

Plasma turret - a large ship-mounted plasma turret.Emp'seam-pattern Antlion - a massive turret with the power to destroy an entire UNSC base.Covenant automated plasma turret - the defense structure used to protect the Covenant Citadel as seen in Halo Wars.


The term Turret may refer to any of the following: In the Halo universe, there are three different types of turrets: stationary turrets turrets mounted on vehicles and turrets that can be removed from their stands and used as Support weapons. Trivia Ī shrike is a family of birds that are renown for impaling their prey on sharp objects to allow them to easily tear apart the flesh into smaller fragments.A Turret is a self-contained weapons platform capable of rotation. The UNSC's Fireteam Osiris managed to shut down the turrets on their way to the Guardian near the city, effectively wiping out the Covenant's aerospace defense and allowing the Swords of Sanghelios' fleet to aid the ground forces. In October 2558, several Upisa'weri-pattern Shrikes were utilized by Jul 'Mdama's Covenant during the Battle of Sunaion as defensive emplacements against the invading Swords of Sanghelios. The weapon emplacements were used by both the Swords of Sanghelios and Jul 'Mdama's Covenant throughout the Blooding Years. The Upisa'weri-pattern Shrike was first encountered in 2556. Regardless, the Shrike's combination of firepower and preternatural reaction times make them valuable military assets. As a result, the constructs must be carefully monitored and locked down prior to activation due to their inability to understand modern IFF systems and codeword usage by both the Swords of Sanghelios and Jul's Covenant. These long-abandoned constructs are capable of communication, though modern Sangheili are unable to understand them.

In contrast of the point-defense emplacements used by the Covenant, the Shrike turret is fully automated and operated by "semi-feral" associated intelligences. The Type-56 Anti-Aerospace Turret is an anti-aircraft weapon system that is armed with two high-power plasma cannons.
