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| Cabracan | |
| General information | |
| Japanese name | カブラカン |
| Other names | Juggernaut (ジャガーノート)[1] |
| Classification | Arms Fort |
| Manufacturer | Algebra |
| Equipment | Front drill |
| Cargo | Aerial combat drones |
| Affiliation | Algebra |
| Conflicts present | Economic War |
| Real world information | |
| Mechanical designer | Makoto Kobayashi, Akihiro Goto (details)[2] |
| Appearances | Armored Core: For Answer, Armored Core: A New Order of "NEXT", Armored Core Designs 4 & for Answer |
Cabracan is a Charge-class Algebra transport and support AF with a shredder-like apparatus attached to the front. Its most notable feature is its ability to carry, maintain, and deploy a swarm of aerial combat drones. Its appearance is that of an overturned soup bowl covering its suspension and tracks, with a monolithic rectangular structure laying lengthwise over its top. Although built primarily for high speed with no emphasis on offense, it carries several combined missile and autocannon turrets on top of the platform covering the top of the suspension, just below the rectangular tower superstructure. The main drawback of this AF, aside from its lackluster armament, is that uneven terrain might require that the edges of the "soup bowl" be raised so as to not dig themselves in, leaving the treads inside momentarily vulnerable. The drones, not to be forgotten are each equipped with two automatic recoilless rifles, and are launched from the towering superstructure as it unfolds after the tracks below the skirt armor have been disabled. Briefing materials indicate that multiple Cabracan-like Arms Forts exist as 'Charge Type Arms Forts'.
Gameplay[]
Appears in "Defeat AF Cabracan."
Gallery[]
![Concept art posted by Makoto Kobayashi on his Twitter account[3]](/wiki/File:Twitter_Makoto_Kobayashi_Cabracan.jpg "Twitter Makoto Kobayashi Cabracan.jpg (32 KB)")
Trivia[]
- Cabracan was designed in real life by mecha designer and anime director Makoto Kobayashi, the designer of the mechas PMX-003 The-O and the RMS-108 Marasai from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, among others. The Answerer Arms Fort also from Armored Core: For Answer was designed by Kobayashi as well.
- Makoto Kobayashi's artworks of the Cabracan drones in Armored Core Designs 4 & for Answer were made in 3D to make it easier for the Armored Core: For Answer 3D team.[4]
References[]
- ↑ Armored Core: A New Order of "NEXT", page 128
- ↑ Armored Core Designs 4 & for Answer, page 318
- ↑ Kobayashi, M. [makomako713]. (2021, March 17). はいこれも。アーマード・コア4、カブラカンby makoto kobayashi [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/makomako713/status/1372028268358987781.
- ↑ Kobayashi, M. [makomako713]. (2021, October 23). これはアンサラー描いたあとで、こんなに早く描いてこれるならば、カブラカンを追加出来ないか?と言うオーダーの中に「収納されている可変メカも…」てのがあって。雑に描いても3D班が苦労するだけなのでこちらで3D起こして書き上げたものなのです。[Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/makomako713/status/1451907012107767810.