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| [[Image:UNSC50mmdefenseguns.jpg|thumb|right|What is believed to be the 50mm guns (unconfirmed) on the side of the [[UNSC Forward Unto Dawn]]]] | |
| A '''Point Defense Gun''' is a [[United Nations Space Command]] starship-mounted weapon that fires 50mm projectiles.
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| These weapons are are used aboard warships for "point-defense", interception of nearby enemy starfighters<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 272</ref>, while the primary armament of UNSC vessels, typically nuclear weapons or [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]s, are used to engage hostile capital warships. They are comparable to the CIWS weapons in use today.
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| 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>.
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| 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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| == Sources ==
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