is very mobile with one requiring only a few people to carry. Once activated, they deploy from their boxy idle position very quickly and can immediately aquire targets and open fire on its own. Though they cannot move from the position that they are placed in on their own, they do have a 180 degree rate of rotation that gives them a substantial firing arc.

Trivia

 * This weapon may be an evolution of an earlier model, the Wolf Spider turret.
 * This weapon is used in War Games in Dominion matches to defend bases.