Turret

A Turret is a self-contained weapons platform capable of rotation. In the Halo Universe, there are three different types of turrets. There are stationary turrets, ones that are mounted on vehicles, and recently in Halo 3 turrets that can be removed from their stands and used as Support Weapons.

The term Turret may refer to any of the following:
 * M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun- the weapon mounted on the M12 Warthog LRV.
 * 102mm SC-HE Rocket Turret- the weapon mounted on the M12A1 Warthog LAAV.
 * M68 Gauss Cannon- the weapon mounted on the M12G1 Warthog LAAV.
 * M247 GP Machine Gun- stationary UNSC Machine gun seen in Halo 2.
 * AIE-486H Heavy Machinegun- stationary Machine gun seen Halo 3. (Also a Support Weapon.)
 * M202 XP Machine Gun- machine gun used in the training of Spartan IIIs in Ghosts of Onyx.
 * Shade- the Covenant stationary turret seen in the whole Halo series.
 * Type-52 Directed Energy Support Weapon- stationary turret in Halo 3. (Also a Support Weapon.)
 * Type-42 Directed Energy Support Weapon- another incarnation of the plasma turret seen in Halo 2.
 * Automated Turret- A Halo 3 deployable piece of Equipment.
 * Base Turret- stationary heavy turret used to defend UNSC Firebases in Halo Wars.
 * Heavy Plasma Turret- the defence structure used to protect the Covenant Citadel as seen in Halo Wars.
 * Automated Plasma Turret- Seen in multiplayer map Snowbound to prevent players from exiting combat area.