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RGM-122
Javelin
Model number: RGM-122 Code name: Javelin Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces Operator: Earth Federation Forces Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 14.5 meters Weight: empty 8.1 metric tons; max gross 16.5 metric tons Armor materials: gundarium alloy/ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3980 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 23830 kg, 21600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 18 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 4.20 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; beam shield, mounted on left forearm; 2 x shot lancer, mounted on backpack, hand-operated in use; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Introduced shortly after the RGM-119 Jamesgun, the RGM-122 Javelin soon became one of the Earth Federation Forces' primary mainstay mobile suits. Considered a "brother" to the Jamesgun, the Javelin shared many body parts and internal systems with that model. In addition to the usual vulcan guns, beam sabers, beam shield, and beam rifle, the Javelin also carried two shot lancers - a highly effective close-combat weapon introduced by the Crossbone Vanguard. The Javelin was also highly adaptable, as its shot lancers could be removed and replaced with other weapons or equipment to fill a variety of mission roles. The Javelin would prove to be a popular mobile suit, and it would continue to serve the Federation Forces for several decades. However, it would later prove highly ineffective against the invading Zanscare Empire forces in the early UC 0150s, thus illustrating another symptom of the Earth Federation's continuing slip into stagnation.
Pilot:
Mizuhe Minegan
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