Model number: FF-X7
Code name: Core Fighter
Unit type: fighter for use in Core Block System of RX-75-4 Guntank, RX-77-2 Guncannon, RX-78-2 Gundam
Manufacturer: Hervic Company
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions: overall length 8.6 meters; overall height 3.2 meters
Wingspan: 6.8 meters
Weight: empty weight unknown; max gross 8.9 metric tons
Propulsion: 6 x jet/rocket thruster: maximum speed rated at Mach 4.8
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 4 x 2-barrel 25mm vulcan gun; 2 x missile launcher, 4 rounds per launcher

Technical and Historical Notes

The FF-X7 Core Fighter was an integral part of the Federation's V Project, forming an interchangeable cockpit block for the RX-78-2 Gundam, RX-77-2 Guncannon and RX-75-4 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 disable 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.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot(s): Amuro Ray, Ryu Jose, Hayato Kobayashi
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Mobile Suit Gundam Ex Revue; Gundam Evolve; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

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Cockpit