the pan tray 415 seats against the rest 450 r when the camera assembly is fully retracted as shown of fig6 in other embodiments the fastener 450 and the rest 450 r may be separate mechanisms fig7 shows a simplified cut away top view of one embodiment of the pan tray 415 of the camera assembly 405 the pan tray 415 houses the pan motor assembly 745 which is used to pan the camera assembly 405 the winch motor 735 is also housed within the pan tray 415 and is coupled via worm gears 755 also housed in the pan tray 415 to the winch drum 785 the winch drum 785 is external to the pan tray 415 and is located opposite the pivot shaft 795 in this embodiment the bottom 35 b of the housing 35 is not sealed so the payload module 30 has an open bottom 35 b to facilitate deployment of the payload 400 thus in this embodiment the pan tray 415 as well as the tilt cylinder 425 are individually sealed the tilt cylinder 725 typically houses the tilt motor assembly not show and the imaging sensing or other passive active non lethal or lethal payload devices 465 and 475 it is.