Think Tank

As slang within the setting, the term covers AI-enhanced war machines and, more loosely, the various walking tanks that appear throughout the series. Most of them, along with other combat hardware such as the Jigabachi AV attack helicopter, come from the fictional manufacturer Kenbishi Industries. The typical design reads as spider-like: four to six walking legs, a pair of manipulators mounted at the front, and a segmented body.

Think tanks serve as mobile firepower that can also carry personnel, their AI cores letting them operate with more autonomy than a conventional vehicle. The chassis varies from compact walkers to full main-battle-tank scale, but the shared traits are legs for mobility over rough or vertical terrain and forward arms for handling weapons and tools. Because the intelligence is built in, these platforms can act on their own initiative as well as under direct human control.

The line includes several named models. The Tachikoma runs throughout Stand Alone Complex, the Fuchikoma appears in the original manga, the Uchikoma turns up briefly at the close of 2nd GIG and again in Solid State Society, and the Logicoma features in GITS Arise, with the various koma also showing up in tie-in video games. Beyond these are other prominent builds: the small walking tank at the end of the first film, the battle-tank-sized HAW206 from the second episode of Stand Alone Complex, and the large Type 3 seen during 2nd GIG, recognizable by its conventional turret and four caterpillar-tracked legs.