Machine Gun Pillbox
| “ | A well-fortified bunker position fitted with a mounted machinegun. Garrisoned infantry will lay down heavy suppressive fire upon approaching enemies from a fixed angle. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The Machine Gun Pillbox is a player-built defensive structure that automatically fires at enemies with a machine gun when garrisoned.
Construction
It can be built with a Hammer and 75 Basic Materials on any land except roads, beaches, bridges, or rocks. During placement its firing range is shown.
Defense
It is immune to small arms, fragmentation grenades, and 12.7mm machine gun fire, but not to heavier explosives. It is short enough that infantry standing behind it can fire over it.
When its garrison is active (large flag on the pillbox), it automatically fires a 12.7mm machine gun on any enemy vehicle, infantry, and structures within 27 meters (30m from its center) in a 90 degree arc. It takes a second or two to fire accurately and at its maximum fire rate (400 rounds/min). Its detection range is reduced at night, similar to player vision. Getting shot by an enemy triggers its retaliation fire for 6.5 seconds, it locks on and fires at the shooter if it has a line of sight, bypassing its night vision limitation. Its retaliation range is only limited by its caliber, the 12.7mm bullets starts dealing less damage past 27 meters and no damage past 41 meters. If the shooter was in a vehicle/structure and dismounts the retalation fire keeps targeting their old seat in the vehicle/structure and not the shooter now on foot.
The garrison has infinite ammunition.
Its garrison can be suppressed.
One friendly player can get inside it by pressing Q. While inside they cannot be injured by anything except Gas Grenades or heat. They can fire with their equipped weapon in the limited firing arc unless the pillbox is suppressed. The player can't use the pillbox's machine gun. They instantly die if the pillbox is destroyed.
Gallery
All three pillbox types: Rifle, Machine Gun, Anti-Tank (from top to bottom).
The visual representation of the Machine Gun Pillbox's firing range.
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