Turret

A Turret is a self-contained weapons platform capable of rotation. 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.

The term Turret may refer to any of the following:

United Nations Space Command

 * 102mm Shaped Charge-High Explosive Rocket Turret - the weapon mounted on the M12A1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle.
 * AIE-486H Heavy Machine Gun - stationary Machine gun seen in Halo 3. (Also a Support weapon.)
 * Base turret - the stationary heavy turret used to defend UNSC Firebases in Halo Wars.
 * LAU-65D/SGM-151 - a stationary missile turret used mainly for anti-air attacks.
 * M202 XP Machine Gun - machine gun used in the training of Spartan IIIs in Halo: Ghosts of Onyx.
 * M247 General Purpose Machine Gun - stationary UNSC Machine gun seen in Halo 2.
 * M247H Heavy Machine Gun - a variant of the M247 seen in Halo: Reach.
 * M247T Medium Machine Gun - a variant of the M247 that is outfitted on the M808B Main Battle Tank.
 * M3063 Deployable Turret - an automated anti-personnel sentry turret used in the post-war era.
 * M41 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun - the weapon mounted on the M12 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle.
 * M46 Light Anti-Aircraft Gun - the post-war successor to the M41 LAAG.
 * M68 Asynchronous Linear-Induction Motor - the weapon mounted on the M12G1 Light Anti-Armor Vehicle.
 * M79 Multiple Launch Rocket System - alternate weapon mounted on the M12R Light Anti-Armor Vehicle in Halo: Reach.
 * M8 Automated Defense System - an automated defensive turret seen in Halo: Reach.
 * M460 Automatic Grenade Launcher - a weapon mounted on the side of the UH-144 Falcon.
 * Vulcan anti-aircraft turret - a heavy, automated anti-aircraft seen in Halo: Reach.

Covenant and its remnants

 * - a massive turret with the power to destroy an entire UNSC base.
 * - the defense structure used to protect the Covenant Citadel as seen in Halo Wars.
 * - stationary turret in Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. (Also a Support weapon.)
 * Plasma cannon (starship) - a large ship-mounted plasma turret.
 * Shade - the Covenant stationary turret seen throughout the Halo series.
 * - another incarnation of the plasma turret seen in Halo 2.
 * - Seen in the multiplayer map Snowbound to prevent players from exiting the combat area.

Forerunner

 * Forerunner automated turret - a Forerunner-built deployable piece of Equipment.
 * Beam turret - automated directed energy weapon emplacement used by the Prometheans.
 * Splinter Turret - unmounted turret used by Promethean Soldiers, it fires a single bolt that breaks into four small explosives on impact, which promptly explode.