For the research item of the same name, see Machinegun Guard Tower (Research)
The Machinegun Guard Tower is the earliest possible defensive structure that players can research, available for research immediately after researching the Machinegun.
Strangely, it mounts a Heavy Machinegun instead of a regular Machinegun,and the New Paradigm is using the same version with a twin machinegun
| New Defensive Structure Available |
| Steel tower with machinegun |
| Automatically targets enemies within sensor range |
| Defensive Strength: Low |
| Internal Template Name: | GuardTower1 |
| Price: | $100 |
| HP: | 600 (450 from body, 150 from turret) |
| Armor Type: | Medium Structure |
| Kinetic Armor: | 10 |
| Thermal Armor: | 10 |
| Size: | 1x1 |
| Height: | 2 |
| Weapon Stats | |
|---|---|
| See Heavy Machinegun | |
| Damage Upgrades | |
|---|---|
| Hardened MG Bullets | +25% Damage |
| ABDSB MG Bullets | +50% Damage |
| APDSB MG Bullets Mk2 | +75% Damage |
| APDSB MG Bullets Mk3 | +100% Damage |
| Tungsten-Tipped MG Bullets | +125% Damage |
| Tungsten-Tipped MG Bullets Mk2 | +150% Damage |
| Tungsten-Tipped MG Bullets Mk3 | +175% Damage |
| Depleted Uranium MG Bullets | +200% Damage |
| Rate-of-Fire Upgrades | |
| Chaingun Upgrade | -15% Reload Time (+18% ROF) |
| Rapid Fire Chaingun Upgrade | -30% Reload Time (+43% ROF) |
| Hyper Fire Chaingun Upgrade | -45% Reload Time (+82% ROF) |
| HP/Kinetic Armor Upgrades | |
| Improved Hardcrete |
+30% HP +35% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Improved Hardcrete Mk2 |
+60% HP +70% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Improved Hardcrete Mk3 |
+90% HP +105% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Supercrete |
+120% HP +140% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Supercrete Mk2 |
+150% HP +175% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Supercrete Mk3 |
+180% HP +205% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Plascrete |
+210% HP +240% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Plascrete Mk2 |
+240% HP +275% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Plascrete Mk3 |
+270% HP +305% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Plasteel |
+300% HP +340% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Plasteel Mk2 |
+330% HP +375% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |
| Plasteel Mk3 |
+360% HP +410% Kinetic and Thermal Armor |