Talk:Patlabor: The Movie 2

Just thinking, doesn't Tsuge's RADHA mech in the intro have an M242 Bushmaster on the mini-turret? I think he's shooting at a Soviet 2K22 Tunguska SP AA vehicle, so that's also a pair of 30mm 2A38M cannons for the page. Also, I think the guns slung under the Extors were three-barreled rather than six barreled, so they'd be M197s. I'll check at some point. Vangelis2 08:56, 3 April 2011 (CDT)

It does look like a Bushmaster and is listed as a 25mm autocannon on material I've seen online, but it was firing at a far higher rate than the real Bushmaster. Also, unless there's a manually-operated version of he 2A38M, do not add it to the article. That scene also made me cringe in that they showed the Tunguska as having anti-armor missiles when it has exclusively anti-aircraft weaponry. The scene's depiction of RPG's as guided missiles also irked me since every RPG model ever made has had no guidance after launch. Orca1 9904 09:26, 3 April 2011 (CDT)

I don't recall the Tunguska even firing it's guns while Tsuge is looking at it, and the scene implies it isn't the only thing firing (just the only one he sees). I think in theory given Patlabor makes no bones about Labor armour being rubbish and the SA-19 is SACLOS, you probably could get a kill with one just by not bothering to set the fuze and using it as a kinetic penetrator; a 125-pound missile going at Mach 3 (there's no way the booster would be expended that early) is certainly going to ruin someone's day even if it doesn't detonate. Of course precisely why you'd bring a Tunguska out there in the first place is rather less clear. I guess they just thought it looked cooler than an IFV on the scope. Vangelis2 09:45, 3 April 2011 (CDT)

The Tunguska never fires its' guns on-screen, though it does take out all of the Gong labors with guided missiles which are called "RPG's" by the crew and by the readouts on their screens. This is what really irks me about that scene. As for the missiles being SAMs with the warheads deactivated, I have to disagree with that as they explode on impact with their targets. Below is a Youtube video of the scene in question: Patlabor 2 opening sequence Orca1 9904 10:10, 3 April 2011 (CDT)