Patlabor: The Movie: Difference between revisions
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Patlabor: The Movie: Difference between revisions
At the beginning of the anime, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers can be seen engaging a rogue experimental labor (the manned robots the anime takes its name from) using, among other weapons, Carl Gustav recoilless rifles.
Among the JGSDF units deployed to stop the rogue experimental labor at the beginning of the anime are several AH-88 "Hellhound" attack helicopters, each one armed with a chin-mounted four-barrel gatling; this appears to be a scaled-up Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B, increased in size to at least 20mm.
Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B machine gun - 12.7x108mmError creating thumbnail: File missingThree Hellhound attack helicopters move in on the malfunctioning Labor, armed with four-barrel gatling guns.
AMC Auto Mag
During the raid on the Ark, Kanuka Clancy can be seen armed with an AMC Auto Mag as her main weapon, using it to destroy numerous guard robots en-route to the Ark's main control room.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSolothurn S-18/100 20mm Anti-Tank RifleError creating thumbnail: File missingHiromi cocks his anti-Labor rifle, testing it out on a stretch of wasteground. Given even a giant of a man like Hiromi struggles to operate the charging handle, this is probably supposed to be a crew-served weapon.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHe then draws down on his hapless target as Second Section's mechanics cower behind a sandbag wall...Error creating thumbnail: File missing...That target being an old police patrol car.Error creating thumbnail: File missingApparently he's loaded it with some special non-conversation-of-energy ammunition, considering it hurls the car a hundred feet into the air without the recoil killing him.
Remington 870
Members of the Special Vehicle Unit (SVU) can be seen armed with Remington 870 shotguns with high-capacity magazine tubes for use when not aboard their labors. At the climax of the anime, Noa Izume uses her Remington 870 to shoot out the onboard computer of the rampaging Type Zero labor with Kanuka trapped in the cockpit.
Noa starts the Ark's emergency floor purging system with a device referred to as a "percussion revolver;" this is obviously incorrect, since the device does not seem to be a revolver at all; it looks to be a muzzle-loaded weapon closer to a flaregun.
The Type 98 "Ingram" labors used by the SVU are armed with massive 37mm revolver cannons as their sidearms, their design drawing heavily from the four inch-barreled Colt Python revolver, though on a much larger scale. The weapon has the Colt logo on the grip replaced with the Japanese police symbol and is stored in a compartment in the labor's lower right leg when not in use. One drawback of the weapon is that the pilot has to exit the labor in order to manually reload it, spare rounds also being stored in the same leg compartment.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Python .357 Magnum with 4" barrelError creating thumbnail: File missingOta reaches for his sidearm after he and the out-of-control Tyrant 2000 Labor plunge into the river. The Type 98s have an extendable forearm, allowing them to reach the holster in their lower leg without stooping. The unarmed Labor Zero later uses these extensions as a weapon in their own right.Error creating thumbnail: File missingEmptying his revolver wildly into the damaged Tyrant, Ota stops it but in the process hits the coolant tank. Oops.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn Ingram revolver is seen on a trolley as Ota carries the ammo.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLabor pilot Noa dismounts her Labor on an elevator to reload the 37mm revolver.
Riot Cannon
In addition to the revolver cannons mentioned above, the Type 98 labors can also use 90mm pump-action riot cannons which resemble massively scaled-up Remington 870 folding stock shotguns with high-capacity magazine tubes. These weapons are typically employed in situations where additional firepower is required, most notably during the Ark raid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRemington 870 folding stock 12 Gauge with high-capacity magazine tubeError creating thumbnail: File missingOta slides his Labor to a halt, smashing the stock of his Labor-scale Remington against the elevator control panel to open the door.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHe sharply draws his shotgun back from the doors as they close.Error creating thumbnail: File missingOn reaching the top, he soon finds he needs it again. Here Ota (on the right) uses his revolver in one hand and shotgun in the other; he fires multiple shots from the Riot Cannon without ever cycling the action.
