M39 ROCKET TURRET

D. Watson Jr.
Jun 28
2 min read

General Information:

The M39 rocket turret is a 102mm shaped-charge, high-explosive (SC-HE) rocket turret employed by the United Nations Space Command armed forces, used primarily on the M12A1 Rocket Warthog.

Design details

The M39 rocket turret is painted black, with some sort of motion tracking systems facing the gunner. The turret is apparently magazine-fed, due to the presence of a magazine mounted on the left side of the launcher, as well as a pair of identical magazines stored on the turret's base.

When fired, the turret launches three M19 102mm surface-to-surface missiles, the same as those employed by the M41 SPNKR rocket launcher. Each reload cycle of the 102mm SC-HE rocket turret consumes four seconds, which is vital in combat situations. Presumably, it has an automatic reload system as the gunner does not have to do anything during the reload cycle. Partial reloads, when only one or two rockets have been fired, are also available, but will still use up the entire reload cycle - there is no time difference between reloading an empty launcher or a launcher with one rocket left. The carriage of the M39 rocket turret resembles the M41 Vulcan to some extent, most notably due to the shield and arm braces.

M39 Usage

The M39 rocket turret is primarily used on the M12A Rocket Warthogs, light anti-armor vehicles that would later be mostly replaced by Gauss cannons like the M68, and multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) like the M79 and M80. While the M39 still populates UNSC armories in large numbers, it has been mostly supplanted by M79 and M80 MLRS units.

Text courtesy of Halopedia.

In-game variants M39:

Picture 1: In-game screenshot of the Rocket.
Picture 2: Spartan II firing a M39 Rocket Turret.

Pictures in gallery courtesy of Halopedia.

Known Mega variations:

Version 1 |

Version 1:

Dims: Length 2.75(in) or 6.985(cm)
Width at widest point: 1.375(in) or 3.4925(cm)
Height (without mount): 1.125(in) or 2.8575(cm)

Version 1.0 (Gray)

Description: Green with red detail. Weapon is molded with gray plastic. The majority of this version is painted army green. There is a red stripe near the rear of the weapon. There is a small area near the front of the weapon painted silver. The handle is the gray unexposed gray molding.

A version the M-39 was released with the following sets: