Vehicles

This is a sub-page of Prerelease:Metal Slug: Super Vehicle-001 (Neo Geo)/Concept Art.

SV-001#

A very early design of the Slug Tank. The crew appears to be unprotected, there are no hydraulics that allow the tank to jump and there are no armor platings that shield the threads.

Above, we've got two bizzare designs of the Metal Slug.

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style="text-align:center;"	SV-001 メタルスラッグ 2026年のモーデン元帥のクーデターによって 一時<撤退を余儀なくされた正規軍が地下組織となり 極秘理に開発した車体。	SV-001 Metal Slug The top-secret project developed by the Regular Army and put to use during Morden's coup d'etat of 2026.
style="text-align:center;"	車体裝甲はスナップロック構造を基本に、充填材に 劣化ウラン、セラミック、強化プラスチックなどを 使用して, 重量的にもシェイプされた内容となって いる。	Its body armour is based on snap-lock structure, using depleted uranium, ceramics, reinforced plastics, etc. as filling material. Its contents are shaped by its weight.
style="text-align:center;"	全長 : 2575mm 全幅 : 2266mm 全高 : 2163mm 重量 : 2850kg 乗員 : 1 名	Length: 2575mm Width: 2266mm Height: 2163mm Weight: 2850kg Occupant: 1 person

SV-002#

The never-used SV-002. It's more sleek, and has a machine gun and a missile launcher instead of a vulcan. Its cannon's caliber is smaller, and the chassis profile is much lower. The headlights have also moved further to the rear of the top of the turret. The mineplow is also higher off the ground, and the all-bearing antenna has been changed from being cylindrical shape to a shape that of a cutter.
It's implied this would have been Player 2 in the tank-only version of the game, piloted by Michiko Nakajima, based on the story presented in Gamest #152, though all early footage only shows a recoloured SV-001.

Middle-Son Submarines#

The Middle-Son class submarines. The older variant on top, Middle-Son 1986, is used in the final mission after you fall down the bridge when Morden blows it up. The newer one below, the Middle-Son 1999, is seen in the first mission as a derelict submarine.

Di Cokka#

Early Design	Another Early Design	Finalized

Concept art of the Type-2 Di Cokka.

Girida-O#

Artwork of the Rebel Army's main battle tank unit, Girida-O.

Melty Honey#

Concept art of the Type-2B Melty Honey.
The first picture shows the Melty Honey as a battle tank. The second and third images makes it resemble a fire-support vehicle, with its open-top crew compartment. The difference between the second and third designs is that the third has the spikes on its front armor, while the previous one does not.

Bull Chan#

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style="text-align:center;"	辺境地に多数配備される車体。 元帥のクーデター発動時、比較的軍備が手薄な 辺境地から正規軍が切り崩しにかかるだろう という予測から、ゲリラ的な運用を想定して開発された。	These were deployed en masse in remote locations. When the general's coup d'etat was issued, it was assumed the Regular Army would advance from the border where they had very little firepower to work with; the Bull Chan was designed for guerrilla-like warfare.

Concept art of the Rebel Army's heavy tank, Bull Chan.

Shoe & Karn#

Concepts of the Shoe & Karn, the boss of mission 4.
Note the difference in armaments between the old and new designs. The old one carried an anti-aircraft cannon on the back instead of a cruise missile. The new design also has a longer barrel for the gun, as well as twin auxiliary guns below it. Mineplow has been added to the new design, and the new turret now resembles that of the Girida-O's.

Tani Oh#

Various concept designs of the Tani-Oh, the boss of mission 3.
The first picture shows a blocky tank with three turrets and a lot of and barrels. The second one shows a huge tank with just a huge turret with a huge gun. The third shows a huge turret mounted on its chassis that has even more smaller turrets with cannons mounted on it. It also has guns located on the side of its chassis. The final two, however, show a completely different picture with the majority of its smaller cannons replaced by just two monstrous guns with two minelayer/Vulcan pods on each end.

