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FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor Type
Model number: FA-78-1
Code name: Gundam Full Armor Type
Unit type: FSWS (Full Strike Weapon System) prototype general purpose mobile suit
designer: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: N/A
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso with Core Block System using FF-X7 Core Fighter
Dimensions: overall height 19.5 meters; head height 18.5 meters
Weight: empty 62.5 metric tons; max gross 93.1 metric tons
Armor materials: lunar titanium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1380 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output 60500 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.65 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; cannon, mounted on torso over right shoulder; 4 x missile launcher, mounted in shoulders and knees
Optional hand armaments: 2-barrel hand beam gun, powered by rechargeable energy cap
As the RX-78-2 Gundam continues to perform beyond all expectations during the last months of the One Year War, a program is initiated by the Earth Federation Forces to develop and investigate options for possible upgrades to the Gundam. Called "FSWS" (Full Strike Weapon System), Federation engineers develop several options under this program that involve adding external systems to boost the Gundam's performance in different areas. One such design concept is the FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor Type, which features a tremendous amount of firepower for a single mobile suit. In addition to removable external armor modules all over the Gundam's body, new weapons are added, including a shell-firing cannon, several missile launchers, and a large, handheld 2-barrel beam gun. A Type B variant features a different set of armaments. Despite the extra thrusters to be mounted in the external armor, however, all the extra weight creates an unacceptable loss of speed and performance. In the end, the FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor's concepts serve as the basis for the much-improved FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam.
Pilot(s): Heinz Baer, Takashi Kitamoto
Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations); Plamo-Kyoshiro; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirits of Zeon ~Dual Stars of Carnage~; Mobile Suit Gundam: Bonds of the Battlefield; Mobile Suit Gundam Battlefield Record UC 0081
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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