OVERVIEW:
The GP-134 is a competent attack aircraft performance-wise, and is a truly unique design previously unseen. While large and overly complicated, it has excellent performance for the role. Although it is certainly over-complicated, it is questionable whether the type's performance compensates for this. One of them believes the GP-134 could serve well as an aerial tanker due to its large fuel capacity.

COMBAT PERFORMANCE:
The aircraft's range under a full combat load is especially good due to its large fuel capacity. Given the use of vectored thrust, it has no difficulty taking off and landing from short runways. Aside from size issues, it seemed capable from taking off and landing on carriers because of this.

It is much faster and maneuverable than the Pummeler or the Boar under full combat load. The air brakes are very effective in its intended role, although pilots typically prefer manually-adjustable air brakes. It was capable of control at extremely low speeds, where a Pummeler or Boar would stall.

INTEGRAL FIREPOWER:
The eight Mk 6 rotary machine guns mounted on the nose provide concentrated strafing capabilities, double that of the Pummeler Mk 2 and its Mk 2 machine guns. Its affect against infantry and unarmored targets during testing was exceptional. However, the anti-armor capabilities with the integral armament is limited due to the low power of the ammunition, and all variants of the Boar and the Pummeler Mk 4 is considered superior in this regard due to the use of anti-armor cannon. It is believed the type can be fitted with such armament, however.

EXTERNAL LOADS:
The external weapons load is far superior to that of the Pummeler or the Boar, although eight of its twenty-four hardpoints cannot accept bombs nor drop tanks. The missile pylons are much appreciated additions, although its high position makes it difficult to mount from the ground without an elevated platform. The Pilotmario Air Force was not particularly impressed by its layout, but found it suitable given current strategy.

DURABILITY:
The type appeared quite durable to battle damage due to the multiple redundancies in the design. Asymmetrical thrust was not an issue. However, the large amount of fuel it can carry poses an issue upon hits.

VISIBILITY:
Cockpit visibility is very good frontally thanks to its short nose. While the Boar is slightly superior in this regard, it is far better compared to the Pummeler.

LOGISTICS:
This is the primary concern most pilots had with the aircraft, and involve the placement of the hardpoints and the engines. The rocket pods and missile pylons are difficult to mount weapons upon due to its positioning. The missile hardpoints on the upper wing are very high off the ground. While this is not an issue on the Barracuda Island Aircraft Evaluation Center, test pilots did not have confidence these hardpoints would be easily accessible on a forward air base due to its more limited resources. The rocket hardpoints on the center wing were difficult to access due to its height off the ground as well as the lower wing serving as an obstruction in mounting these weapons easily. No issues were reported with the lower hardpoints.

The engines were an issue with many pilots due to its complexity. The use of Blasto VTOL engines on fighter aircraft required constant maintenance, and test pilots did not feel that the extra complexity of these engines, even with V/STOL capability, would not compensate for the maintenance issues these engines had. The simpler J90 engines on the Boar already proved quite troublesome maintenance-wise on forward operational bases, and neither the J90 nor the Blasto VTOL could compete with the reliability of the T2000 on the Pummeler.

OFF THE BOOKS:
The Supreme Commander of the Pilotmario Armed Forces found the story behind the development of this type quite entertaining. Efen is quite a genius, but tends towards over-complexity.