Model
number: F71 Code name: G-Cannon Unit type: attack use mobile suit Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics (based on a design
by Strategic Naval Research Institute) Operator: Earth Federation Forces Rollout: April UC 0115 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat
cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 14.3 meters Weight: empty 8.7 metric tons; max gross 23.1 metric tons Armor materials: gundarium alloy/ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor,
output rated at 3350 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 28740 kg, 2 x 16790 kg;
vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 50 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 3.86 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in
head; 2 x 4-barrel 130mm machine cannon, fire-linked, mounted
on backpack over shoulders; 2 x 2-barrel beam gun, mounted in
forearms; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown,
hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable
energy cap
Technical
and Historical Notes
The F71
G-Cannon, developed by the Earth Federation Forces' Strategic Naval
Research Institute and manufactured by Anaheim Electronics,
was introduced in the early UC 0120s and was considered both
a distant descendant of the RX-77
Guncannon series used during the One Year War and a mass-production
version of the SNRI's F90S Gundam
F90 Support Type recently developed as part of the "Formula
Project." The G-Cannon's primary armament was the pair of large
130mm machine cannons on its shoulders. While intended to be
used as a fire support unit, the machine cannons could be removed,
leaving the G-Cannon still well-armed enough with vulcan guns,
beam guns, and beam sabers, and thus able to maneuver and operate
as a good general purpose/close combat unit. When the Crossbone
Vanguard force began to conquer Frontier Side in UC 0123, several
G-Cannons were among the deployed Federation Forces that fought
in vain to repel the invasion.