Please identify gun

[Anthony Appleyard]

Does this gun belong in the Macross scenario, or Robotech, or Gundam, or what? What is it? I found it online as a CGI model for Poser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poser). Its readme file called it a "V-Gun". It is about 4 feet 5 inches long; it was texture-mapped with 'U N SPACY' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.N._Spacy) along each side in big uppercase.

When I found it I interpreted it as a raygun and named its 3 main parts from back to front "powerpack, reactor, ray generator".

Edited August 1, 2010 by Anthony Appleyard

[Anthony Appleyard]

I made this Poser render of it being used :: but out-of-scenario. Here it makes short work of an enemy attempt at highly-armored spacesuits.

[Graham]

The gun is of course the 'GU-11', 55mm gunpod used by the iconic VF-1 Valkyrie variable fighter, of Super Dimensional Fortress Macross fame.

It is a 55mm calbre, 3 barreled Gatling/Vulcan type cannon with an ammunition capacity of 200rds, that fires at a cyclic rate of 1,200 rounds per minute. The ammunition is stored in an internal helical type magazine that wraps around the barrels. The GU-11 gunpod is significantly larger than 4 feet 5 inches long, given that it is carried by a 12.68m tall robot.

Graham

[Anthony Appleyard]

Was the Macross series written around pre-existing real toys (including this gun)?, like 'Transformers' and 'Gobots' were? (Wikipedia does not help here.)

Images of models:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/VF-1S-Strike-Valkyrie-03.jp

Other images linked to from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF-1_Valkyrie

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/VF-1_Valkyrie_at_Anime_Expo_2007.jpg

A man in VF-1 Valkyrie costume at Anime Expo 2007. VF-1 Valkyrie is a type of robot from the anime series Robotech and Macross.

Uploaded on Flickr on 8 July 2007; also at

Edited August 1, 2010 by Anthony Appleyard

[leading edge]

Was the Macross series written around pre-existing real toys (including this gun)?, like 'Transformers' and 'Gobots' were? (Wikipedia does not help here.)

Images of models:

http://upload.wikime...-Valkyrie-03.jp

Other images linked to from http://en.wikipedia....i/VF-1_Valkyrie

http://upload.wikime...e_Expo_2007.jpg

A man in VF-1 Valkyrie costume at Anime Expo 2007. VF-1 Valkyrie is a type of robot from the anime series Robotech and Macross.

Uploaded on Flickr on 8 July 2007; also at http://www.flickr.co...57600569532450/

It's definitely the original gattling from Macross the GU-11 dude ahhh. a classic.

[Talos]

Was the Macross series written around pre-existing real toys (including this gun)?, like 'Transformers' and 'Gobots' were? (Wikipedia does not help here.)

Images of models:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/VF-1S-Strike-Valkyrie-03.jp

Other images linked to from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF-1_Valkyrie

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/VF-1_Valkyrie_at_Anime_Expo_2007.jpg

A man in VF-1 Valkyrie costume at Anime Expo 2007. VF-1 Valkyrie is a type of robot from the anime series Robotech and Macross.

Uploaded on Flickr on 8 July 2007; also at

No, the designs for Macross were created for the show. The VF-1 and GU-11 gunpod were designed by Shoji Kawamori. I'm not sure when the first toys for it were released, but it was definitely after the show started.

Actually, a Macross toy was taken and used for Transformers. The Super VF-1S was released as the G1 Autobot Jetfire.

[Anthony Appleyard]

No, the designs for Macross were created for the show. The VF-1 and GU-11 gunpod were designed by Shoji Kawamori. I'm not sure when the first toys for it were released, but it was definitely after the show started.

Actually, a Macross toy was taken and used for Transformers. The Super VF-1S was released as the G1 Autobot Jetfire.

In the Jetfire model the GU-11 gun was reproduced as Jetfire's gun, but the model's tech specs called the gun a laser.

[Talos]

In the Jetfire model the GU-11 gun was reproduced as Jetfire's gun, but the model's tech specs called the gun a laser.

Yes, I know. Properly, it was a 55mm gatling gun.

You should take a look around this site, you might enjoy some of the background info on the ships, destroids, and variable fighters. http://www.macross2.net/m3/m3.html (SDF Macross and Do You Remember Love? are the two with the VF-1)