AF-01 Mongoose

Model number: AF-01
Code name: Mongoose
Unit type: attack use plane
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: 2 pilots, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions: unknown
Wingspan: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: large cannon, mounted on underside of main body

The AF-01 Mongoose was created in the UC 0050s to serve as a heavy ground support aircraft for the Earth Federation Forces. Though designed for a tank-busting role, the use of a large cannon as opposed to guided weapons limited the Mongoose to engaging slow-moving or stationary ground targets, and during the One Year War it took heavy losses against the Principality of Zeon’s MS-06F Zaku II and HT-01B Magella Attack forces. Much of the technology used in this outdated aircraft dated from the previous century, further handicapping it in the age of mobile suit warfare and Minovsky particles.

First appearance: MSV
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

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