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For the weapon that defended the Chandelier in Ace Combat: Northern Wings, see Giant Antlion.
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The Antlion Walking Battle Tank is a four-legged walking tank designed by General Resource Limited. It was designed as a way to reduce casualties in parachute-drop operations, by having light tanks being dropped instead of soldiers.

The largest use of the Antlion came during the simulated Intercorporate War, in General Resource's operation in attacking Neucom's space research center and disrupt the rocket launch. During this operation, they came under heavy fire from the facility defenses and air support from UPEO. While they were able to deal much damage to the facilities, they were unable to prevent the launch.

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  • The Antlion is named after the winged insect of the same name, whose life stages contain characteristics reminiscent of the tank itself - an adult's ability to fly (aerial deployment), and the legs of a larva.
  • Despite taking several rounds of Vulcan to shoot one down, an AA gun seems to be able to kill it in a single shot.
  • The Antlion shares its name with a robotic boss character, the Antlion KZ-7, from the 1996 game Time Crisis, also made by Namco. However, the latter is instead depicted as a vaguely humanoid drone with tank treads for locomotion. A walker configuration similar to the Antlion's is adopted by another machine, the Dolomedes DD-6, an armored vehicle outfitted with spider-like legs.
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