Metal Gear (mecha)
| Metal Gear | |
|---|---|
| Metal Gear vehicle | |
An illustration depicting mass-produced versions of Metal Gear REX on the battlefield. | |
| First appearance | Metal Gear (1987) |
| Last appearance | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) |
| Created by | Hideo Kojima |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | Mecha |
Metal Gears (Japanese: メタルギア, Hepburn: Metaru Gia) are the mecha in the Metal Gear series. In the series, a Metal Gear is a bipedal, nuclear weapons-equipped tank. The Metal Gears are typically autonomous nuclear launch platforms which the player must destroy to save the world and complete the game. Often, confronting the latest Metal Gear model is one of the final challenges of each game.