Model number:Â MPL-97S
Code name:Â Python
Unit type:Â law enforcement patrol labor
Manufacturer:Â Manabe Heavy Industries
Operator:Â Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Rollout:Â November 1997 AD
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â overall height 7.80 meters; overall width 4.60 meters
Weight:Â standard 7.25 metric tons; full 7.85 metric tons
Armor materials:Â high tension steel
Powerplant:Â unknown
Maximum weight lifting capacity:Â 2.60 metric tons
Minimum revolving radius:Â 5.90 meters
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â anti-labor stun stick, stored in shield mounted on left forearm, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The MPL-97S Python was a law enforcement patrol labor manufactured by Manabe Heavy Industries. As a law enforcement unit, it was equipped with a stun stick and shield to fight off other labors. The Python was used by Division 1 of the Tokyo police’s Special Vehicles Section 2. When Division 2 upgraded to Shinohara’s new AV-98 Ingram, Division 1 was left with the aging Python. After several false starts at upgrades, Division 1 formally adopted the new AV-0 Peacemaker as its main unit in 1999. The dependable Python was then relegated to serving as a training labor.
Pilot(s): Tsutomu Gomioka, Yuuki
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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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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