TX-55 Metal Gear

"If it is completed, nuclear attack from anywhere will be possible. Metal Gear must be destroyed before it is completed"

- Gray Fox to Solid Snake, Metal Gear

TX-55 Metal Gear, also referred to as Metal Gear TX-55, was a bipedal tank designed at Outer Heaven by the Eastern scientist Dr. Drago Petrovich Madnar, based off the technology designed by Granin during the Cold War.

While the maker of the TX-55, Dr. Madnar, understood the power and inherent evil of his creation, the kidnapping of his daughter forced him to complete it.

TX-55 was a revolutionary weapon because of its ability to launch a nuclear attack from any stable territory, without the need of a nuclear silo. Feared by the Western powers, its mere presence on Outer Heaven made the country virtually untouchable, except of course, by a covert mission.

Metal Gear TX-55's weak spot were its feet, which could only be destroyed by placing plastic explosives over them in a determined order. The TX-55 was armed with a 20mm vulcan gun, a laser cannon and multiple medium-range warheads. However, none of its arsenal was put to use, as the TX-55 was destroyed by Solid Snake before completion.

The TX-55 was not the first build Metal Gear, being preceded by Metal Gear RAXA and the ICBMG. However, it was the first known bipedal model (RAXA and ICBMG were quadrupedal models). TX-55 was succeeded by Metal Gear D, and later, units such as Metal Gear REX and Metal Gear RAY.

Trivia

 * Aside from the ICBMG, The TX-55 is the only boss Metal Gear in the series that doesn't directly attack the player, since it seems to be unmanned. Instead, it is protected by two gun cameras which the player must avoid while planting the explosives at the TX-55's feet.

Other appearances

 * In Snake's Revenge, mass-produced versions of the TX-55 model (referred in the game as "Metal Gear 1"), appears being transported in an enemy cargo ship.
 * The wreckage of the original TX-55 also appears in Stage 9 of Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.

Appearances

 * Metal Gear
 * Snake's Revenge (non-canon)
 * Metal Gear: Ghost Babel (non-canon)