Akatsuki Mass-Production Model

The Akatsuki (暁) 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.