VB-6 König Monster

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Shinnakasu/Northrom Grumman VB-6 König Monster

Contents 1 Program 2 Powerplant 3 Avionics 4 Armament 5 Dimensions, External 5.1 Shuttle/Bomber mode: 6 Masses and Loadings 7 Performance 7.1 Shuttle/Bomber Mode 8 Appendices 8.1 Appearances 8.2 Background 9 External links

Program

• Type: Variable bomber and heavy destroid
• Equipment Type: Variable Vehicles
• Manufacturer: Shinnakasu/Northrom Grumman
• Government: U.N.

Developed from the HWR-00 Monster used in Space War I as a large-scale variable bomber with overwhelming firepower. Despite the heavy armoring and high defensive capabilities, the unit is heavy and restricted in movement. Strategic use of the 4 rail guns and massive payload is done in cooperation with other variable fighters.

Powerplant

• 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: 24.42m
• Length overall: 29.78m
• Height, overall: 6.77m

Masses and Loadings

• Mass empty: 101900 kg

Performance

Shuttle/Bomber Mode

• Max speed:
  • at 10,000m: Mach 1.7+
  • at 30,000+ m: Mach 3.2+

Appendices

Appearances

• Debut: Macross VF-X2
• Macross Frontier "On Your Marks"
• Macross Frontier "First Attack"

Background

• Designer: Shoji Kawamori, Kazutaka Miyatake (original design)

External links

• VB-6 König Monster at the official Japanese Macross Frontier website