Model number:Â AL-97B
Code name:Â Samson
Unit type:Â military labor
Manufacturer:Â Hishii Heavy Industries
Operator:Â Japan Self-Defense Forces
Rollout:Â June 1997 AD
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â overall height 9.10 meters; overall width 5.60 meters
Weight:Â standard 7.63 metric tons; full 8.31 metric tons
Armor materials:Â high tension steel
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â 4.00 metric tons
Minimum revolving radius:Â 5.88 meters
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; infrared search light, mounted on left shoulder
Fixed armaments:Â many x smoke discharger; Mk.22 20mm minigun, mounted on forearm
Optional fixed armaments:Â 90mm cannon; multiple missile launcher
The AL-97B Samson was a military labor manufactured by Hishii Heavy Industries that served as one of the main ground units of the JSDF. The heavily armored Samson could be equipped with a variety of weapons depending on its mission, including smoke dischargers, a minigun, a cannon and a multiple missile launcher. In 1998, the JSDF deployed several Samson units in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the runaway labor HAL X-10 outside Gotenba. In 1999, Samson units at a military testing ground in Oshima came under attack from Schaft’s mysterious experimental Type-R13EX Phantom.
First appearance: Mobile Police Patlabor
Original mechanical designer:Â Yutaka Izubuchi
Patlabor Info
Director:
Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Writer(s):
Kazunori Ito
Mamoru Oshii
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Naoto Kimura
Tetsuo Takahashi
Michiko Yokote
Hibari Arisu
Mechanical Designer(s):
Yutaka Izubuchi
Yoshinori Sayama
Character Designer:
Akemi Takada
Musical Composer:
Kenji Kawai
Format:
47 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 10.11.1989 – 09.26.1990
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