Liger Zero Panzer [Prototype]

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Liger Zero Panzer (Prototype) Technical Data ライガーゼロパンツァー

	Name Note:	Panzer: Tank (German)
	Alignment:	Helic Republic
	Rollout:	None
	Type:	Lion
	Length:	23.3 m
	Height:	9.7 m
	Weight:	145 T
	Max Speed:	285 km/h

Equipment Information
Weapons:	Equipment:
AZ 2-Shot Micro-homing Missile Pod x2 (Lower Back) AZ 2-Shot Missile Pod x2 (Front of Front Legs) AZ 2-Shot Missile Pod x2 (Cheeks) AZ 3-Shot Grenade Launcher (Chest) AZ 3-Shot Micro-homing Missile Pod x2 (Tops of Rear Legs) AZ 6-Shot Micro-homing Missile Pod x4 (Back, Sides, Tail) Hybrid Cannon x2 (Back) AZ 216 mm Railgun (Top Barrel) AZ 108 mm Beam Gun (Bottom Barrel) Laser Fang (Mouth) Strike Laser Claw x4 (Paws) Vulcan Pod x2 (Sides of Tail)	Aero Fairing x4 (Cheeks) Multi-Blade Antenna x2 (Head)

Equipment Information

Weapons:

Equipment:

AZ 2-Shot Micro-homing Missile Pod x2 (Lower Back)
AZ 2-Shot Missile Pod x2 (Front of Front Legs)
AZ 2-Shot Missile Pod x2 (Cheeks)
AZ 3-Shot Grenade Launcher (Chest)
AZ 3-Shot Micro-homing Missile Pod x2 (Tops of Rear Legs)
AZ 6-Shot Micro-homing Missile Pod x4 (Back, Sides, Tail)
Hybrid Cannon x2 (Back)
AZ 216 mm Railgun (Top Barrel)
AZ 108 mm Beam Gun (Bottom Barrel)
Laser Fang (Mouth)
Strike Laser Claw x4 (Paws)
Vulcan Pod x2 (Sides of Tail)

Aero Fairing x4 (Cheeks)
Multi-Blade Antenna x2 (Head)

Story Information
Pilots:	Introduction:
Bit Cloud	The Zero Panzer Prototype is something that'd normally be included as concept art, and is on the Panzer's dedicated page, but because of its unique circumstances of making a peripheral appearance in the anime I've decided it deserves its own discussion page.

- Liger Zero Panzer [Prototype]

This is a CAS that has caused a lot of confusion. It first appeared in the opening scene for New Century Zero (Japan opening only.) Here it replaced the green Panzer unit that we all knew from the show. It's not surprising that in a time where Japanese media was not easily accessible that it sparked an enormous amount of fan speculation.

A name it became most known by was the "Blaze Unit" and the theories ran rampant for what this Liger actually was. Anything from a secret CAS to an evolution, or even a combination of all the original armor units. The reality is that it's just a prototype. While the head features some modified designs the armor is actually strikingly close in aesthetic to the Panzer, just stretched and exagerated.

Concept Art

With the Zoid's popularity and pondering it's no surprise that it made a second appearance in the Zoids Official Fan Book 2. Here the Panzer profile was printed with a sketch (seen right) of the prototype armor. It included additional tail guns that weren't quite realized in their true form in the show or model kits. Separated tail guns of a different design would later appear on the HMM Liger Zero Panzer.

* We colored the index image on assumed colors from the NC0 screenshot. They may not be entirely accurate to the Zoid as there is not enough source material to reference the body colors.