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Model number:Â ASUKA-MPL-96
Code name:Â Taisyo
Unit type:Â law enforcement patrol labor
Manufacturer:Â Shinohara Heavy Industries
Operator:Â Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Rollout:Â October 1996 AD
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in head
Dimensions:Â overall height 5.62 meters; overall width 4.32 meters
Weight:Â standard 6.08 metric tons; full 6.89 metric tons
Armor materials:Â high tension steel
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â 1.20 metric tons
Minimum revolving radius:Â 5.20 meters
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â none
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The development of labors proved to be a boon to construction projects around the world. However, the increase of labors sparked a new type of crime: labor crime. To combat labor crime, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department created its own labor division, Special Vehicles Section 2. At first, SV2’s Division 2 used the ASUKA-MPL-96 Taisyo, based on the civilian ASUKA-SSL-96 Taisyo. However, the police use version had simply been painted in police colors and outfitted with a siren. As labors became more advanced, SV2 kept up with the times by replacing the Taisyo with the AV-98 Ingram, a labor designed specifically for law enforcement by Shinohara Heavy Industries. However, the Ingram was only assigned to Division 2, leaving Division 1 to rely on the aging MPL-97S Python.
Pilot: Isao Ota
Original mechanical designer:Â Yutaka Izubuchi
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At long last, Glow of Youth by @OZKai, a bit of #Gunpla history, is framed and on the wall. So happy to have it.
Should have done this ages ago, but here’s all the Victory Gundam settei scans that I received from @Gamer101_123 last year.
Character designs by Hiroshi Osaka with dates for most of them (contains some duplicates)
https://archive.org/details/vgundamsettei
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