Model number: HAL-X10
Code name:Â N/A
Unit type:Â experimental unmanned heavy attack labor
Manufacturer(s):Â Shinohara Heavy Industries; Hishii Heavy Industries
Operator:Â Japan Self-Defense Forces
Rollout:Â 1999 AD; 2005 AD (commencement of sales)
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in main body
Dimensions:Â overall height 9.03 meters (legs retracted); overall height 11.83 meters (legs deployed); overall width 7.15 meters
Weight:Â standard 17.41 metric tons; full 20.28 metric tons
Armor materials:Â high tension carbon reinforced material with composite armor
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â 43.0 metric tons (on all 4 legs)
Minimum revolving radius:Â 5.88 meters
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; hover unit
Fixed armaments:Â ATM launcher, mounted on main body; 9 x missile launcher, mounted on main body; 12 x smoke discharger, mounted on main body; anti-aircraft gun, mounted on main body
Optional fixed armaments:Â 135mm smoothbore cannon, mounted on forward section of main body, replaces ATM launcher
The HAL-X10 was an experimental heavy attack labor developed in partnership by manufacturers Shinohara and Hishii for the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The tank-like X10 was equipped with four legs that allowed it to move through mountainous or forest terrain, although its legs also housed wheels. The X10 was also equipped with a hover unit for high speed mobility. The X10 featured a humanoid head that was used to scan the battlefield and locate enemies. The X10 could mount a variety of armaments, including a smoothbore cannon, anti-aircraft gun, ATM launcher, missile launchers and smoke dischargers. In 1999, an X10 unit escaped from its testing grounds into a forest area at Gotenba. In response, the JSDF deployed several AL-97B Samson units, but they were unable to contain the threat. The Tokyo police’s SV2 labor unit was then called in to deal with the problem, but the heavily armed (and armored) X10 proved too much for even the versatile AV-98 Ingram. During the fight, the JSDF covered the runaway X10’s model number with paint to conceal its identity as a military labor. In the end, the X10 was stopped only after it ran out of ammunition, which allowed Asuma Shinohara to board the cockpit and remove the X10’s movement disk.
First appearance: Mobile Police Patlabor
Original mechanical designer:Â Yutaka Izubuchi
N/A
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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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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