@aikara
If you play front mission 3 then you probably know that the pilot can eject from their wanzer and shoot using handgun to kill another wanzer. Ahh those good times when playing the game, I could just kill the pilot and steal their wanzer. Unfortunately they remove it in 4 and 5.
Anyway, the manga version definitely more dark than game version and it's much better depicted how war it should be rather than happy-go-lucky band of wanzer unit. Unfortunately the game ended with Left Alive but in my opinion it's barely Front Mission game.
And no, F.M. Evolved are not counted