M809A Deathstalker Self Propelled Anti Aircraft Gun

Scorpion MBT

"This technology is six hundred years old but still blows the Foxtrot out of any fly boy that comes too close."

- Deatstalker gunner

The M809A Deathstalker Self Propelled Anti Aircraft gun was a heavily modified Scorpion MBT modified for anti aircraft warefare.

The first major refit of the Scorpion, the Deathstalker uses a Misriah 40mm autogun in a quad set up, with a computer guidance system that can track air targets and target them without human input. The weapon, although computer controlled, can be taken off and put over to control of the driver, for use should the system malfunction or another, more darker reason. As of late, a growing trend with gunners is to use the guns as anti-infantry guns, the high explosive cluster bomb shells being potent anti infantry weapons.

The vehicle had to undergo several major changes, with the chassis having to be lengthened by a meter and widened by a meter to accomodate the large quad gun. The gun itself is selfloading with a magazine of two hundred rounds for each of the guns and more can be loaded by hand from the ammunition store.

The rounds are 'Smart Shots', a new round with a motion sensor implanted in the rear of the warehead. Taking up only a thin section with the actual motion sensor and detonator, should it pick something up outside of its trajectory, it detonates, sending explosive bomblets and shrapnel, causing more damamge than initial or potential impact. Should it be on course for impact, in explodes on contact with its target.

UNSC Remarks
"Great for hitting ground support aircraft but you might as well throw sticks and stones at fighters"

"Ever seen one of these shoot at infantry? We were taking on Pirates over at Kanna and we were supporting the infatry going in. Some pirates tried to rush us, stupid bastards. We turned the guns on them. We never got a kill count, too many bits and pieces, nobody wanted to put them all together."

"Squadron of pirate Banshees versus one of these things driving about. Sweetest thing i ever saw. Five of them in pieces in as many seconds."