Macross Compendium

Mecha:
Shinnakasu/Northrom Grumman VB-6 König Monster


VB-6 ケーニッヒ・モンスター
EQUIPMENT TYPE: VARIABLE VEHICLES

GOVERNMENT: UNITED NATIONS

MANUFACTURER: SHINNAKASU/NORTHROM GRUMMAN

SHINNAKASU/NORTHROM GRUMMAN VB-6 KÖNIG MONSTER

COMMENT:
TYPE: Variable bomber and heavy destroid

POWER PLANT: Four plasma rockets. (The rail gun system is used to charge and expel propellant through the rocket nozzles in Shuttle/Bomber mode.) Four jet nozzles mounted in leg sections in Destroid and GERWALK modes or in wings in Shuttle/Bomber mode. (The nozzles operate as a hovering system in GERWALK mode.) Vernier nozzles in nose section in Shuttle/Bomber mode. Power generator stowed in rear dorsal section in Destroid and GERWALK modes or in central ventral section in Shuttle/Bomber mode.

AVIONICS: Sensors on forward missile launcher/arm sections.

ARMAMENT:Four rail guns mounted dorsally in Destroid and GERWALK modes or stowed in rear dorsal section in Shuttle/Bomber mode. Six missile launchers mounted in arm sections facing rearward in Destroid mode and forward in GERWALK mode or stowed in central dorsal section in Shuttle/Bomber mode. (Missiles can be launched in Shuttle/Bomber mode by extending the entire missile launcher units or extending two rear auxillary barrels.) One 30 mm Vulcan small-bore anti-aircaft gun mounted in forward chest section in Destroid and GERWALK modes or mounted in nose section facing forward in Shuttle/Bomber mode.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:
Shuttle/Bomber mode:
Wing span: 24.42 m
Length overall: 29.78 m
Height overall: 6.77 m

MASSES AND LOADINGS:
Mass empty:
101900 kg

PERFORMANCE:
Shuttle/Bomber mode:
Max speed: at 10000 m Mach 1.7+
Max speed: at 30000+ m Mach 3.2+
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Production Notes
Designer: Shoji Kawamori


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