Model
number: AMX-117R Code name: Gazu-R Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Neo Zeon Operator: Neo Zeon First deployment: UC 0088 Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit
in torso Dimensions: overall height 22.7 meters; head height 19.0
meters Weight: empty 40.5 metric tons; max gross 70.8 metric tons;
mass ratio 1.55 Armor materials: gundarium alloy composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor,
output rated at 2130 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4 x 19100 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee
motors: 10 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.08 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 10300 meters Fixed armaments: 2 x beam cannon/large beam saber, power
rated at 3.8 MW in beam cannon mode, fire-linked in beam cannon
mode, power rated at 1.0 MW in beam saber mode, hand-carried in
use, mounted/stored in backpack, beam sabers can be combined into
twin beam sword; 2 x beam saber, power rated at 0.4 MW, stored
in recharge racks in right forearm, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: heat lancer, stored on recharge
racks on waist armor, hand-carried in use; beam rifle, powered
by rechargeable energy cap
Technical
and Historical Notes
Neo
Zeon's elite Royal Guard squadron, charged with the protection
of their leader Haman Karn, operated a handful of customized
mobile suits during the First Neo Zeon War. One of these units,
Royal Guardsman Nee Gylen's AMX-117R Gazu-R, was modeled after
the Earth Federation Forces' mass-produced RMS-117
Galbaldy b.
With a more powerful reactor and armament geared to melee combat,
the Gazu-R was highly distinguished by its eye-catching blue-on-white
paint scheme and the large, flared armor on its right shoulder.
Designed to operate in tandem with its twin, Lance Gylen's
AMX-117L Gazu-L, the Gazu-R would
typically escort either Haman Karn's AMX-004
Qubeley or Royal Guard leader Chara Soon's AMX-015
Geymalk on its left flank.