Model number:Â AFL-98
Code name:Â Lhada
Unit type:Â military labor
Manufacturer:Â Yotsubishi Heavy Industries
Operator:Â UN (United Nations)
Rollout:Â unknown
Accommodation:Â pilot and copilot, in standard cockpit in main body
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â unknown
Minimum revolving radius:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 25mm chain gun, mounted on main body
The AFL-98 Lhada was a military labor produced by Yotsubishi Heavy Industries and utilized by the United Nations. Unlike most other labors, the Lhada had a tank body instead of a humanoid one, similar to the prototype HAL X-10. However, the Lhada’s six wheeled legs provided it with more maneuverability than the average tank. The Lhada was equipped with a sensor and camera pod that allowed the pilots to scan the area for hostiles. Its sole armament consisted of a 25mm chain gun mounted in its forward section. In 1999, a UN unit operating in Southeast Asia came under attack from enemy forces. After several AL-97B-var Hannibal units were destroyed by rocket-propelled grenades, Lhada pilot Yukihito Tsuge opened fire against orders in self-defense. However, his Lhada was damaged when it took fire from an enemy tank. Tsuge’s negative experience on the mission later became the basis of his forming the right-wing National Defense Family and the launching of a coup in Tokyo three years later.
Pilot: Yukihito Tsuge
First appearance: Patlabor 2 the Movie
Original mechanical designer:Â Yutaka Izubuchi
Patlabor 2 the Movie Info
Director:
Mamoru Oshii
Writer:
Kazunori Ito
Mechanical Designer(s):
Yutaka Izubuchi
Hajime Katoki
Shoji Kawamori
Yoshinori Sayama
Mamoru Ito
Kosuke Fujishima
Character Designer(s):
Akemi Takada
Masami Yuki
Musical Composer:
Kenji Kawai
Format:
1 movie
Theatrical Release:
Japan 08.07.1993
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