Model number:Â ZM-A05G
Code name:Â Recarl
Unit type:Â particle cannon-equipped mobile armor
Manufacturer:Â BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
Operator:Â BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
First deployment:Â UC 0153
Accommodation:Â pilot plus two copilots/passengers in canopy-style cockpit in main body; passenger cabin with seating for six passengers in main body
Dimensions:Â overall length 50.6 meters
Weight:Â empty 29.2 metric tons; max gross 41.5 metric tons; mass ratio 1.42
Armor materials:Â high titanium alloy neo ceramic composite
Powerplant:Â 2 x Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 4,990 kW each
Propulsion:Â jet thrusters: 174,400 kg total (2 x 87,200 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 26
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â mega particle cannon, mounted on main body; 2 x beam cannon, mounted on main body
Designed exclusively for atmospheric combat, the ZM-A05G Recarl mobile armor was quite powerful, equipped with two generators from ZM-S08G Zolo mobile suits powering a large mega particle cannon. Although its main cannon made the Recarl highly effective as a long-range artillery strike unit, it also mounted a pair of short-range beam cannons for combat in closer quarters. With its high speed and agility in the air, the Recarl was more than capable of holding its own against mobile suits. Although it was unknown how many Recarls the Zanscare Empire built, at least one unit was in the inventory of Earth-based Yellow Jacket commander Fuala Griffon, who often played field commander and backseat driver in her Recarl with lackey Metchet Rubence at the controls. Fuala’s Recarl was destroyed in battle at Arti Gibraltar, taking the life of pilot Metchet.
Pilot: Metchet Rubence
First appearance: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Original mechanical designer:Â Junya Ishigaki
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Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Sukehiro Tomita
Ken Oketani
Kazuhiro Kanbe
Hideki Sonoda
Minoru Onoya
Mechanical Designer(s):
Hajime Katoki
Kunio Okawara
Junya Ishigaki
Character Designer:
Hiroshi Osaka
Musical Composer:
Akira Senju
Format:
51 episodes
Airdates:
Japan 04.02.1993 – 03.25.1994
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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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