Mobile Units of Mobile Suit Gundam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents |
[edit] Principality of Zeon
[edit] Ground support units
[edit] Magella Attack
The Magella Attack Tank was the main battle tank of the Principality of Zeon's ground forces throughout the One Year War.
Magella Attack Tanks used a powerful 175mm cannon for their main purposes. The Magella Attacks also used a 3-barreled 35mm machine gun for attacks against infantry, the Earth Federation's Type 61 Tank, and enemy mobile suit forces. The Magella Attack also has a very large canopy-style cockpit, very similar to fighter aircraft, which is very unusual for a tank but gives the men inside a more open view of the battlefield.
In case the body was destroyed, the Zeon forces actucally gave the Magella Attack Tanks a detachable cockpit, called the Magella Top. The Magella Top was little more than an escape vessel with a cannon, lacking the fuel to stay afloat for more than a few mere minutes.
Magella Attack Tanks, as other weapons that preceded mobile suits, were ineffective in the age of mobile suits during the One Year War. They were slower and their cannon had a slow rate of fire compared to the weapons used by mobile suits. Lastly, their 35mm machine gun was just too small to be effective against a mobile suits with ether titanium armor or luna titanium alloy armor. However, unlike some other out-of-date weapons employed during the One Year War, the Magella actually scored victories against mobile suits, since its 175mm cannon was capable of destroying enemy mobile suits with a well placed shot, even mobile suits with Luna-titanium alloy would be destroyed or suffer heavy damage from a direct hit. One other good use came out of the Magella Attack Tanks: The Magella Top Cannon. This weapon was basically a jery-rigged hand-held cannon for the Zeon's MS-05 Zaku Is and MS-06 Zaku IIs, when they could not get ahold of their standard 280mm Zaku Bazookas ,ammo for their bazookas, or when they needed the additional punch of this weapon.
Finally, Zeon engineers also found another use for the base of the Magella Attack Tanks when they fused it with the torso of a Zaku. The result was the Zaku Tank, which came as a blessing to many Zeon forces who were lacking mobile suits. Since they were made of destroyed units and spare parts, abandoned magella bases were more than welcome for their construction. These units also proved that the 35mm machine gun could be replaced by other equipment according to the situation, such as a dozer blade or missile launchers.
[edit] Air support units
[edit] Dopp
| Dopp Fighter | |
|---|---|
| Fast Facts | |
| Ship Type | Fighter aircraft |
| Class: | Dopp |
| Launched: | ? |
| Class Fate: | Unseen as of U.C. 0079 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5.2 tons |
| Length: | 9.2 meters |
| Wingspan: | 12.1 meters |
| Armament: | 6-tube missile launcher x 2, 20 mm vulcan gun x 2 |
The Dopp is the Principality of Zeon's only fighter aircraft in use during the One Year War. Zeon's #Gaw Atmospheric Attack Carrier could carry eight of the Dopp Fighters.
The Dopp is superior to other aircraft, but it became considered weak with the introduction of the Federation's MS. The twin 20 mm Vulcan guns are far too weak to peirce a mobile suit's armor. Only the missiles from the 6-tube missile launchers could pose a threat to a mobile suit.
The Dopp Fighter was designed to be fast enough to easily attack and destroy the Earth Federation's naval ships, land battleships, and other fighter aircraft. They were smaller and faster than Zeon's Zaku II and were very difficult to shoot down. A Dopp was more likely to get an attack in on the Federation's Big Tray-Class Land Battlehsip with hit and run tactics, which it had to regularly use since its main flaw was its high fuel consumption, which required constant ressuply from nearby bases or ships such as the Gaw Atmospheric Attack Carrier or a Dodbay-class Land Battleship.
However, the Dopp Fighter would be phased out and discontinued after the One Year War.
[edit] Dodai YS Bomber
The Dodai YS Bomber is a Principality of Zeon's aircraft initially used as a bomber during the One Year War. It was equipped with eight frontal missile launchers. However it was given a more important role as an MS aerial transport, either for allowing the MS on its back aerial advantage or just to bring them quickly into the battlefield.
Later on, an upgraded model known as the Dodai II was created. Armed only with a two-barreled machine gun, it had better flight capabilities and was designed to make sure the MS had even greater maneuverability than the original Dodai.
