デストロイド・モンスター デストロイドモンスター
デストロイド・モンスター (Destroid Monster)

A [[mecha]] from the [[Macross]] series. It first appeared in [[Choujikuu Yousai Macross]] TV anime series from 1982, but also appears in the [[Macross Zero]] OVA, the [[Macross Plus]] movie, the [[Macross VF-X]] and [[Macross VF-X2]] [[video game]]s as well as the [[Macross Frontier]] TV series.

The [b]Viggers/Centinental HWR-00 Mk II "Monster"[/b], also known as "Destroid Monster" (in the Japanese version) or "Monster Destroid" (in the "Robotech" vesion), [[destroid]] is a main battle robot system (mecha) created by the [[U.N. Spacy]] to fight the [[Zentradi]]. It is a heavy type of mecha designed for anti-capital ship long-range operations.

An immense [[mecha]], the Heavy Weight Robot (HWR) Monster Mk II is a heavily armed "land battleship" or [[landship]] with a name matching the great size of the destroid. 

Is armed with four [[cannon]]s that can fire a variety of munitions, including anti-armor shells, anti-aircraft munitions, howitzers and even "reaction" ([[radiation symbol|nuclear]]) warheads. 

In addition to the main guns, the Mk II features a pair of 3-barreled missile launchers not originally included in the design but incorporated into the two arm units.

Its successor mecha called the [[VB-6 Konig Monster]] appears in later Macross productions.

The original Monster was designed by [[Miyatake Kazutaka]] in the early 80s. It was based on the [[real life]] [[M50 Ontos]] [[tank]], used by the U.S. Marines in the [[Vietnam War]].
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