General and Technical Data

Model number: RGM-79SR
Code name: GM Sniper III Cannon Pack Test Type
Unit type: experimental artillery mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces (Konpeitoh Arsenal)
Operator: Titans Test Team (Black Otter Team)
First deployment: UC 0084
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensor visor, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 240mm cannon, mounted on backpack; 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; shield, mounted on left arm
Optional hand armaments: long-range beam rifle, power rating unknown

Technical and Historical Notes

A version of the long-range support mobile suit RGM-79 SR GM Sniper III which is equipped with a medium-range support unit, or "cannon pack," for increased firepower. The addition of this cannon pack disrupts the GM Sniper III's mass balance and reduces its originally high maneuverability, but dramatically increases its firepower. Although beam weapons are the standard armament at this point, because the GM Sniper III carries a high-output long-range beam rifle, the cannon pack uses a projectile cannon to reduce the load on its generator. Also carries a RMS-117 Galbaldy β extendable shield. Since the beam rifle's high output causes severe superheating in its barrel, two replacement barrels are attached to the shield.

Medium-Range Support Unit: This so-called "cannon pack" allows normal mobile suits to reproduce the functions of medium-range support machines like the RGC-80 GM Cannon through a simple backpack replacement. The former Zeon forces previously applied the same concept to create the MS-14C Gelgoog Cannon.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Carl Matsubara
Appearances: Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans
Original mechanical designer: Kenki Fujioka

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