Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle
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The Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle (MCV) (16式機動戦闘車, Hitoroku shiki kidō sentōsha) is a eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle of the JGSDF designed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2007 and entering service in 2016. It has appeared in multiple Toho kaiju films, beginning with Shin Godzilla (2016).
History
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
- Godzilla Singular Point (TV 2021) [episodes 7 & 8]
- Shin Ultraman (2022)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023)
Reiwa era
Shin Godzilla
After Godzilla emerged into his towering fourth form in Sagami Bay near Kamakura and began advancing through the city on a course towards Tokyo, the JGSDF mobilized its forces, including Type 16 MCVs, to attack him. The Type 16s, Type 10 Tanks, and Type 90 Tanks fired on Godzilla with their cannons, but Godzilla kept marching forward, eventually walking through the Tama River and throwing part of the Maruko Bridge toward the tanks near the JGSDF's field headquarters. Once the dust cleared, most of the tanks were wrecked as Godzilla stomped past them. With no opposition left, the creature continued its approach to Tokyo after passing through the JSDF's defense line.
Godzilla Singular Point
"Omniarch"
The JSDF deployed Type 16 MCVs to confront Godzilla Amphibia in Tokyo. Multiple Type 16 MCVs traveled to the city on a highway as civilians in the opposite lane watched.
"Graftage"
A battalion of Type 16 MCVs fired at Godzilla Amphibia from all angles in the center of a park. As soon as the vehicles stopped firing, Godzilla released a flammable vapor freezing the area of where it breathed. When the MCVs resumed firing and a shell hit Godzilla's face, the blast was absorbed into a vapor, causing it to explode and create a giant mushroom cloud reaching a height of 500 meters. The surrounding area, including the MCVs, buildings, Rodans and Godzilla were charred. However, Godzilla created a shell of his second form in the process and began evolving once more inside of it.
Shin Ultraman
After Gomess emerged from a mine in the Japanese countryside and began rampaging through the surrounding mountains, he was met by a detachment of Type 16 MCVs, Type 10 Tanks and Type 90 Tanks of the JGSDF, which swiftly killed him by firing a volley of shells at the monster.
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
As a Gigan Miles massacred a squadron of JSDF F-35 fighter jets in the skies above, a battalion of Type 16 MCVs fired upon another cyborg to little effect. It returned fire with its forehead laser, destroying them. Still another monster skewered a pair of MCVs on one of its hooks.
Godzilla vs. Megalon
To be added.
Capabilities
Armament
The Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle's main armament is a 105mm L/52 gun. The secondary armament includes a 12.7mm (0.5 inch) M2 Browning machine gun, a 7.62mm NATO coaxial Sumitomo Type 74 machine gun (replacing the M2 Browning), a Howa Type 96 40mm automatic grenade launcher, or a FN Minimi 5.56mm NATO light machine gun[1].
Speed
The Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle has a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph)[1].
Gallery
Production
Shin Godzilla
Type 16 MCV 3D model
Type 16 MCV (full render)
Screenshots
Shin Godzilla
Type 16 MCVs (center background), Type 90 Tanks (left background), and Type 10 Tanks (foreground) in formation before Operation Taba
Godzilla Singular Point
"Omniarch"
Type 16 MCVs traveling to Tokyo on a highway
"Graftage"
Type 16 MCVs fire at Godzilla Amphibia in Tokyo
Wrecked Type 16 MCVs caught in the vapor explosion
Shin Ultraman
Dozens of Type 16 MCVs, Type 90 and Type 10 Tanks surround the deceased body of Gomess
Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex
Three Type 16 MCVs prepare to fire at a Gigan Miles
The MCVs are destroyed by the Gigan's forehead laser
An MCV is pierced by another Gigan Miles
References
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