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Model number:Â AEU-05/00
Code name:Â AEU Hellion Medium
Unit type:Â mass production transformable general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â AEU (Advanced European Union)
Operator:Â AEU
Rollout:Â unknown
First deployment:Â AD 2300
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 15.2 meters
Weight:Â max gross 58.5 metric tons
Armor materials:Â E-Carbon
Powerplant:Â unknown
Propulsion:Â GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â defense rod, mounted on left arm; 2 x sonic blade, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments:Â linear rifle, mounts as nose in flight mode; 360mm linear launcher; 180mm smoothbore gun
Introduced in 2300, the AEU-05/00 AEU Hellion Medium was an upgrade to the AEU-05/92 AEU Hellion Initium. When first deployed, the suit was simply known as the new model while the original was known as the old model. It was not until the 2305 upgrade, the AEU-05/05 AEU Hellion Perpetuum, that the names Initium and Perpetuum came into use. The suit had improved basic performance and used a linear rifle instead of a smoothbore gun as its handheld weaponry. However, initial batches of the suit still used the smoothbore gun, as the linear rifle was not completed yet. The linear launcher was developed simultaneously with the linear rifle. This weapon was primarily used by ground units in a mid-range support role.
Pilot:Â Roback Stadd, Jr. (aka Fon Spaak)
First appearance:Â Mobile Suit Gundam 00P
Original mechanical designer: Hitoshi Fukuchi
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