D-50C Loto (anime)

Model number: D-50C
Code name: Loto
Unit type: transformable special operations mobile suit
Manufacturer: Strategic Naval Research Institute (SNRI)
Operator: ECOAS
First deployment: UC 0095
Accommodation: 1 pilot and 1 gunner in standard cockpits in upper torso, 1 communications officer in standard cockpit in lower torso, 8 soldiers in back compartment
Dimensions: head height 12.2 meters (mobile suit mode); overall length 9.66 meters (tank mode); overall width 5.78 meters (mobile suit mode)
Weight: empty 16.8 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Armor materials: titanium alloy ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 980 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 32,400 kg total
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 8,800 meters; hardpoints for mounting heavy armament backpack with 2 x propellant tank; 2 x sub-arm, mounted on missile launchers
Fixed armaments: 2 x missile container, can load 4 x large missile or 12 x micro missile, mounted as arms; 2 x beam burner, mounted on missile launchers
Optional fixed armaments: machine cannon, mounted on right shoulder; 2 x long cannon, mounted on backpack over shoulders; mega machine cannon, mounted on backpack over right shoulder
Optional hand armaments: none

The D-50C Loto was a mobile suit created exclusively for the Earth Federation Forces’ ECOAS special forces group. Developed by the Strategic Naval Research Institute (SNRI), the Loto was an evolution of the old RX-75-4 Guntank used during the One Year War. Unlike the Guntank, the Loto could transform from a humanoid mobile suit to a tank mode. In its tank mode, the Loto could function as a troop transport and field headquarters thanks to its varied sensors and communication equipment. In its standard configuration, the Loto mounted a machine cannon on its right shoulder. This cannon could be swapped out for a pair of long cannons or a mega machine cannon. The Loto also featured a missile container that could be armed with either four large missiles or 12 small ones. The suit’s sub-arms were equipped with a pair of beam burners that functioned as melee weapons similar to a beam saber. As the Laplace Incident of UC 0096 began to unfold, an ECOAS team and several Loto units were stationed aboard the Londo Bell ship Nahel Argama. The Loto was succeeded by the F-50D Guntank, a transforming mobile suit created by Anaheim Electronics.

Pilot(s): Daguza Mackle, Conroy Haagensen
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (anime)
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki
Note: Based on the D-50C Loto from the Gundam Unicorn novels

Cockpit hatches

Head

Missile launcher

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)

Rear view (Tank mode)

Sub-arm