F-50D Guntank

Model number(s): F-50D (Earth Federation Forces); RXR-44 (Roy Jung)
Code name: Guntank (aka Guntank R-44)
Unit type: prototype transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Earth Federation Forces; civilians
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: 2 pilots and 2 gunners in standard cockpits in torso
Dimensions: mobile suit mode: head height 10.3 meters
Weight: empty 8.7 metric tons; max gross 11.8 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,050 kW
Propulsion: 2 x engine-driven caterpillar tread, operable in tank mode only; rocket thrusters: 14,000 kg total; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 28
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x 200mm cannon, optional fire-link, mounted on backpack over shoulders; 2 x 4-tube missile pod, mounted on forearms; 10 x finger launcher gun, mounted as fingers in hands

One of Anaheim Electronics’ earliest attempts to cash in on smaller scale mobile suit development, the F-50D (RXR-44) Guntank R-44 was based on an earlier transforming artillery mobile suit, the D-50C Loto. Due to its small size, the R-44’s 200mm main cannons had to be loaded manually, and its main body contained enough space for four personnel to fully operate the mobile suit. The design seemed to have proved a failure, however, and the R-44 never made it past the prototype stage. It was unknown how many R-44 prototypes were built, but it is confirmed that at least one unit later fell into the ownership of Roy Jung, curator of a war museum at the Frontier IV Colony. Roy restored the unit and gave it the unofficial model number RXR-44 (with 44 being his age when he acquired the suit). Roy took his prized R-44 into battle in a valiant, but foolhardy attempt to help repel the Crossbone Vanguard forces invading his home colony in March UC 0123.

Pilot(s): Roy Jung, Chris, Robar, Seabook Arno
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Cockpit hatch

Lower cockpit

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)

Upper cockpit