AL-97B Hannibal

The AL-97B-var Hannibal is the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's frontline military Labor in Mobile Police Patlabor, a rework of Hishii Heavy Industries' AL-97B Samson.

What it does in the story

It opens Patlabor 2: The Movie in white UN paint, walking into an ambush it cannot answer: permission to fire never comes.

What makes it different

• The cockpit moved left. Hishii took it off the centreline and cut the crew from two to one. A moving sensor on the hull follows the pilot's head and feeds his helmet display.
• Simpler guns. The Samson's mixed battery gave way to a 20 mm gatling under the cockpit, plus a three-tube launcher on the left forearm; the searchlight became a removable hardpoint.

What this collection covers

Kotobukiya sells both: a dark green JGSDF machine with a gatling gun, decals and a fixed-pose alternative body, and the white PKO version with fingers that move one at a time.

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