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+ | |image=M353a4.jpg;Front |
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+ | M353a4-back.jpg;Rear |
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+ | M353A4_Bloodhound.png;MS Igloo 2 version (Front) |
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+ | Bloodhound_rear.jpg;MS Igloo 2 version (Rear) |
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|transformable=No |
|transformable=No |
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|specialized=Hover |
|specialized=Hover |
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|usage=Support |
|usage=Support |
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|type=Vehicle |
|type=Vehicle |
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− | |image=Type_74_hovertruck_a.gif;Left |
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− | Type_74_hovertruck_b.gif;Right |
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+ | |OfficialName=Hover Truck<br>ホバートラック<br>Blood Hound<br>ブラッドハウンド |
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+ | |designation=M353A4 |
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|era=Universal Century |
|era=Universal Century |
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+ | |mechdesigner=Kimitoshi Yamane |
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− | |series=Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team |
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+ | |series=Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team~2~11, Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Miller's Report, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Battle in Three Dimensions, Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From The Ashes, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 Rebellion, Mobile Suit Gundam: After-Jaburo, Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front, Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny, Gundam Legacy, Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front (Manga), Mobile Suit Gundam the 08th MS Team U.C.0079 + α Tribute, Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles (Manga), Mobile Suit Gundam: Battlefield Record U.C. 0081, Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record U.C. 0081 -The Wrath of Varuna-, Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor |
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|manufacturer=Earth Federation |
|manufacturer=Earth Federation |
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− | |operator=Earth Federation Forces |
+ | |operator=Earth Federation Forces, White Dingo Team, Phantom Sweep Corps, 08th Mobile Suit Team, Midnight Fenrir Corps |
− | |pilot=Eledore Massis, Michel Ninorich, Kiki Rosita, Terry Sanders Jr., Anita Julianne, Maureen Kitamura, Noel Anderson |
+ | |pilot=Eledore Massis, Michel Ninorich, Kiki Rosita, Terry Sanders Jr., Anita Julianne, Maureen Kitamura, Noel Anderson, Liang Mao, Mora Boscht |
+ | |propulsion=4 x Hover Engine |
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|paccommodation=1 driver, 1 gunner, 1 sonar operator, 1 radio operator |
|paccommodation=1 driver, 1 gunner, 1 sonar operator, 1 radio operator |
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+ | |height=3.30 |
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− | |propulsion=Hover engines x 4 |
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+ | |length=9.40 |
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+ | |width=6.30 |
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− | |OptionalEquip=*Beam Cannon |
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+ | |SpecEquip=Underground Sonar Probe |
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+ | The '''Hover Truck''' is a support vehicle that first appeared in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team]]''. It is known as the '''M353A4 Bloodhound''' in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front]]''. |
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==Technology & Combat Characteristics== |
==Technology & Combat Characteristics== |
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+ | The Hover Truck was a support vehicle assigned to Federation Forces ground combat units to provide them with battlefield intelligence when radar was rendered ineffective due to Minovsky particle dispersal. Utilizing an advanced passive ground sonar suite to identify targets at long range, the Hover Truck was also equipped with a powerful communications system to penetrate low levels of Minovsky jamming. The Hover Truck was also designed with an open cargo bed for the transportation of supplies. For defense, the Hover Truck was armed with a multi-barreled 20mm Gatling gun mounted on the turret, primarily for anti-aircraft defense. |
==Armaments== |
==Armaments== |
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− | ;*20mm |
+ | ;*20mm Gatling Gun |
+ | :The multi-barreled Gatling gun is installed on Hover Truck's open-top turret as its main weapon. The Gatling gun has a high rate of fire and is primarily used to ward off advancing enemies, shoot down fast moving targets, and it also made good use as an anti-aircraft and anti-personnel weapons. |
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+ | ==Special Equipment & Features== |
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− | ;*Beam Cannon |
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+ | ;*Underground Sonar Probe |
