Model number:Â F90D
Code name:Â Gundam F90 D-Type
Unit type:Â approaching battle mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Strategic Naval Research Institute
Operator:Â Earth Federation Forces
Rollout:Â September UC 0111
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â head height 14.8 meters
Weight:Â empty 8.9 metric tons; max gross 21.3 metric tons
Armor materials:Â Gundarium alloy ceramic composite
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,160 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 140,800 kg total (74,760 kg, 4 x 16,510 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 67
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; 11 x hardpoint, used for mounting external weapons, armor, and equipment, 1 located on each leg, 1 located on each hip armor plate, 1 located on each front skirt armor plate, 1 located on each forearm, 1 located on each shoulder, 1 located on backpack; weapon mount, used for mounting mega Gatling gun, located on rear skirt armor plate; 2 x booster rocket/vernier thruster pack, mounted on leg hardpoints; A.R. (Amuro Ray) AI system
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use; 2 x 5-tube rocket pack, mounted on forearm hardpoints; mega Gatling gun, belt-fed, mounted on left side of torso with ammo drum and weapon mount assembly stored on weapon mount; 2 x 4-tube grenade rack, mounted on shoulder hardpoints
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by replaceable e-pac, 1 spare e-pac stored on left hip armor hardpoint; 2 x MS cracker grenade, stored on front skirt armor hardpoints; shield, can be mounted on either forearm hardpoint or stored on backpack hardpoint
One of many F90 Gundam F90 optional armament variations developed by the Earth Federation Forces’ SNRI during the UC 0110s and 0120s, the F90D Gundam F90 D-Type (Destroid) was designed to work as a balance between a bulky long-range fire support unit and a lighter and faster close-combat unit. The heavy firepower was provided by its arm-mounted rocket launchers, the rocket-propelled grenades carried on its shoulders, a pair of MS cracker grenades, and the mega Gatling gun mounted on the left side of its torso. When the ammo for these weapons was expended or the D-Type had finished bombarding its target area, these weapons could be ejected and the D-Type F90 could move in, using its more conventional vulcan guns, beam sabers, and beam rifle at close range to perform mop-ups and finish the job.
Pilot(s): Def Stallion, Bergh Scred
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam F90
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Gundam F90 Info
Writer:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (manga)
Artist:
Rei Nakahara (manga)
Format:
1 volume
Manga Release:
Japan 09.01.1990 – 04.01.1991
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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:
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Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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