Strange anti-aircraft gun

The Strange anti-aircraft gun costs 120 minerals and takes fifteen seconds in build 23882143. Its description states “A rapid-fire turret for shooting down enemy aircraft.” The health record has 550 base hit points, a 50-point reserve capacity, 0 armour and area coefficient 0.22. Its machine-gun component records range 10, bonus range 3 and minimum range 1, with an aircraft-oriented detection setting. The presence of damage fields for other target classes does not by itself establish that the turret can select or attack those targets.

The weapon’s move-attack flag is set in build 23882143; that is a component setting, not evidence that this structure can travel or fire while being moved. Its area coefficient 0.22 differs from the 0.1 and 0.2 found on other Mutant buildings, while the Construction crane and Spit turret record 0.3 and 0.6. This comparison names values without converting them into protection percentages. The official aircraft role and the detection setting remain the useful starting point. A damage table must be read together with targeting, rather than used to invent a second role for the building.

The extracted damage fields give calculated rates of 150 against infantry and 37.5 against vehicles on a 0.4-second cycle. Those calculations do not prove that infantry is an eligible target: the turret’s description and detection setting point to an aircraft role. For 120 minerals, plan it as anti-aircraft coverage unless the target-selection behaviour is established otherwise. Its minimum range is 1; account for that inner interval when arranging coverage, but do not interpret contact with the building as guaranteed safety from every weapon or neighbouring defender.

The phrase “rush the anti-air” is a tactical shorthand, not a developer instruction. The calculated infantry damage field is 150, but the record does not establish that infantry can be targeted. A minimum range of 1 is a weapon constraint, not a guarantee that touching the turret disables the entire defence. Its area coefficient 0.22 and base health 550 do not determine the attacking weapon's effectiveness. Assess the aircraft coverage the turret provides and the ground forces protecting it, then choose whether the raid actually needs to remove this anti-aircraft position.