[b]BATTROID[/b] (or [b]BATTLE [[ANDROID]] FORM[/b]) is a transformation mode of the [[VF-1]] [[variable fighter]] from [[MACROSS]] (and other related transformable [[variable fighter]] [[mecha]]) where the nose and wings of the fighter [[jet]] are folded and its fuselage and turbines reconfigure to form a giant combat manned [[robot]] that uses the fighter's [[gunpod]] as an [[assault rifle]]. 

According to the Macross continuity this mode was first developed to fight hostile [[giant]] humanoid [[alien]]s called [[Zentradi]] in their own environment, to execute effective hand-to-hand combat against the enemy and to enable the [[U.N. Spacy]] pilots to operate Zentradi mecha, weapons, equipment and installations with ease. 

This mode was renamed the [b]BATTLOID MODE[/b] in [[ROBOTECH]].

In [[real life]] it was designed by [[Kawamori Shouji]].

h4.Other mecha that feature this mode

* The [[orguss_(mecha)|Orguss]] from [[Choujikuu Seiki Orguss]].
* The [[Legioss]] from [[Kikou Souseiki Mospeada]].
* The [[Spartas]] from [[Choujikuu Kidan Southern Cross]].

h4.See also

* [[GERWALK]]

h4.External links

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF-1_Valkyrie#Battroid_mode
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