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MS-14C
Gelgoog Cannon
Model number: MS-14C Code name: Gelgoog Cannon Unit type: mass production artillery mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 19.5 meters; head height 19.3 meters Weight: empty 55.8 metric tons; max gross 79.8 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 79900 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.00 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters Fixed armaments: RA-2 beam cannon, mounted on backpack over right shoulder; twin beam sword, powered by rechargeable energy cap, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap; 3-tube missile launcher
When the Zeon military began field testing of its MS-14S Gelgoog prototype mobile suits during the last weeks of the One Year War, it was already hard at work on variants of the powerful new Gelgoog line. One of the first variants to be produced was the MS-14C Gelgoog Cannon, based on the successful MS-14B Gelgoog High Mobility Type. Mounting a powerful RA-2 beam cannon on a modified B-type booster backpack, the Gelgoog Cannon was quite versatile in that it could carry a variety of hand weapons including beam rifles and bazookas, and even mount optional rocket launchers in place of its forearm jet engine thrusters. And by using the B-type's powerful backpack, it had enough thrust to keep itself maneuverable despite the added weight in weaponry. The Gelgoog Cannon proved quite capable as both a fire support and anti-fleet unit, as twelve of the fifteen Gelgoog Cannons built were deployed in "Operation Clarion," a preemptive strike against the Earth Federation Forces' Tianem Fleet rallying point. Despite the loss of two Gelgoog Cannons (and three more being damaged), the damage inflicted against the Federation fleet impressed the Zeon military, manufacturing enough parts to assemble 122 more units. Fortunately for the Federation, the end of the war made sure that these additional Gelgoog Cannons were never assembled.
Pilot(s):
Thomas Kurtz, Brenev Auggs, Gerald Sakai, Bailey |
