Machine Gun Sentry
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Machine Gun Sentry is one of the 
Stratagems in Helldivers 2.
A/MG-43 Machine Gun Sentry is an offensive Stratagem. An agile automated machine gun turret. Will fire at targets even if Helldivers will be caught in the crossfire.
Machine Gun Sentry Stratagem unlocks at lvl 1 player level and costs 1500 
Requisition Slips to unlock.
Machine Gun Sentry Code[edit | edit source]
Machine Gun Sentry Stratagem call down code consists of 5 buttons:
Machine Gun Sentry Mechanics[edit | edit source]
When called in, Machine Gun Sentry drops on the desired location in a hellpod and will aim and fire at any enemy inside of its effective range.
As all the turrets Machine Gun Sentry can easily kill friendly helldivers if they are on its line of fire, so turret should be placed to avoid that.
Machine Gun Sentry have pretty slow rotation speed. It can be easily overwhelmed by enemies coming from the different directions or some armored/fast enemies like 
Charger.
Machine Gun Sentry is a really good early game Stratagem when heavy enemies are still uncommon and helldivers dont have good weapons to fight off the enemy swarms, but its very fragile and can be destroyed easily at the higher difficulties by tougher enemies.
While 
Gatling Sentry is better fora burst turret, with higher fire rate and DPS, Machine Gun Sentry excels in longer fire support / suppression fire since its lower fire rate allows to conserve ammo for longer.
When Machine Gun Sentry runs out of ammo it will turn off and disassemble itself.
Machine Gun Sentry Stats[edit | edit source]
List of stats for the Machine Gun Sentry Stratagem
| Stat/Trait | Value |
|---|---|
| Call-in Time | 3 sec |
| Uses | Unlimited |
| Cooldown Time | 180 sec |
| Trait | Hellpod |
| Trait | Sentry |
Machine Gun Sentry Tips and Tricks[edit | edit source]
All the tips for Machine Gun Sentry shared by the community. Feel free to add yours.
- Helldivers can lay prone to avoid Machine Gun Sentry fire and stay in it's protection range
- Its possible to get on top of Machine Gun Sentry to stay out of turret's line of fire and get some high advantage over the enemy.
- Machine Gun Sentry is great to take out
Shrieker enemies - As with all the turrets, placement of Machine Gun Sentry is essential to make sure it's line of fire is clear of obstacles.
Machine Gun Sentry Upgrades[edit | edit source]
Its possible to uprade Machine Gun Sentry Stratagem in the Ship Modules upgrades. Here is the list of the available upgrades for the Machine Gun Sentry
| Upgrade | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sunthetic Supplementation | Reduces cooldown time for Sentry, Emplacement, and Resupply stratagems by 10%. | 60  Common Samples, 10  Rare Samples
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| Advanced Construction | Increases health of Sentry stratagems by 50%. | 60 Common Samples
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| Dynamic tracking | Reduces deployment time for all Sentry stratagems [by 3 seconds]. | 60 Common Samples, 20 Rare Samples
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| Shock Absorption Gel | Increases ammo for Sentry stratagems by 50%. | 80 Common Samples, 40 Rare Samples, 5  Super Samples
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| High Quality Lubricant | Sentries rotate towards new targets more quickly. | 80 Common Samples, 80 Rare Samples, 10 Super Samples
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