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RX-77-4
Guncannon II
Model number: RX-77-4 Code name: Guncannon II Unit type: prototype artillery mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces Operator: Earth Federation Forces First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.0 meters Weight: empty 52.7 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown Equipment and design features: specialized targeting sensor suite for beam cannon, mounted on left shoulder Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; beam cannon, mounted on right shoulder Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap; grenades, stored in optional grenade rack on left hip armor
Near the end of the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces' mobile suit engineers made a last revision to the RX-77-2 Guncannon line. Following the success of the RX-77-3 Guncannon Heavy Weapons Type, they produced the new RX-77-4 Guncannon II, this time replacing the old shell-lobbing 240 mm cannons with a single, rapid-fire beam cannon on the right shoulder guided by a precision targeting sensor suite on the left shoulder. By removing the heavy old cannons and their ammo and replacing them with the lighter beam cannon and targeting sensors, the Guncannon II was lighter than previous incarnations and could make small, rocket-assisted jumps while fighting on the ground. Developed at the recaptured California Base in North America, at least eight Guncannon IIs were built, some participating in the Federation's North American offensive.
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