Sentry Gun (Red Alert)

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Sentry Gun (Red Alert)
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[edit] Great World War III (Red Alert 2)

In RA2, the Soviets no longer have the old Flame Towers, which were also an effective base defense, despite causing unintended splash damage to nearby units. It is replaced by a successor, the Sentry Gun, an inexpensive anti-infantry oriented base defense. It features two guns, which may or may not be chainguns like those on the somewhat-similar GDI Vulcan Tower, mounted on a metal turret. It was useful against infantry, and for keeping SEALs out of bases and slowing down GI advances.

[edit] World War III (Red Alert 3)

The Sentry Gun is seen again in RA3, this time as an almost Pillbox-like emplacement featuring a Conscript wielding a heavy machine gun. Like all defenses other than walls, it is buildable over water. It cannot, however, target aircraft and does little damage to armored vessels, such as Assault Destroyers and Naginata Cruisers. Yari Mini-Subs are also a threat to it, if deployed over water. On land, it is extremely weak against heavy armor (in particular a certain Soviet super-heavy tank called the Apocalypse, and the King Oni)

[edit] Counters

Although primarily an anti-infantry emplacement, the gun was capable of dealing decent amounts of damage to enemy armour, especially the 'thin-skinned' advanced Allied tanks, but the sentry gun is totally useless against aircraft.

In Red Alert 3, if the Sentry Gun was deployed over water, torpedoes from Yari Mini-Subs are a threat to it.

v·d·e Soviet Great World War III Arsenal

Infantry Conscript • Desolator (Iraq only) • Terrorist (Cuba only) • Engineer • Attack Dog • Flak Trooper • Crazy Ivan • Tesla Trooper • Boris (YR only) • Yuri • Cosmonaut (YR only) Vehicles Rhino Tank • Flak Track • V3 Rocket Launcher • Terror Drone • War Miner • Apocalypse Tank • MCV • Demolition Truck (Libya only) • Tesla tank (Russia only) Aircraft Kirov Airship • Siege Chopper (YR only) • MiG (YR only) Vessels Typhoon Attack Submarine • Amphibious Transport • Dreadnought • Sea Scorpion • Giant Squid Buildings Production: Construction Yard • Barracks • War Factory • Naval Shipyard Support: Tesla Reactor • Ore Refinery • Radar • Service depot • Battle Lab • Cloning Vats • Psychic Sensor • Nuclear Reactor • Industrial Plant (YR only) Defences: Fortress Walls • Sentry Gun • Flak Cannon • Battle Bunker (YR only) • Tesla Coil • Nuclear Missile Silo • Iron Curtain

v·d·e Soviet World War III Arsenal

Infantry Conscript • Combat Engineer • War Bear • Tesla Trooper • Flak Trooper • Natasha • Desolator (Uprising) Vehicles Hammer Tank • Sickle • Bullfrog transport • V4 Rocket Launcher • Ore Collector • Apocalypse Tank • Sputnik • MCV • Terror Drone • Tesla tank • Mortar Cycle (Uprising) • Reaper (Uprising) • Grinder (Red Alert 3) (Uprising) • Mammoth Tank (Not in use) Aircraft MiG • Twinblade • Kirov Airship • Badger Bomber Vessels Akula Submarine • Dreadnought • Stingray Buildings Super Reactor • Barracks • Ore Refinery • Reactor • War Factory • Naval Yard • Battle Lab • Airfield • Iron Curtain • Vacuum Imploder • Outpost • Construction Yard • Sentry Gun • Tesla Coil • Flak Cannon • Crusher Crane