Model number:Â AOL-43
Code name:Â N/A
Unit type:Â unmanned submersible construction labor
Manufacturer(s):Â Hishii Heavy Industries; Schaft Enterprises
Operator:Â civilians
Rollout:Â unknown
Accommodation:Â none
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; spotlight, mounted on forward section of main body
Fixed armaments:Â none
The AOL-43 was a civilian use submersible construction labor manufactured by Hishii Heavy Industries. Similar to the SOV-9800 Nautilas, the AOL-43 was unmanned and piloted via remote control. A long cable connected the labor to a boat on the surface where the operator controlled its movements. In 2000, an AOL-43 unit working on an undersea cable in Tokyo Bay was attacked and destroyed by a genetically engineered monster. The police later determined that the AOL-43’s superconductive motor, manufactured by Schaft, was attracting the monster. As a result, the police and the Self-Defense Forces deployed several AOL-43s to lure the monster into a trap at the Budokan stadium.
First appearance: WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
Original mechanical designer: Yutaka Izubuchi
N/A
WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3
Director:
Fumihiko Takayama
Writer:
Miki Tori
Mechanical Designer(s):
Yutaka Izubuchi
Shoji Kawamori
Hajime Katoki
Character Designer:
Hiroki Takagi
Musical Composer:
Kenji Kawai
Format:
1 movie
Theatrical Release:
Japan 03.30.2002
U.S. 01.10.2003
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