Military
Labors
AL-97
Atlas

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Specifications:
Unit type: Military Labor
Manufacturer: Hishii Heavy Industries
Commencement
of sales: January 1997
Height: 9.40 metres
Width: 6.35 metres
Standard weight: 3.60 tons
Full equipment weight: 8.27 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 3.25 tons
Armour materials: High Tension Steel
Minimum revolving radius: 4.35 metres
Fixed armaments: 20mm Gatling gun, mounted on
back
Optional hand armaments: None
Appearances in anime: Original OVA Series (aka Early Days)
episodes 5 and 6 |
Notes:
The first military
Labor seen in Patlabor, specifically in episode 5 of the
Original OVA Series (aka Early Days). It seems to be on the
earliest, if not the first, developed military Labors. It
is used by the Japanese Self Defence Force. The 20mm Gatling
gun the Labor uses was originally developed for NATO gunships.
Type
7B/2B Brocken

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Specifications:
Unit
type: Counter-terrorist Commando Military
Labor
Manufacturer: Schaft Enterprises Europe (SEE)
Commencement of sales: February 1998
Height: 8.68 metres
Width: 4.69 metres
Standard weight: 8.23 tons
Full equipment weight: 8.92 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 4.00 tons
Armour materials: Fibre Reinforced Plastic,
Composite Materials
Standard equipment: None
Optional equipment: Smoke Discharger x 6,
40mm Rapid Firing Machine Gun x 1, Extra Body Armour
Minimum revolving radius: 6.20 metres
Appearances in anime: Original OVA Series (aka Early Days)
episode 7; TV Series episodes 10, 11 and 13 |
Notes:
A military Labor originally designed
for the West German military. The
SV2 clash with Labor infrequently, mostly due to Schaft's
experimentation with test Labors and their desire to compile
data by battling with the SV2.
Type
5Q/2C Grau Bear

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Specifications:
Unit
type: Military Type Labor
Manufacturer: Schaft Enterprises Europe (SEE)
Commencement of sales: October 1997
Height: 7.10 metres
Width: 4.35 metres
Standard weight: 6.99 tons
Full equipment weight: 7.25 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 4.10 tons
Armour materials: Fibre Reinforced Plastic
Standard equipment: None
Optional equipment: Various
Minimum revolving radius: 5.00 metres
Appearances in anime: Original OVA Series (aka Early Days)
episode 7; TV Series episode 18 and 22 |
Notes:
Another military
Labor developed by Schaft. Like the Brocken, the SV2 deals
with this Labor the most when Schaft's experiential test
Labors are lurking about.
ARL-99B
Helldiver

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Specifications:
Unit
type: Airborne Operations Military Labor
Manufacturer: Shinohara Heavy Industries,
Hachioji Factory
Commencement of sales: October 1999
Height: 7.95 metres
Width: 4.55 metres
Standard weight: 5.75 tons
Full equipment weight: 6.81 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 3.10 tons
Armour materials: Fibre Reinforced Plastic
and Carbon Fibre Reinforced Material (Aluminium
Steel)
Standard equipment: 40mm Rapid Firing Machine
Gun x 1, Combat Knife
Optional equipment: Parachute Sack x 1, Smoke
Discharger x 8, TOW Anti-Tank Missile Launcher x 1
Minimum revolving radius: 3.90 metres
Appearances in anime: Patlabor the movie; TV Series episodes 10,
11, 20, 21 and 45 |
Notes:
Devised as a Labor version of a
paratrooper, this Labor is a much more slimmed down and
manoeuvrable Labor than the AL-97 Atlas. We first see theis
Labor in the first movie, battling the HAL X-10. Captain Fuwa
pilots one of these Labors.
XR-99 Doshka

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Specifications:
Unit type: Soviet Military
Labor
Commencement of sales: May 1999
Height: 7.50 metres
Width: 4.80 metres
Standard weight: 14.26 tons
Full equipment weight: 17.00 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 27.60 tons
Standard equipment: 40mm Rapid Firing
Machine Gun x 1, Automatic Loading 76mm Main
Cannon x 1
Optional equipment: Surface to Air Missile
Launcher
Minimum revolving radius: 4.11 metres
Appearances in anime: TV Series episode 9 |
Notes:
Odd looking Russian Military Labor
seen in the TV episode "Red Labor Landing".
AL-97B
Samson

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Specifications:
Unit type: Military Labor
Manufacturer: Hishii Heavy Industries
Commencement of sales: June 1997
Height: 9.10 metres
Width: 5.60 metres
Standard weight: 7.63 tons
Full equipment weight: 8.31 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 4.00 tons
Armor materials: High Tension Steel
Standard equipment: Smoke Discharger,
Infrared Search Light x 1, Mk.22 20mm Mini-Gun x 1
Optional equipment: 90mm Cannon x 1,
Multiple Missile Launcher x 1
Appearances in anime: TV Series episodes 20 and 21 |
Notes:
This Labor is a refinement of the
AL-97 Atlas and is only seen in the latter Phantom Labor
episodes.
Type 6Q/2C
Chimaera

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Specifications:
Unit type: Multi Purpose
Labor
Manufacturer: Schaft Enterprises Europe
(SEE)
Height: 7.00 metres
Width: 4.25 metres
Standard weight: 6.90 tons
Full equipment weight: 7.30 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 4.30 tons
Armour materials: High Tension Steel
Standard equipment: 40mm Machine Gun x 1
Optional equipment: Various
Minimum revolving radius: 4.95 metres
Appearances in anime: TV Series episodes 20 and 21 |
Notes:
Another military
type Labor developed by Schaft. Seen the TV episodes "Dark
Troubles Rising" and "The Phantom Returns".
Type
M-5 Abraham

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Specifications:
Unit type: Military Labor
Manufacturer: Schaft Enterprises USA
Commencement of sales: September 1998
Height: 8.30 metres
Width: 4.85 metres
Standard weight: 7.20 tons
Full equipment weight: 7.60 tons
Maximum weight lifting capacity: 4.00 tons
Armour materials: Carbon Reinforced
Material with Composite Armour
Standard equipment: 90mm Cannon x 1, Smoke
Discharger, 20mm Machine Gun x 1
Minimum revolving radius: 5.50 metres
Appearances in anime: TV Series episodes 32, 33 and 34 |
Notes:
Yet another military
type Labor from Schaft, this time from their US division. In
the TV series, the Labor is used by Three-S, Schaft
Security Systems, who are ordered to go after Bud, Utsumi and
the Griffin Labor.
AL-97B
Hannibal

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Specifications:
Unit type: Military Labor
Manufacturer: Hishii Heavy Industries
Equipment: Optional Infrared Searchlight
Armament: 20mm Machine Gun x 1, Rocket
Launcher x 1
Appearances in anime: Patlabor 2 the movie |
Notes:
This Labor seems to be a further
development of the AL-97B
Samson. It is used by both the Japanese Self Defence Force and
the United Nations in "Patlabor 2 the movie".
Type 98 RADHA
Multiple Combat Command Labor

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Specifications:
Unit type: Military Labor
Armament: 25mm Machine Gun
Appearances in anime: Patlabor 2 the movie |
Notes:
Not a great deal of information is
available for this Labor. I'm not even sure I've got the name
right. It appears
in the opening scenes of "Patlabor 2 the movie" and is piloted
by Yukihito Tsuge. It may be the final version of the
experimental HAL X-10.
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