Model number(s):Â KV-98; KV-93R
Code name:Â Pickle
Unit type:Â construction labor
Manufacturer:Â Shinohara Heavy Industries
Operator:Â civilians
Rollout:Â October 1993
Accommodation:Â pilot and copilot, in standard cockpit in main body
Dimensions:Â overall height 10.56 meters; overall width 6.70 meters
Weight:Â standard 9.11 metric tons; full 9.85 metric tons
Armor materials:Â reinforced steel
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â 18.5 metric tons
Minimum revolving radius:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; grappling hook, mounted on left side of main body
Fixed armaments:Â none
Optional fixed armaments:Â anti-tank missile, mounted on left side of main body (terrorist modification)
The KV-98 (KV-93R) Pickle was a mountain construction labor produced by Shinohara Heavy Industries. Its tripod leg design made it stand out from a typical labor, which was humanoid shaped. The Pickle’s tripod leg structure made it ideally suited for work in mountainous areas. One unit was stolen by terrorists and equipped with a powerful cannon. The unit was pursued by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s new AV-98 Ingrams on their first assignment. With its high mobility and grappling hook, the Pickle managed to behead Isao Ota’s Unit 2 and sever the right arm of Noa Izumi’s Unit 1. The terrorists using the Pickle threatened to fire at a temple, but the Pickle was immobilized when Noa attacked with her severed arm as a “rocket punch” inspired by super robot anime.
First appearance: Mobile Police Patlabor: Early Days
Original mechanical designer:Â Yutaka Izubuchi
Patlabor: Early Days Info
Director(s):
Mamoru Oshii
Naoyuki Yoshinaga
Writer:
Kazunori Ito
Mechanical Designer:
Yutaka Izubuchi
Character Designer:
Akemi Takada
Musical Composer:
Kenji Kawai
Format:
7 episodes
Video Release:
Japan 04.25.1988 – 06.25.1989
U.S. 10.14.2003
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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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