Iron Nokana#

Early Design	Colored	Finalized

Artwork of the Iron Nokana, the fifth boss of the game. It's design barely changed except the added spikes on the front, which the original didn't have.

Iron Iso#

Concept art of the Type-5 Iron Iso assault tank.
Judging by the first picture below, it shows that the designers were planning to add more sophisticated projectile/armor characteristics into the game, seeing how the shell is being bounced off of the top armor of that vehicle.

First Design	Second Design	Finalized

Unused Tank & Anti-Aircraft#

A destroyed World War II German PzKw IV Ausf. H Panzer tank, which is definitely not in the game.

Sketches of two anti-aircraft vehicles that ended up getting scrapped.

Landseek#

Concept art of the Landseek.
The first image resembles an American World War II GPV, while in the second one it's replaced by a simple transport truck that resembles a German Opel from World War II.

Mini-Bata#

First Image	Second Image	Colored

Concept artwork of the mission 2 miniboss, Mini-Bata. Two pictures showcase an armored train along with the vehicle that's either pushing it or presumably carrying it along. In the game however, no train is present during the fight and the Mini-Bata instead moves by a single rail car.

Hammer Yang#

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style="text-align:center;"	ロンベルトブルグ巿の観光用遊 覽船を反逆軍が接收、武裝化した木造船。 驚異的な兵員の収容人數を誇る。	A tourism and sight-seeing ship from Ronbertburg City that Rebel Army weaponised with wooden shipbuilding. Can carry a staggering number of soldiers.

A sketch of the Rebel Army's Hammer Yang.

R-Shobu#

Concept art of the R-Shobu.

Eaca B & Flying Tara#

Early designs for the Flying Tara and Eaca-B when they had unique models, a dive-bomber and a fighter-bomber respectively. In the game, both planes use the same design (right image).

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style="text-align:center;"	フライング・タラとイーカBは現在のところ元帥反逆軍の航空兵力を一手に引き受ける単座の戦闘爆撃機で、 基本的な設計は両機とも同一。 反逆軍陸上部に採用されたものがフライング・タラ、同海洋部のものがイーカ・Bと呼称される。	Flying Tara and Eaca-B are single-seat battle bombs that share the same design, and serve as the Rebel Army's air forces. The Flying Tara patrols the Rebels' land fortresses, while the Eaca-B patrols the seas.

Hi-Do#

Concept artwork of the Hi-Do.

Hairbuster Riberts#

Early (left) and final (right) concepts of the Hairbuster Riberts, the boss of mission 2. Not much has changed in its design, except that the two engines located on its wings were replaced with a single engine that is placed on top of the aircraft.

Tetsuyuki#

Early Design	Finalized

Concept art of the Tetsuyuki, the first boss in the game. For the most part, the design remained relatively the same except that it now has a big laser cannon firing from its right side.

TIAF 660#

Artwork of one of the civilian vehicles, the TIAF 660.

UFO#

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If all UFOs come from space... ...then shouldn't there be a lot of UFO traffic accidents? I mean, all the UFOs that come to Earth end up crashing or exploding, right? If you look at the whole universe, I wonder how many UFO accidents there are every year...? ☆Length: about 16 meters ☆Capable of carrying 34 passengers ("Little Greys") ☆Top Speed: Mach 8 (in atmosphere) 0 to Mach 8 in .06 seconds ☆Flies through a mysterious power The people of my planet made the UFO. By the way, we're clones (with telepathy!) Oh, I see! (closewise from top of diagram): Ship stabilizer, little grey, white bed, generator, experiment room, propulsion, light, window, light.

A schematic for an alien UFO.

Unknown Robot Vehicles#

Allegedly, there was a separate project for developing a spin-off of Metal Slug 1 that was going to include these robots. However, the project was cancelled due to lack of interest from the staffs due to the fact that it wouldn't fit within Metal Slug's World War II theme.

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: What is the source of info about this project?

Resources#

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