Model number:Â F71
Code name:Â G-Cannon
Unit type:Â attack use mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Anaheim Electronics (based on a design by Strategic Naval Research Institute)
Operator:Â Earth Federation Forces
Rollout:Â April UC 0115
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 14.3 meters
Weight:Â empty 8.7 metric tons; max gross 23.1 metric tons
Armor materials:Â Gundarium alloy ceramic composite
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,350 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 89,260 kg total (2 x 28,740 kg, 2 x 16,790 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 50
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x 4-tube 130mm machine cannon, mounted on backpack over shoulders; 2 x 2-barrel beam gun, mounted in forearms; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments:Â beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
The F71 G-Cannon, developed by the Earth Federation Forces’ Strategic Naval Research Institute and manufactured by Anaheim Electronics, was introduced in the early UC 0120s and was considered both a distant descendant of the RX-77 Guncannon series used during the One Year War and a mass production version of the SNRI’s F90S Gundam F90 S-Type recently developed as part of the Formula Project. The G-Cannon’s primary armament was the pair of large 130mm machine cannons on its shoulders. While intended to be used as a fire support unit, the machine cannons could be removed, leaving the G-Cannon still well-armed enough with vulcan guns, beam guns, and beam sabers, and thus able to maneuver and operate as a good general purpose/close combat unit. When the Crossbone Vanguard force began to conquer Frontier Side in UC 0123, several G-Cannons were among the deployed EFF that fought in vain to repel the invasion.
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Gundam F91 Info
Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Tsunehisa Ito
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer:
Satoshi Kadokura
Format:
1 movie
Theatrical Release:
Japan 03.16.1991
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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