JMS-71 Nobusshi

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The JMS-71 (JGM-97) Nobusshi was a mobile suit in the Gundam anime television series Mobile Fighter G Gundam.

Although the majority of the fighting in the world was now carried out by the highly trained Gundam Fighters to settle disputes between the Neo nations, many of the nations continued to have small forces of mobile suits to police their own territory. One of these mobile suits was the Nobusshi, operated by the military of Neo Japan. As opposed to the JMS-60 Busshi, which was used almost expressly for defending the space colony of Neo Japan, the Nobusshi was tasked to defend mainland Japan down on Earth. Most of the Nobusshi were destroyed by the hordes of Death Army created by the JDG-009X Devil Gundam when it took up residence beneath the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. Only a handful of Nobusshi remained, and they took up camp in Shinjuku along with Gundam Fighters Domon Kasshu and Master Asia where they fought back against the Death Army and protected what few remaining citizens there were.

The Nobusshi were better armed than the Busshi mobile suits, carrying the standard a beam cannon but also having head vulcans and a beam saber for use in close combat. And in an interesting note the Nobusshi is listed as being constructed from a super-ceramic rare metal hybrid alloy known as "gimnium". This is an Easter egg meant to poke fun at the Nobusshi's resemblance to the GM series of mobile suits seen primarily in the Universal Century timeline.