Bamides

Bamides

 * Series: unknown
 * Height: unknown
 * Weight: unknown
 * Weapons:
 * Long-Range Cannon × 1
 * Machine Gun × 2
 * Missile Launcher × 2
 * Equipment/Installment:
 * Landspinner propulsion system

The Bamides is a fourth generation Knightmare Frame mass-produced by the Middle Eastern Federation. It is equipped with treaded Landspinners, allowing for improved traction over the desert sands. Its main weapons include two packs of missile launchers on the shoulders that carry up to six missiles, two side-mounted machine guns, and a long-range cannon mounted directly below the head. Their design is highly unconventional as far as Knightmare Frames go; they have no limbs to speak of, and are shaped more like elongated tanks with separate treads and an elevated "shoulder" area. It is also much larger than a Sutherland or Gloucester, requiring a large crew to operate it. Its configuration gives it fairly good speed compared to more traditional Knightmares, but its size and lack of maneuverability make it a large, easy target.

Bamides units first appeared in the fifth episode, where they fought and nearly defeated a division of Britannians. They were destroyed in short order by a group of Gloucesters, lead by Princess Cornelia, who went on to blow up the base they were defending.