[edit] Mobile Suit
- MS-05 Zaku I
- MS-06 Zaku II
- MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type
- MS-07 Gouf
- MS-09 Dom
- MS-09R Rick Dom
- MS-14 Gelgoog
- MS-14S Gelgoog Commander Type
- MSM-03 Gogg
- MSM-04 Acguy
- MSM-07 Z'Gok
- MSM-07S Z'Gok Commander Type
- MSM-10 Zock
- MSN-02 Zeong
- YMS-15 Gyan
[edit] Mobile Armor
- MA-04X Zakrello
- MA-05 Bigro
- MA-08 Big Zam
- MAM-07 Grabro
- MAN-03 Braw Bro
- MAN-08 Elmeth
- MAX-03 Adzam
[edit] Earth Federation
[edit] Ground support units
[edit] Type 61 Tank
This article is about the fictional weapon Type 61 Tank, for the real world Type 61 tank, please go to Type 61 instead.
The Type 61 Main Battle Tank is a type of weapon in the animation series Gundam 0079. It was fielded by the Earth Federation in UC 0061 and saw service to at least UC 0079. The tank featured dual 150mm cannons, as well as a 12.7mm machine gun and eight smoke dispensers. After the Zeon forces introduced the Zaku as an effective war machine in the One Year War, the Type 61 became practically obsolete, as their cannons failed to penetrate Zaku armor except at close range. Another disadvantage was that Mobile suits could outmaneuver the slow moving tanks and dodge tank rounds with ease. While greatly lacking as anti-mobile suit weapons, they soon began to become the norm for protecting ground transports from attacks by the Magella Attack Tank and were crucial in the Capture of Odessa and Defense at Jaburo where the Federations armor took most of the burden. There were also a wide selection of variants made for transport and troop deployment.
In the strategy games series Gihren's Greed, the Type 61 functions as the Federal Forces only ground unit until the V-Project is completed. As in the series, the Type 61s are no match for Mobile Suits in equal numbers. However, because they take up much fewer resources than Mobile Suits, it is possible to take back large amounts of captured Earth territory from Zeon by sheer weight of numbers. Needless to say, when in the war's focus shifts into space, the Type 61s become useless (though the Balls perform a similar function spacewise).
- Fanfan Hovercraft
- G-Bull
- G-Bull Easy
[edit] Air support units
[edit] FF-S3 Saberfish
The FF-S3 Saberfish (also called Shaverfish) was an Earth Federation high speed space fighter built by the Hervic Company starting in U.C. 0079. Designed to launch from the Federation's Columbus class carriers or to, in dire straits, attach to and launch from the hulls of the Federation's Salamis and Magellan class space warships, the Saberfish could also be utilized in atmospheric combat.
It was armed with four 25mm machine guns and 12 missile launchers, which gave it enough firepower to kill a first generation mobile suit like the Zaku II, but it fell victim to the high mobility of mobile suits, which could turn circles around the poor fighter. Nevertheless, it continued to see service well into UC 0087, despite the continued odds stacked against it. Many Federation mobile suit aces of the One Year War first earned their wings piloting this craft.
In the strategy game series Gihren's Greed, the Saberfish will likely make up the bulk of the Earth Federation Space Forces fleet until the advent of mobile suits. While no match for mobile suits like the MS-05 Zaku I or MS-06 Zaku II in equal numbers, enough of them can swarm and overwhelm most of the Zaku variants. However, when up against later model mobile suits such as Doms and Gelgoogs, the Saberfish are hopelessly outmatched even with numerical superiority.
[edit] FF-X7 Core Fighter
The FF-X7 Core Fighter is a Fighter from the sci-fi anime Mobile Suit Gundam. The FF-X7 Core Fighter was an integral part of the Federation's V Project. It could fold up from plane mode into a roughly rectangular block, in which mode it formed an interchangeable cockpit block for the RX-78 Gundam, RX-77 Guncannon and RX-75 Guntank. Developed by the Hervic Company, who was also the developer of the FF-6 TIN Cod and FF-S3 Saberfish fighters, the Core Fighter's primary purpose was to protect the data from the learning computer system of the Gundam, serving as an escape vehicle in the advent of the mobile suit being disabled or destroyed. The Core Fighter was armed to protect its data and pilot, with four 25mm machine guns mounted in the nose, and two small missile launchers mounted on the fuselage. The Core Fighter concept was used in many later suits and was used as late as UC 0153 in the LM312V04 Victory Gundam.
- FF-X7-Bst Core Booster
- Depp Rog Heavy Bomber
- Dish Patrol Aircraft
- Don Escargot Attack Plane
- Dragon Fly Ferry Plane
- FF-4 Toriares Fighter
- Fly Manta Fighter-Bomber
- G-Armor
- G-Fighter
- G-Sky
- G-Sky Easy
[edit] Mobile Suit
[edit] Mobile Pod
 |
This article is uncategorized.
Please help improve this article by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related articles (how?). Please remove this tag after categorizing, but not before. |
