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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 continued to perform beyond all expectations during the last months of the One Year War, a program was 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 developed several options under this program that would involve adding external systems to boost the Gundam's performance in different areas. One such design concept was the FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor Type, which featured 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 would be added, including a shell-firing cannon, several missile launchers, and a large, hand-held 2-barrel beam gun. Despite the extra thrusters to be mounted in the external armor, however, all the extra weight would have created an unacceptable loss of speed and performance. In the end, the FA-78-1 Gundam Full Armor type never saw construction, and its concepts would serve as the basis for the much-improved FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam.
Pilot(s):
Heinz Baer, Takashi Kitamoto |