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+ | :The Hover Truck is equipped with an extendable Underground Sonar Probe for enemy detection and information gathering for its affiliated MS Team. Sonar is a proven military technique to uses sound propagation via ground probe for detecting objects/enemies such as vehicles and mobile suits, in the surrounding area or wider battlefield. The Hover Truck will be braced when the sonar probe is operated, and it can be folded up when not in use. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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− | The standard ground mobile suit team consisted of three mobile suits and a Hover Truck, and these units were deployed all across the world from Asia's [[Kojima Battalion]] to the [[White Dingo]] |
+ | The standard ground mobile suit team consisted of three mobile suits and a Hover Truck, and these units were deployed all across the world from Asia's [[Kojima Battalion]] to the [[White Dingo Team]] in Australia. In UC 0081 one Hover Truck unit supported the [[Phantom Sweep Corps]] in their operations against Zeon remnants. |
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− | One of the Type 74 Hover Trucks is seen in UC 0096. It is modified to equip a beam cannon. |
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+ | <gallery hideaddbutton=true> |
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+ | After-Jaburo 17.jpg|Hover Truck (bottom left) as seen on [[Mobile Suit Gundam: After-Jaburo|Gundam: After Jaburo]] |
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+ | rx-79gbd1_p01_MarmotTeam_GihrensGreed-BloodOfZeon.jpg|[[RX-79BD-1 Blue Destiny Unit 1|Blue Destiny Unit 1]] being accompanied by Guinea Pig Team's Hover Truck (from [[Gihren's Greed|Gihren's Greed:Blood of Zeon]]) |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==[[Gunpla]]== |
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+ | <gallery hideaddbutton=true> |
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+ | Gunpla_HoverTruck_144-BClub_Resin_box.jpg|1/144 B-Club "E.F.F. Hover Truck" full resin cast kit (2005): box art |
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+ | Gunpla_HoverTruck_100-BClub_Resin_box.jpg|1/100 B-Club "E.F.F. Hover Truck" full resin cast kit (2006): box art |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Action Figures== |
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+ | <gallery hideaddbutton=true> |
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+ | MSiA_rx79gez8_p01_Asian.jpg|Hover Truck action figure as part of [[Mobile Suit in Action!!|Mobile Suit in Action (MSiA / MIA)]] "RX-79[G]Ez8 Gundam Ez8" action figure (Asian release; 2001): package front view. |
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− | <gallery captionalign="left"> |
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+ | MSiA_rx79gez8_p02_USA.jpg|Hover Truck action figure as part of MSiA / MIA "RX-79[G]Ez8 Gundam Ez8" action figure (North American release; 2001): package front view. |
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</gallery> |
</gallery> |
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+ | ==Notes and Trivia== |
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+ | ==Reference== |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |
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− | *[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/08thmsteam/type74.htm |
+ | *[http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/08thmsteam/type74.htm Hover Truck on MAHQ.net] |
+ | {{08TH-Mecha}} |
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− | {{Universal Century vehicles}} |
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− | [[ja:74式ホバートラック]] |
Revision as of 03:47, 26 July 2019
Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2 The Hover Truck is a support vehicle that first appeared in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. It is known as the M353A4 Bloodhound in Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Hover Truck was a support vehicle assigned to Federation Forces ground combat units to provide them with battlefield intelligence when radar was rendered ineffective due to Minovsky particle dispersal. Utilizing an advanced passive ground sonar suite to identify targets at long range, the Hover Truck was also equipped with a powerful communications system to penetrate low levels of Minovsky jamming. The Hover Truck was also designed with an open cargo bed for the transportation of supplies. For defense, the Hover Truck was armed with a multi-barreled 20mm Gatling gun mounted on the turret, primarily for anti-aircraft defense.
Armaments
- 20mm Gatling Gun
- The multi-barreled Gatling gun is installed on Hover Truck's open-top turret as its main weapon. The Gatling gun has a high rate of fire and is primarily used to ward off advancing enemies, shoot down fast moving targets, and it also made good use as an anti-aircraft and anti-personnel weapons.
Special Equipment & Features
- Underground Sonar Probe
- The Hover Truck is equipped with an extendable Underground Sonar Probe for enemy detection and information gathering for its affiliated MS Team. Sonar is a proven military technique to uses sound propagation via ground probe for detecting objects/enemies such as vehicles and mobile suits, in the surrounding area or wider battlefield. The Hover Truck will be braced when the sonar probe is operated, and it can be folded up when not in use.
History
The standard ground mobile suit team consisted of three mobile suits and a Hover Truck, and these units were deployed all across the world from Asia's Kojima Battalion to the White Dingo Team in Australia. In UC 0081 one Hover Truck unit supported the Phantom Sweep Corps in their operations against Zeon remnants.
Gallery
Gunpla
Action Figures
Notes and Trivia
Reference
External Links