[SYSTEMS] Mark 51 Remote Sentry Autogun

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Mark 51 Remote Sentry Autogun

 

 

The Mark 51 Remote Sentry Autogun is an automated sentry platform with a 360° arc of fire equipped with motion sensing infrared and thermal cameras. The cameras relay targetting information to the micro-actuators and servo motors to accurately track targets up to a range of five hundred meters. The weapon system itself is a 12.7mm caseless (.50 Cal) firing Spitfire Heavy Machine Gun fed from a 400 round box magazine. The Mark 51 also features a dedicated IFF system to ensure that friendly-fire incidents cannot take place.

 

The Mark 51 system is definitely portable by a single engineer, weighing in at approximately 40kg (8.8lbs), however, the case it comes in can be unwieldy, weighing in at around 48kg (10.5lbs). The case comes with rugged all-terrain wheels but due to the circumstances the Infantry face on a regular basis, the wheels may not help. Some engineers tend to remove the Mark 51 from the case and carry it on its own, then deploy it immediately whenever they can. The system takes approximately fifteen seconds to fully deploy from a packed state to a firing position.

 

The control unit for the Mark 51 system is attached directly to the turret itself. A small screen on the rear of the weapon provides information such as power levels, ammunition count, and targeting information. The sentry gun can also be linked to and controlled by the HCSI.