Akatsuki Mass-Production Model

The Akatsuki (暁, lit. Daybreak) Mass Production Model is the Black Knights' standard Knightmare Frame model in the second season following their exile from Japan. They are given to the Black Knights as a show of support from India, where they are manufactured. It is superior to the Gekka, though its frame is visually similar; its primary distinguishing features, are the altered head and shoulder armor. It is silver with a green tinge, and can be fitted with an Air Glide Wing System, consequentially receiving the denomination of Type-05/F2D Akatsuki Mass-Production Flight-Enabled Version.

The Akatsuki is in many ways an evolution of the Gekka rather than a completely new design. It has a single Slash Harken on the left side of its chest, and it carries a modified version of the Katen Yaibatou that is shaped more like a baton with a blade extending from the top. For ranged combat, it possess two chest-inbuilt machine cannons. Optionally, it can also equip a 2-barrel version of the Gekka's Custom Hand Gun, a bazooka or (in more rare instances) the same Radiation Wave missiles seen on the Command Model. The Air Glide Wing unit also comes with inbuilt missile launchers.