
However, none of its arsenal was put to use as the TX-55 was destroyed by Solid Snake before its completion, by plastic explosives over its feet, where the armor was weakest.

TX-55 was armed with two 15 mm machine guns, a laser cannon and multiple medium-range warheads. Feared by the Western powers, its mere presence in Outer Heaven made the country virtually untouchable, except by a covert mission. Unlike its predecessor ZEKE, it possessed two nuclear warhead launchers, yet it had a much more compact size. TX-55 Metal Gear was a revolutionary weapon because of its ability to launch a nuclear attack from any stable territory, without the need for a nuclear silo. Madnar understood the power and inherent evil of his creation, the kidnapping of his daughter forced him to complete it. Drago Pettrovich Madnar, the foremost expert in the field of robotics to build a new Metal Gear. In 1995, Outer Heaven forces kidnapped Dr. Outer Heaven Uprising Main article: Outer Heaven Uprising However, ZEKE was destroyed several months later, when MSF came under attack by Cipher's rogue strike force, XOF.

Big Boss thus constructed the one thing that he knew the West would fear more than anything else: Metal Gear.Ī first attempt made by Big Boss's Militaires Sans Frontières in 1974 resulted in the creation of Metal Gear ZEKE.

Non-"Metal Gear Saga" information ends here.Īfter founding the nation of Outer Heaven, Big Boss knew that he would need a powerful deterrent in order to stand a chance at opposing Zero and Cipher.

TX-55 Metal Gear was foreseen in Elisa and Ursula's prophetic vision in 1970. History Origins Warning: The following information is from outside Hideo Kojima's core "Metal Gear Saga." It has some level of canonicity within the continuity, but reader discretion is advised.
