The PKA F Friedrich was a limited run trial suit, produced to see if the next generation of PKA suit could be built using a mixture of readily available parts. The Friedrich used the shell of the Gustav and many internal parts of the Heinrich, and was essentially the PKA Dora although built to slightly more exacting methods. The two suits were very similar in appearance as well, it being very easily to confuse the two, especially from the front or back. The overall result was a suit that was superior to the Heinrich in both attack and defence, but inferior to the Gustav in mobility. It was not considered a success and never put into mass production, instead leaving that honour to the PKA K Konrad. However it was a useful stop-gap design while the amount of actual PKA Gustav suits in the field was limited.
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