However, despite having more stopping power against infantry, these rounds lack penetration and are considerably less effective against armoured and/or hardened targets. Therefore, Sentry Guns are all issued with new hollow point rounds that solve this problem. This is considered wasteful, since it means that the remaining energy of the round is expended on the ground.
SENTRY GUN FULL
Soviet analysis showed that a API 14.5mm bullet will continue through a human target without imparting its full kinetic energy. Sentry Guns are now a common sight in the Soviet Union, and serve a huge role in protecting Mother Russia and its citizens from harm. He was then awarded the Order of the Red Star posthumously. The current record goes to late Comrade Sergeant Pyotr Gorbachyov with 45 kills, among which were three IFVs, two Riptides and one foolish Mirage Tank that thought the common Russian sentry wouldn't react when a certain tree appeared to be closer each time he looked at it.ĭuring his last stand defending a base (during the first test of the Athena Cannon), a beam of light struck him from the sky, incinerating him and the entire Sentry Gun. A 360-degree turning mount was surrounded by brick and mortar, then given three heavy machine guns and manned by only one Conscript.Įven so, the Sentry Gun continues to impress and conscripts that have been promoted to Sentry Gun duty constantly tabulate score charts to compare their kills. Sentry Posts, now renamed Sentry Guns started reappearing in the frontlines.īy WWIII, the Sentry Gun had evolved into a much smaller, more compact form. When the news reached Soviet High Command, the convicts were released and each awarded with the Order of the Red Star. The Beagle hit the embankment and flipped over, allowing the convicts to kill the crew, although the details are spared. Somehow, the conscripts were able to erect a brick barricade from the bricks they were supposed to produce as the Beagle made a dash for them. One outpost, OP342928, to be exact was attacked by an Allied Beagle in the jungles of Vietnam. Little did they know, that this was the start of something incredible. Each outpost was expected to produce 500 bricks a week, along with 100 kilos of cement, all from a simple dirt press and a few pots and sticks. Even at these remote outposts, the convicts were still expected to contribute to Russia's war efforts. The convicts spent their time chained to their posts, visited only once a week by a conscript on a bike who provided them with their weekly rations. Before the Flak Trooper Program was born, men were often sent here to be punished if they proved hard to track in the gulag. The Sentry Post was relegated to the far reaches of the Earth, where the worst enemy it will face is malaria, diseases and a few men armed with axes and pistols, or so they thought. It was obvious the Soviets needed an upgrade. Tank commanders simply laughed as the small bullets bounced off their armour before proceeding to crush the Sentry Post, sandbag, heavy machine guns, men and all. With the large battalions of tanks rolling at them, the Sentry Post proved old and obsolete. World War Two was a whole new world for the Sentry Post. It was so effective, it even inspired the recruitment slogans to adopt the maxim, "Man a sentry! Defend Russia!" The Sentry Post, as it was called back then, was capable of ripping through entire formations of advancing infantry. During the war, defence positions were set up at the battlefront, one every 15 metres, each armed with three fearsome heavy machine guns and manned by over 5 people. It was born in the trenches of the World War One, when cavalry still reigned supreme and Russia was a monarchy. The Sentry Gun is one of the oldest and most effective defences the Soviet Union possesses.
SENTRY GUN UPGRADE
Needless to say, it will have a much tougher time against armoured vehicles.