Model number:Â AL-97B
Code name:Â Hannibal
Unit type:Â mass production military labor
Manufacturer:Â Hishii Heavy Industries
Operator(s):Â Japan Self-Defense Forces; United Nations
Rollout:Â 1999 AD
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â unknown
Minimum revolving radius:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; optional infrared searchlight, mounted over left shoulder
Fixed armaments:Â 20mm machine gun, mounted on torso; rocket launcher, mounted on left forearm
Optional fixed armaments:Â none
The AL-97B-var Hannibal was a military labor developed by Hishii Heavy Industries as a successor to earlier units like the AL-97 Atlas. The Hannibal was equipped with a sensor pod on its right shoulder and could mount an optional infrared searchlight on its left shoulder. Because the Hannibal’s hands used three manipulator fingers instead of a full human-type hand, it did not carry any weapons. Armaments included a 20mm machine gun and rocket launcher. Hishii produced the Hannibal for several clients, including the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the United Nations. In 1999, a unit of UN Hannibals suffered heavy losses after an attack in Southeast Asia. In 2000, the SDF deployed a Hannibal unit to help trap a genetically engineered monster that had been stalking Tokyo Bay and destroying labors.
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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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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