Model number: MSA-005K
Code name: Guncannon Detector
Unit type: prototype artillery mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Karaba
First deployment: UC 0087
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.5 meters; head height 17.3 meters
Weight: empty 34.5 metric tons; max gross 54.5 metric tons
Armor materials: gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1780 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 18500 kg, 2 x 13800 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 10
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 1.19 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 9200 meters
Fixed armaments: 2 x 30mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; beam gun, power rated at 2.3 MW, mounted on right shoulder; grenade launcher, mounted underneath beam rifle; 2 x 137mm rocket launcher, mounted on backpack; beam rifle, power rated at 2.7 MW, mounted on right forearm
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x beam cannon, power rated at 4.7 MW, mounts on backpack to replace 137mm rocket launchers

Technical and Historical Notes

At the request of AEUG's Earth support organization Karaba, AEUG places an order with Anaheim Electronics to develop a mobile suit for Earth combat. The request calls for an artillery mobile suit suitable for use in guerilla combat with stable shooting ability. Anaheim produces the MSA-005K Guncannon Detector, which uses the same mobile frame as the MSA-005 Methuss units assigned to the AEUG flagship Argama. Although the original proposal is to equip the unit with two 137mm rocket launchers on the shoulders, it is changed to two beam cannons and a beam gun is attached to the right shoulder. The head features a pair of vulcan guns, and the unit also includes a beam rifle which doubles as a grenade launcher. The targeting scope and the sensor system of the Guncannon Detector is very advanced. By applying the variable form of the Methuss, it is able to take a shooting position in an instant. This is aided with backpack struts extending out and stopping the reaction of the cannons.

Two units are built and dropped by shuttle to North America. One unit is destroyed in failed landing attempt, while the second is collected by Karaba and added to its military forces. Because Karaba director Hayato Kobayashi piloted an RX-77-2 Guncannon in the One Year War, the unit is painted with a red color scheme and he names it "Guncannon Detector."

Miscellaneous Information

Appearances: Z-MSV (Zeta Gundam Mobile Suit Variations); Under the Gundam: Double Fake
Original mechanical designer: Kazumi Fujita