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Patlabor: The Movie

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The following weapons can be seen in the anime Patlabor: The Movie:

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Patlabor: The Movie (1989)


Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle

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.

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Carl Gustav recoilless rifle 84mm
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JGSDF soldiers engage a rampaging labor with Carl Gustav recoilless rifles

Howa Type 89

The JGSDF soldiers at the beginning of the anime can also be seen armed with Howa Type 89 rifles.

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Howa Type 89 5.56x45mm
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JGSDF soldiers inspect the destroyed experimental labor armed with Howa Type 89 rifles

Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B

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.

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Yakushev-Borzov Yak-B machine gun - 12.7mm
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Three 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.

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AMC Auto Mag .44 AMP
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Kanuka Clancy chambers her AMC Auto Mag

"Anti-Labor Rifle"

Hiromi uses a gigantic anti-Labor rifle during the assault on the Ark, seemingly a fictional weapon based on the Solothurn S-18/100 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle.

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Solothurn S-18/100 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle
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Hiromi cocks his anti-Labor rifle, testing it out on a stretch of wasteground.
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He then draws down on his hapless target as Second Section's mechanics cower behind a sandbag wall...
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...A hapless police patrol car.
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Apparently 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.

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Remington 870 12 Gauge
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Mikiyasu Shinshi wields a Remington 870 shotgun aboard the Ark
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Noa Izumi with a Remington propped up beside her in her Labor's cockpit.
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Noa engages the rampaging Type Zero labor with her Remington 870

Unknown handgun

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.

[[Image::Patlabor-pistol-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Noa retrieves the unknown pistol and two rounds of ammunition from their locker.]] [[Image::Patlabor-pistol-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|She loads the pistol, sliding the round partway into the muzzle and then locking it in place by twisting it.]] [[Image::Patlabor-pistol-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Noa prepares to fire a shot at the middle of the trigger for the emergency purge.]] [[Image::Patlabor-pistol-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The shot fired, she prepares to discard the weapon. Note her shotgun propped up against the wall in the background.]]

Revolver Cannon

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.

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Colt Python .357 Magnum with 4" barrel
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Ota 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.
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Emptying his revolver wildly into the damaged Tyrant, Ota stops it but in the process hits the coolant tank. Oops.
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An Ingram revolver is seen on a trolley as Ota carries the ammo.
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Labor 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.

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Remington 870 folding stock 12 Gauge with high-capacity magazine tube
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Ota slides his Labor to a halt, smashing the stock of his Labor-scale Remington against the elevator control panel to open the door.
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He sharply draws his shotgun back from the doors as they close.
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On reaching the top, he soon finds he needs it again. Here Ota (on the right) uses his pistol in one hand and shotgun in the other; he fires multiple shots from the Riot Cannon without ever operating the pump.